2024 United States Women's Curling Championship Explained

2024 United States Women's Curling Championship
Host City:	East Rutherford, New Jersey
Arena:	The Rink at American Dream
Dates:	January 29 – February 4
Winner:	Team Peterson
Curling Club:	St. Paul CC, St. Paul
Skip:	Tabitha Peterson
Third:	Cory Thiesse
Second:	Tara Peterson
Lead:	Becca Hamilton
Coach:	Cathy Overton-Clapham
Finalist:	Sarah Anderson

The 2024 United States Women's Curling Championship was held from January 29 to February 4 at The Rink at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey.^{[1] [2]} The event was held in conjunction with the 2024 United States Men's Curling Championship. The winning Tabitha Peterson rink represented the United States at the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.^[3] Team Peterson also earned the first berth into the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials.^[4]

Qualification process

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2024 national championship:^[4]

Qualification	Berths	Qualifying Team(s)
2023 World Women's Curling Championship representative	1	Tabitha Peterson
2023 United States Women's Curling Championship runner-up	1	Delaney Strouse
2023 World Junior-B Curling Championships representative	1	Miranda Scheel
Qualifying Event #1 (US Open of Curling)	1	Sarah Anderson
Qualifying Event #2 (Curl Mesabi Classic)	1	Rachel Workin
WCF Year-to-date points leaders (December 23, 2023)	3	Elizabeth Cousins Christine McMakin Kim Rhyme
TOTAL	8

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^{[4] [5]}

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
		Lexi Lanigan	Leah Yavarow		Minneapolis, Minnesota
Elizabeth Cousins	Annmarie Dubberstein	Allison Howell	Elizabeth Janiak		Boston, Massachusetts
Christine McMakin		Jenna Burchesky	Clare Moores		Minneapolis, Minnesota
					St. Paul, Minnesota
Kim Rhyme	Libby Brundage	Cait Flannery	Katie Rhyme		Minneapolis, Minnesota
Miranda Scheel	Sara Olson	Jordan Hein	Tessa Thurlow		Fargo, North Dakota
	Anne O'Hara			Susan Dudt	Traverse City, Michigan
Rachel Workin	Ann Podoll	Anya Normandeau	Christina Lammers		Fargo, North Dakota

Map of teams

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[6]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

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	6	1	1–0	62	43	34	26	3	8
	6	1	0–1	65	42	34	25	4	12
	5	2	–	61	43	33	28	2	12
Miranda Scheel	3	4	1–0	54	57	30	31	3	7
Christine McMakin	3	4	0–1	58	68	34	31	1	10
Kim Rhyme	2	5	1–0	40	57	24	32	3	3
Elizabeth Cousins	2	5	0–1	54	51	28	35	3	7
Rachel Workin	1	6	–	35	68	24	33	4	3

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .^{[7] [8]}

Draw 1

Monday, January 29, 7:00 pm

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 30, 2:00 pm

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 31, 8:00 am

Draw 4

Wednesday, January 31, 4:00 pm

Draw 5

Thursday, February 1, 10:00 am

Draw 6

Thursday, February 1, 7:00 pm

Draw 7

Friday, February 2, 2:00 pm

Tiebreaker

Saturday, February 3, 7:30 am

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 3, 12:00 pm

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 3, 12:00 pm

Semifinal

Saturday, February 3, 7:00 pm

Final

Sunday, February 4, 12:00 pm

Notes and References

1. News: 2024 US men's & women's national championships slated for The Rink at American Dream. USA Curling. June 5, 2023. January 1, 2024.
2. News: Olympic Hopefuls Take to the Ice for Curling Championships at American Dream. Meadowlands Media. Cindy Capitani. June 9, 2023. January 1, 2024.
3. Web site: World Women's Curling Championship 2024. World Curling Federation. January 1, 2024.
4. News: Field for 2024 USA Curling Nationals includes Olympic gold medalists and former NFL All-Pro. USA Curling. December 20, 2023. January 1, 2024.
5. Web site: Teams. CurlingZone. January 1, 2024.
6. Web site: Standings. CurlingZone. January 1, 2024.
7. Web site: Draw Schedule. USA Curling. January 1, 2024.
8. Web site: Results. CurlingZone. January 1, 2024.