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]
Highest finishing American teams at Colorado Curling Cup and Madtown DoubleDown (mixed doubles bonspiels in Denver, Colorado and Madison, Wisconsin, respectively)
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]
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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 2020 United States Mixed Doubles Curling ChampionshipHost cityBemidji MinnesotaArenaBemidji Curling ClubDatesFebruary 27 March 1WinnerPeterson PoloCurling clubSt Paul CC St Paul Bemidji CC BemidjiFemaleTabitha PetersonMaleJoe PoloFinalistChristensen Shuster 2019 2021 Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo won the event with a 7 4 win over defending champions 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 Contents 1 Qualification 1 1 Challenge round 2 Teams 3 Round robin standings 4 Round robin results 4 1 Draw 1 4 2 Draw 2 4 3 Draw 3 4 4 Draw 4 4 5 Draw 5 5 Tiebreaker 6 Playoffs 6 1 Quarterfinals 6 2 Semifinals 6 3 Bronze medal game 6 4 Final 7 ReferencesQualification editThere were five ways teams qualified for the championship 4 2019 USMDCC finalists Cory Christensen and John Shuster champions 9 Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys runners up Highest finishing American teams at Colorado Curling Cup and Madtown DoubleDown mixed doubles bonspiels in Denver Colorado and Madison Wisconsin respectively Sarah Anderson and Korey Dropkin 2019 Colorado Curling Cup champions 10 Becca Hamilton and Matt Hamilton 2019 Madtown DoubleDown 11 Four American teams not already qualified with highest year to date points in WCF World Team Ranking System Madison Bear and Andrew Stopera 12 Alex Agre and Derrick McLean Christine McMakin and Riley Fenson Cristin Clark and Chris Bond Wild card berth awarded by selection committee Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo 12 Top three teams from 2020 United States Mixed Doubles Challenge Round Monica Walker and Alex Leichter 13 Katherine Gourianova and Eli Clawson Kim Rhyme and Jason Smith Challenge round edit 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 editThe teams are listed as follows 19 Female Male State s Alex Agre Derrick McLean nbsp Minnesota nbsp Washington Sarah Anderson Korey Dropkin nbsp Minnesota Madison Bear Andrew Stopera nbsp Wisconsin nbsp New York Cory Christensen John Shuster nbsp Minnesota Cristin Clark Chris Bond nbsp Washington Katherine Gourianova Eli Clawson nbsp Maryland Becca Hamilton Matt Hamilton nbsp Wisconsin Christine McMakin Riley Fenson nbsp Minnesota Vicky Persinger Chris Plys nbsp Alaska nbsp Minnesota Tabitha Peterson Joe Polo nbsp Minnesota Kim Rhyme Jason Smith nbsp Minnesota Monica Walker Alex Leichter nbsp MassachusettsRound robin standings editFinal round robin Standings 20 Key Teams to playoffs Teams to tiebreakers Pool A W L nbsp Anderson Dropkin 5 0 nbsp nbsp Persinger Plys 4 1 nbsp Walker Leichter 3 2 nbsp nbsp Bear Stopera 2 3 nbsp Clark Bond 1 4 nbsp McMakin Fenson 0 5 Pool B W L nbsp Christensen Shuster 3 2 nbsp Hamilton Hamilton 3 2 nbsp Peterson Polo 3 2 nbsp Gourianova Clawson 3 2 nbsp Rhyme Smith 2 3 nbsp nbsp Agre McLean 1 4Round robin results editAll draw times are listed in Central Standard Time UTC 06 00 Draw 1 edit Thursday February 27 2 30 pm Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Walker Leichter 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 5 nbsp nbsp Persinger Plys nbsp 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp McMakin Fenson 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 nbsp Clark Bond nbsp 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 9 Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Anderson Dropkin nbsp 3 1 3 0 2 0 2 X 11 nbsp nbsp Bear Stopera 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Peterson Polo nbsp 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 X 9 nbsp Rhyme Smith 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 4 Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Gourianova Clawson nbsp 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4 nbsp Christensen Shuster 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 X 7 Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp nbsp Agre McLean 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 4 nbsp Hamilton Hamilton nbsp 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 X 7 Draw 2 edit Thursday February 27 7 00 pm Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Christensen Shuster 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 6 nbsp nbsp Agre McLean nbsp 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 7 Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final nbsp Peterson Polo 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 7 nbsp Hamilton Hamilton nbsp 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 8 Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp nbsp Persinger Plys 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 X 7 nbsp McMakin Fenson nbsp 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Clark Bond 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3 nbsp Anderson Dropkin nbsp 1 1 0 4 0 3 X X 9 Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Walker Leichter 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 nbsp nbsp Bear Stopera nbsp 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Rhyme Smith nbsp 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 nbsp Gourianova Clawson 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 Draw 3 edit Friday February 28 2 30 pm Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Rhyme Smith nbsp 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 nbsp Hamilton Hamilton 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Gourianova Clawson 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 X 5 nbsp nbsp Agre McLean nbsp 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 4 Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Walker Leichter nbsp 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 X 7 nbsp Clark Bond 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 X 5 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp nbsp Persinger Plys nbsp 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 X 12 nbsp nbsp Bear Stopera 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 X 7 Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp McMakin Fenson 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 nbsp Anderson Dropkin nbsp 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Peterson Polo nbsp 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 nbsp Christensen Shuster 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 Draw 4 edit Friday February 28 7 00 pm Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Gourianova Clawson nbsp 5 0 1 1 1 X X X 8 nbsp Peterson Polo 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1 Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Anderson Dropkin nbsp 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 7 nbsp nbsp Persinger Plys 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 6 Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Hamilton Hamilton 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3 nbsp Christensen Shuster nbsp 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 X 7 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final nbsp McMakin Fenson nbsp 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 9 nbsp Walker Leichter 0 3 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 10 Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp nbsp Agre McLean nbsp 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 6 nbsp Rhyme Smith 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 7 Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp nbsp Bear Stopera nbsp 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 nbsp Clark Bond 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 6 Draw 5 edit Saturday February 29 10 00 am Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp nbsp Bear Stopera 2 1 1 1 2 0 X X 7 nbsp McMakin Fenson nbsp 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1 Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Christensen Shuster 2 0 2 1 0 3 X X 8 nbsp Rhyme Smith nbsp 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2 Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final nbsp nbsp Agre McLean nbsp 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 nbsp Peterson Polo 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 6 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Hamilton Hamilton nbsp 4 1 2 1 X X X X 8 nbsp Gourianova Clawson 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0 Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Clark Bond 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3 nbsp nbsp Persinger Plys nbsp 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 5 Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Anderson Dropkin 2 1 0 2 0 3 X X 8 nbsp Walker Leichter nbsp 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3Tiebreaker editSaturday February 29 2 30 pm Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Peterson Polo 2 0 3 0 2 0 3 X 10 nbsp Gourianova Clawson nbsp 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5Playoffs editQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal1 nbsp Anderson Dropkin53 nbsp nbsp Persinger Plys76 nbsp Peterson Polo86 nbsp Peterson Polo106 nbsp Peterson Polo72 nbsp Christensen Shuster42 nbsp Christensen Shuster94 nbsp Hamilton Hamilton65 nbsp Walker Leichter65 nbsp Walker Leichter7Bronze medal game1 nbsp Anderson Dropkin75 nbsp Walker Leichter6 Quarterfinals edit Saturday February 29 7 00 pm Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Hamilton Hamilton nbsp 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 6 nbsp Walker Leichter 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp nbsp Persinger Plys 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 7 nbsp Peterson Polo nbsp 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 3 10 Semifinals edit Sunday March 1 11 00 am Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Anderson Dropkin 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 5 nbsp Peterson Polo nbsp 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 X 8 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Christensen Shuster 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 9 nbsp Walker Leichter nbsp 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 Bronze medal game edit Sunday March 1 3 30 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final nbsp Anderson Dropkin nbsp 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 nbsp Walker Leichter 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 6 Final edit Sunday March 1 3 30 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final nbsp Peterson Polo nbsp 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 X 7 nbsp Christensen Shuster 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 4References edit Mixed Doubles National Championship USA Curling Archived from the original on April 11 2018 Retrieved Dec 19 2019 CURLING Bemidji to 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