2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

The 2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from February 27-March 3, 2019 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington.[1] Cory Christensen and John Shuster won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Stavanger, Norway.[2][3]

2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Host city	Seattle, Washington
Arena	Granite Curling Club
Dates	February 27-March 3, 2019
Winner	Cory Christensen and John Shuster
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Qualification

Nine teams qualified for the championship based on their performance on the World Curling Tour:[4]

• Sarah Anderson and Korey Dropkin
• Becca Hamilton and Matt Hamilton
• Monica Walker and Alex Leichter
• Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys
• Em Good and Mac Guy
• Jamie Sinclair and Sean Beighton
• Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo
• Cory Christensen and John Shuster
• Nina Roth and Kroy Nernberger

The remaining three teams qualified through the 2019 USA Curling Mixed Doubles Challenge Round:[5]

• Maureen Stolt and Peter Stolt
• Taylor Anderson and Derrick McLean
• Clare Moores and Lance Wheeler

Challenge Round

The 2019 USA Curling Mixed Doubles Challenge Round was held December 19 to 23, 2018 at the Grand Forks Curling Club in Grand Forks, North Dakota.[6] Ten teams competed in triple-knockout tournament,[7] with the top three teams earning a spot at the Championship. Husband and wife duo Peter and Maureen Stolt were the first to clinch on of the available berths when they defeated Taylor Anderson and Derrick McLean in the 'A' bracket final.[8][9] Anderson and McLean then dropped down to the 'B' bracket final where they had another opportunity to earn one of the final two berths, which they did when they defeated Ann Podoll and Nathan Parry.[10] Losing the 'B' bracket final knocked Podoll and Parry down to the 'C' bracket semifinals. Podoll and Parry made it through their semifinal match to face Clare Moores and Lance Wheeler in the 'C' bracket final.[11] Tied at 7-7 after eight ends, Moores and Wheeler scored one in the extra end to secure the final team slot at the Mixed Doubles Championship.[12]

Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the event:[3][5]

State(s)	Female	Male
Minnesota	Sarah Anderson	Korey Dropkin
Minnesota  Washington	Taylor Anderson	Derrick McLean
Minnesota	Cory Christensen	John Shuster
Washington	Em Good	Mac Guy
Wisconsin	Becca Hamilton	Matt Hamilton
Colorado	Clare Moores	Lance Wheeler
Alaska  Minnesota	Vicky Persinger	Chris Plys
Minnesota	Tabitha Peterson	Joe Polo
Wisconsin	Nina Roth	Kroy Nernberger
Minnesota  Washington	Jamie Sinclair	Sean Beighton
Minnesota	Maureen Stolt	Peter Stolt
Minnesota  Massachusetts	Monica Walker	Alex Leichter

Round Robin

Standings

Pool A W L Anderson / Dropkin 4 1 Christensen / Shuster 4 1 Persinger / Plys 4 1 Sinclair / Beighton 2 3 Anderson / McLean 1 4 Moores / Wheeler 0 5 Pool B W L Peterson / Polo 5 0 Hamilton / Hamilton 3 2 Roth / Nernberger 3 2 Walker / Leichter 2 3 Good / Guy 1 4 Stolt / Stolt 1 4 Teams highlighted in yellow qualified for the playoffs. [13] Game Results Draw 1 Wednesday, February 27, 7:00 pm Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Stolt/Stolt 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1 Hamilton/Hamilton 2 0 5 2 3 X X X 12 Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Roth/Nernberger 1 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 9 Peterson/Polo 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 2 11 Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Persinger/Plys 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 7 Christensen/Shuster 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 6 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Anderson/McLean 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 8 Moores/Wheeler 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 7 Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Anderson/Dropkin 5 2 1 2 0 1 X X 11 Sinclair/Beighton 0 0 0 0 4 0 X X 4 Draw 2 Thursday, February 28, 10:00 am Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Walker/Leichter 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 7 Good/Guy 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 9 Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Moores/Wheeler 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 6 Anderson/Dropkin 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 7 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Persinger/Plys 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 10 Sinclair/Beighton 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 Draw 3 Thursday, February 28, 2:30 pm Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Persinger/Plys 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 X 8 Moores/Wheeler 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Hamilton/Hamilton 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 5 Roth/Nernberger 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 7 Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Good/Guy 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 6 Stolt/Stolt 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 8 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Walker/Leichter 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 7 Peterson/Polo 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Christensen/Shuster 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 X 8 Anderson/McLean 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 4 Draw 4 Thursday, February 28, 7:00 pm Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Good/Guy 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 X 6 Peterson/Polo 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 X 9 Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Christensen/Shuster 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 X 8 Sinclair/Beighton 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 4 Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Anderson/McLean 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 Anderson/Dropkin 1 0 4 0 3 0 3 2 13 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Stolt/Stolt 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 Roth/Nernberger 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 6 Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Walker/Leichter 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1 Hamilton/Hamilton 2 2 1 1 0 3 X X 9 Draw 5 Friday, March 1, 10:00 am Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Stolt/Stolt 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 Walker/Leichter 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7 Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Peterson/Polo 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 X 8 Hamilton/Hamilton 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 4 Draw 6 Friday, March 1, 2:30 pm Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Anderson/Dropkin 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 Christensen/Shuster 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 8 Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Anderson/McLean 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 Persinger/Plys 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 X 9 Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Sinclair/Beighton 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 X 7 Moores/Wheeler 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Roth/Nernberger 5 2 0 2 3 X X X 12 Good/Guy 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1 Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Peterson/Polo 2 1 0 3 2 0 X X 8 Stolt/Stolt 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 2 Draw 7 Friday, March 1, 7:00 pm Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Sinclair/Beighton 2 1 0 1 1 1 X X 6 Anderson/McLean 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1 Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Hamilton/Hamilton 4 2 0 1 0 3 X X 10 Good/Guy 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2 Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Roth/Nernberger 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 X 4 Walker/Leichter 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 X 9 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Moores/Wheeler 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 Christensen/Shuster 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 8 Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Anderson/Dropkin 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 X 7 Persinger/Plys 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 Playoffs Bracket Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Christensen/Shuster 6   Hamilton/Hamilton 5     Christensen/Shuster 6           Peterson/Polo 5             Christensen/Shuster 7 Anderson/Dropkin 5       Persinger/Plys 5 Roth/Nernberger 7     Roth/Nernberger 2         Persinger/Plys 8           Quarterfinals Saturday, March 2, 2:30pm Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Hamilton/Hamilton 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 Christensen/Shuster 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 6 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Anderson/Dropkin 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 5 Roth/Nernberger 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 7 Semifinals Saturday, March 2, 7:00pm Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Peterson/Polo 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 X 5 Christensen/Shuster 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 6 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Persinger/Plys 1 0 0 3 1 3 X X 8 Roth/Nernberger 0 1 1 0 0 0 X X 2 Finals Sunday, March 3, 11:00am Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Christensen/Shuster 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 Persinger/Plys 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 References Rowbottom, Mike (Jul 31, 2018). 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