2017 United States Mixed Doubles
Curling Championship
Host cityBlaine, Minnesota
ArenaFour Seasons Curling Club
DatesMarch 2–5, 2017
WinnerMatt Hamilton and Becca Hamilton
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The 2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from March 2–5 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minnesota.[1] Matt Hamilton and Becca Hamilton won the tournament,[2] earning the right to represent the United States at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Canada.

Teams

Twelve teams qualified to compete in the championship.[1] Six of the teams were automatically qualified and the remaining six teams made it into the tournament by being the top teams in a 22 team qualifying round held at Curl Mesabi in January 2017.[3]

Female Male State(s)
Becca Hamilton Matt Hamilton  Wisconsin
Courtney George Tyler George  Minnesota
Nina Roth Kroy Nernberger  Wisconsin
Aileen Geving Chris Plys  Minnesota
Tabitha Peterson Joe Polo  Minnesota
Cory Christensen John Shuster  Wisconsin,  Minnesota
Jamie Sinclair Korey Dropkin  Minnesota
Alex Carlson Derrick McLean  Minnesota,  Washington
Maureen Stolt Peter Stolt  Minnesota
Monica Walker Jason Smith  Minnesota
Cristin Clark Matt Birklid  Washington
Vicky Persinger Jared Zezel  Alaska,  Minnesota

Round robin

Standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Pool A W L
Persinger / Zezel 4 1
Peterson / Polo 4 1
Carlson / McLean 2 3
Christensen / Shuster 2 3
Clark / Birklid 2 3
Geving / Plys 1 4
Pool B W L
Roth / Nernberger 3 1
Sinclair / Dropkin 3 2
George / George 2 2
Hamilton / Hamilton 2 3
Stolt / Stolt 2 3
Walker / Smith 2 3

Tiebreakers

Pool A

Saturday, March 4, 12:00 noon ET[4]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Carlson/McLean (has hammer) 3 0 0 3 0 6 X X 12
Christensen/Shuster 0 1 2 0 1 0 X X 4

Saturday, March 4, 4:00pm ET[5]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Clark/Birklid (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
Carlson/McLean 0 6 0 1 0 3 2 X 12

Pool B

Saturday, March 4, 12:00 noon ET[4]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Stolt/Stolt 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 6
George/George (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Hamilton/Hamilton (has hammer) 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 10
Walker/Smith 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 9

Saturday, March 4, 4:00pm ET[5]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Stolt/Stolt 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2
Hamilton/Hamilton (has hammer) 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 X 8

Playoffs

The playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams receiving byes in the quarterfinals.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
      
Sinclair/Dropkin 5
Carlson/McLean 7
Carlson/McLean 6
Peterson/Polo 7
Peterson/Polo 6
Hamilton/Hamilton 7
Persinger/Zezel 3
Hamilton/Hamilton 9
Hamilton/Hamilton 9
Roth/Nernberger 5

Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 4, 8:00pm ET[6]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sinclair/Dropkin (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
Carlson/McLean 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Persinger/Zezel 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Hamilton/Hamilton (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 X 9

Semifinals

Sunday, March 5, 9:00am ET[7]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Peterson/Polo (has hammer) 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 7
Carlson/McLean 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Roth/Nernberger (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 X 5
Hamilton/Hamilton 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 X 9

Finals

Sunday, March 5, 1:00pm ET[8]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Peterson/Polo 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 6
Hamilton/Hamilton (has hammer) 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7

References

  1. 1 2 "Field set for 2017 Mixed Doubles National Championship". Team USA. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Hamilton siblings capture 2017 Mixed Doubles National Championship title". Team USA. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  3. ↑ "Teams inching toward securing berths to Mixed Doubles Championship". Team USA. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  4. 1 2 "USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: TB1 Scores". Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  5. 1 2 "USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: TB2 Scores". Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  6. ↑ "USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: QF Scores". Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  7. ↑ "USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: SF Scores". Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  8. ↑ "USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: CF Scores". Retrieved 2019-06-06.
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