The 2010 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from December 3–6, 2009 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington.[1] Sharon Vukich and Mike Calcagno won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Chelyabinsk, Russia.[2]
Teams
Nineteen teams qualified to compete in the championship.
Round robin
The 19 teams were split into three pools; each pool played a round robin and at the end the top two teams advanced to the playoffs. The standings at the end of the round robin phase were:[2]
| Pool A
|
W
|
L
|
| Hambley / McLean
|
6
|
0
|
| Clark / Beighton
|
5
|
1
|
| Good / Vukich
|
4
|
2
|
| Kozai / VanWieringen
|
2
|
4
|
| Read / Read
|
2
|
4
|
| Summer / Mazzotta
|
1
|
5
|
| Juocys / Levy
|
1
|
5
|
|
| Pool B
|
W
|
L
|
| Lin / Surka
|
5
|
0
|
| Langanke / Gemmell
|
4
|
1
|
| Coleman / Ivy
|
2
|
3
|
| Frosch / Cornfield
|
2
|
3
|
| Kauffman / Iwanick
|
1
|
4
|
| Kupferschmidt / Doherty
|
1
|
4
|
|
| Pool C
|
W
|
L
|
| Vukich / Calcagno
|
5
|
0
|
| Meechai / Nawyn
|
3
|
2
|
| Coffin / Lundeen
|
2
|
3
|
| Lopac / Zyblut
|
2
|
3
|
| Smith / Schultz
|
2
|
3
|
| Pleasants / Pleasants
|
1
|
4
|
|
Playoffs
The playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams receiving byes in the quarterfinals.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Lin/Surka
| 7
| | |
|
| |
| | | Clark/Beighton
| 8
| |
| Meechai/Nawyn
| 1
| |
| |
| Clark/Beighton
| 9
| |
| | Clark/Beighton
| 4
| |
|
| |
| | | Vukich/Calcagno
| 10
| |
| | | |
| |
| | |
| | Hambley/McLean
| 6
| |
|
| |
| | | Vukich/Calcagno
| 7
| |
| Gemmell/Langanke
| 4
| |
| |
| Vukich/Calcagno
| 7
| |
Quarterfinals
Saturday, December 5, 8:00pm PT[3]
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Meechai/Nawyn
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
X
|
1
|
| Clark/Beighton
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
X
|
9
|
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Gemmell/Langanke
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
| Vukich/Calcagno
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
7
|
Semifinals
Sunday, December 6, 9:00am PT[2]
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Lin/Surka
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
| Clark/Beighton
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
8
|
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Hambley/McLean
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
| Vukich/Calcagno
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
Final
Sunday, December 6, 12:00pm ET[2]
| Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
Final
|
| Clark/Beighton
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
| Vukich/Calcagno
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
10
|
References