2020 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

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2020 United States Mixed
Doubles Curling Championship
FemaleTabitha Peterson
MaleJoe Polo
FinalistMinnesota Christensen / Shuster
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The 2020 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from February 27 to March 1 at the Bemidji Curling Club in Bemidji, Minnesota.[1][2] The twelve teams were divided into two pools of six teams each. Each pool played a full round robin with the top three from each pool proceeding to the playoffs. The winning team of Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo was supposed to represent the United States at the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Kelowna, Canada but the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4][5] They will instead compete at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland as the 2021 U.S. Mixed Doubles National Championship was postponed due to the pandemic.[6]

Cory Christensen and John Shuster in the final.[7] Peterson and Polo made the final in the 2017 championship but lost to siblings Becca Hamilton and Matt Hamilton 7–6. Two-time champions Sarah Anderson and Korey Dropkin won the bronze medal with a 7–6 extra end win over Monica Walker and Alex Leichter. Anderson and Dropkin won the championship in 2015 and 2018 and had a quarterfinal finish in 2019
.

The local Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member, Lakeland PBS, covered the tournament. This included streaming the entire tournament and broadcasting the semifinals and finals live on the television channel.[8]

Qualification

There were five ways teams qualified for the championship:[4]

Challenge round

Sixteen teams played at the 2020 United States Mixed Doubles Challenge Round, held in Portage, Wisconsin from December 19 to 22, 2019.[14] Through a triple knockout competition the top three teams secured the final team spots at the Mixed Doubles Championship.[15] Monica Walker and Alex Leichter were the first to clinch a championship berth when they defeated Katherine Gourianova and Eli Clawson in the 'A' bracket final.[16] Gourianova and Clawson 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 Becca Wood and Sean Franey.[17] Wood and Franey then faced Kim Rhyme and Jason Smith in the 'C' bracket final for the third and final championship berth, which Rhyme and Smith secured with a 9-4 win.[18]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[19]

Female Male State(s)
Alex Agre Derrick McLean  Minnesota,
 Washington
Sarah Anderson Korey Dropkin  Minnesota
Madison Bear Andrew Stopera  Wisconsin,
 New York
Cory Christensen
John Shuster  Minnesota
Cristin Clark Chris Bond  Washington
Katherine Gourianova Eli Clawson  Maryland
Becca Hamilton Matt Hamilton  Wisconsin
Christine McMakin Riley Fenson  Minnesota
Vicky Persinger Chris Plys  Alaska,
 Minnesota
Tabitha Peterson Joe Polo  Minnesota
Kim Rhyme Jason Smith  Minnesota
Monica Walker Alex Leichter  Massachusetts

Round-robin standings

Final round robin Standings[20]

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreakers
Pool A W L
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin 5 0
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys 4 1
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 3 2
WisconsinNew York (state) Bear / Stopera 2 3
Washington (state) Clark / Bond 1 4
Minnesota McMakin / Fenson 0 5
Pool B W L
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster 3 2
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton 3 2
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 3 2
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson 3 2
Minnesota Rhyme / Smith 2 3
MinnesotaWashington (state) Agre / McLean 1 4

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Draw 1

Thursday, February 27, 2:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota McMakin / Fenson 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4
Washington (state) Clark / Bond (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 3 1 3 0 2 0 2 X 11
WisconsinNew York (state) Bear / Stopera 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 X 9
Minnesota Rhyme / Smith 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 4
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 X 7
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
MinnesotaWashington (state) Agre / McLean 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 4
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton (has hammer) 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 X 7

Draw 2

Thursday, February 27, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 6
MinnesotaWashington (state) Agre / McLean (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 7
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 X 7
Minnesota McMakin / Fenson (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Washington (state) Clark / Bond 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 1 1 0 4 0 3 X X 9
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
WisconsinNew York (state) Bear / Stopera (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Rhyme / Smith (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 6

Draw 3

Friday, February 28, 2:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Rhyme / Smith (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 X 5
MinnesotaWashington (state) Agre / McLean (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter (has hammer) 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 X 7
Washington (state) Clark / Bond 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 X 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 X 12
WisconsinNew York (state) Bear / Stopera 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 X 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota McMakin / Fenson 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 5

Draw 4

Friday, February 28, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson (has hammer) 5 0 1 1 1 X X X 8
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 7
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 X 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Minnesota McMakin / Fenson (has hammer) 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 9
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 0 3 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 10
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
MinnesotaWashington (state) Agre / McLean (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 6
Minnesota Rhyme / Smith 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
WisconsinNew York (state) Bear / Stopera (has hammer) 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 8
Washington (state) Clark / Bond 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 6

Draw 5

Saturday, February 29, 10:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
WisconsinNew York (state) Bear / Stopera 2 1 1 1 2 0 X X 7
Minnesota McMakin / Fenson (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster 2 0 2 1 0 3 X X 8
Minnesota Rhyme / Smith (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
MinnesotaWashington (state) Agre / McLean (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton (has hammer) 4 1 2 1 X X X X 8
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Washington (state) Clark / Bond 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin 2 1 0 2 0 3 X X 8
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3

Tiebreaker

Saturday, February 29, 2:30 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 2 0 3 0 2 0 3 X 10
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin 5
3 AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys 7 6 Minnesota Peterson / Polo 8
6 Minnesota Peterson / Polo 10 6 Minnesota Peterson / Polo 7
2 Minnesota Christensen / Shuster 4
2 Minnesota Christensen / Shuster 9
4 Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton 6 5 Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 6
5 Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 7 Bronze medal game
1 Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin 7
5 Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 6

Quarterfinals

Saturday, February 29, 7:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 6
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 7
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 3 10

Semifinals

Sunday, March 1, 11:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 5
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 9
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter (has hammer) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 6

Bronze medal game

Sunday, March 1, 3:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 6

Final

Sunday, March 1, 3:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 X 7
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 4

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