2021 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

2021 United States Mixed
Doubles Curling Championship
Host cityWausau, Wisconsin
ArenaWausau Curling Club
DatesMay 19–23
Winner Persinger / Plys
FemaleVicky Persinger
MaleChris Plys
Finalist Bear / Stopera
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The 2021 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from May 19 to 23, 2021 at the Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wisconsin. The championship featured twenty four teams split into four pools of six. After the round robin, the top two teams from each pool qualified for the playoffs with the first place teams advancing to the seeding round.[1]

In the final, the pair of Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys defeated Madison Bear and Andrew Stopera 8–5 to claim the title.[2] It was a first mixed doubles championship for both Persinger and Plys, having finished runner–up in 2019 to the duo of Cory Christensen and John Shuster. Bear and Stopera went a perfect 7–0 in the tournament before dropping the final. To advance to the final, Persinger and Plys defeated the duo of Aileen Geving and Luc Violette 8–5 and Bear and Stopera topped Jenna Burchesky and Ben Richardson 7–2. All four teams that qualified for the semifinals qualified their teams for the 2021 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials which will be held in fall 2021.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The event was originally scheduled to be held February 28 to March 6, 2021 at Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena in Irvine, California and also be the Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[3] In December, 2020, the USCA announced that all remaining 2020–21 events would be either cancelled or postponed until late spring 2021. This postponement delayed the Mixed Doubles Championship until after the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Championship and so the 2020 champions, Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo, were selected to represent the United States. This gave the team the opportunity to compete at Worlds which they missed the previous year when the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] On March 29, 2021 it was announced that the 2021 Mixed Doubles Championship would be held in conjunction with the Women's Nationals and Men's Nationals in a bio-secure bubble at Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wisconsin in May, 2021.[5] Due to the pandemic, it was decided to separate the 2021 Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials from the National Championship and delay the trials until fall 2021.

Qualification

Due to the pandemic, no qualification events were held and the qualification methods were modified. Any team that had qualified for the 2020 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship qualified for the event. Then, up to twelve teams that had at least one athlete in the top fifty of the World Curling Federation's men's and women's rankings qualified. The remaining spots were selected by the top teams, not already qualified, from the WCF Mixed Doubles World Team Ranking System as of the close of registration.[5]

Teams

The teams competing in the 2021 championship are:[6]

Female Male Locale
Taylor Anderson Hunter Clawson Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nicole Avalon Sean Franey Oakland, California
Madison Bear Andrew Stopera Chaska, Minnesota
Nicole Bookhout Dan Wiza Madison, Wisconsin
Jenna Burchesky Ben Richardson Walpole, Massachusetts
Susan Dudt Daniel Dudt Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Audrey Foote Blake Hagberg Whitesboro, New York
Aileen Geving Luc Violette Duluth, Minnesota
Christine McMakin Riley Fenson Chaska, Minnesota
Clare Moores Lance Wheeler Denver, Colorado
Sydney Mullaney Chase Sinnett Concord, Massachusetts
Anne O'Hara Coleman Thurston Fairbanks, Alaska
Abigail Page Aiden Oldenburg Mankato, Minnesota
Vicky Persinger Chris Plys Fairbanks, Alaska / Chaska, Minnesota
Ann Podoll Nathan Perry Fargo, North Dakota
Kim Rhyme Jason Smith Saint Paul, Minnesota
Rebecca Rodgers Daniel Casper Leyden, Massachusetts
Harley Rohrbacher Nicholas Visnich Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jamie Sinclair Rich Ruohonen Chaska, Minnesota
Maureen Stolt Peter Stolt Plymouth, Minnesota
Delaney Strouse Nicholas Connolly Midland, Michigan
Monica Walker Alex Leichter Wayland, Massachusetts
Becca Wood Shawn Banyai Denver, Colorado
Leah Yavarow Samuel Strouse Midland, Michigan

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreakers
Pool A W L
Persinger / Plys 4 1
Burchesky / Richardson 3 2
McMakin / Fenson 3 2
Foote / Hagberg 2 3
O'Hara / Thurston 2 3
Rodgers / Casper 1 4
Pool B W L
Rhyme / Smith 4 1
Moores / Wheeler 3 2
Walker / Leichter 3 2
Mullaney / Sinnett 3 2
Podoll / Parry 1 4
Rohrbacher / Visnich 1 4
Pool C W L
Bear / Stopera 5 0
Dudt / Dudt 4 1
Anderson / Clawson 3 2
Stolt / Stolt 1 4
Strouse / Connolly 1 4
Avalon / Franey 1 4
Pool D W L
Geving / Violette 5 0
Sinclair / Ruohonen 4 1
Page / Oldenburg 3 2
Yavarow / Strouse 2 3
Wood / Banyai 1 4
Bookhout / Wiza 0 5

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).[1]

Draw 1

Wednesday, May 19, 5:30 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
McMakin / Fenson 1 0 4 0 2 2 2 X 11
Rodgers / Casper 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Foote / Hagberg 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Persinger / Plys 2 0 5 3 2 0 X X 12
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Burchesky / Richardson 3 0 1 2 1 0 3 X 10
O'Hara / Thurston 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Rohrbacher / Visnich 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Walker / Leichter 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 X 9
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Mullaney / Sinnett 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
Moores / Wheeler 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 4 11
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Rhyme / Smith 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 11
Podoll / Parry 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 7

Draw 2

Wednesday, May 19, 8:30 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Stolt / Stolt 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 7
Strouse / Connolly 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Avalon / Franey 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 X 5
Bear / Stopera 3 0 1 2 0 1 2 X 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anderson / Clawson 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4
Dudt / Dudt 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Page / Oldenburg 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 6
Sinclair / Ruohonen 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 9
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yavarow / Strouse 1 0 0 2 2 1 3 X 9
Wood / Banyai 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Geving / Violette 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 X 9
Bookhout / Wiza 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 3

Thursday, May 20, 9:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Rohrbacher / Visnich 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 4
Mullaney / Sinnett 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 X 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Moores / Wheeler 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 7
Rhyme / Smith 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Walker / Leichter 0 3 0 1 2 2 1 X 9
Podoll / Parry 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Rodgers / Casper 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Burchesky / Richardson 2 2 1 1 1 0 X X 7
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Persinger / Plys 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 7
O'Hara / Thurston 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 8
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Foote / Hagberg 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5
McMakin / Fenson 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 6

Draw 4

Thursday, May 20, 12:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Page / Oldenburg 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 1 9
Yavarow / Strouse 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Wood / Banyai 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Geving / Violette 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 6
Bookhout / Wiza 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Strouse / Connolly 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 2
Anderson / Clawson 3 2 3 1 0 4 X X 13
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Bear / Stopera 2 3 0 3 3 0 X X 11
Dudt / Dudt 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 2
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Avalon / Franey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
Stolt / Stolt 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 X 9

Draw 5

Thursday, May 20, 4:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Foote / Hagberg 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 10
O'Hara / Thurston 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
McMakin / Fenson 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 6
Burchesky / Richardson 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Persinger / Plys 1 0 3 1 1 2 X X 8
Rodgers / Casper 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Mullaney / Sinnett 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 X 9
Rhyme / Smith 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Rohrbacher / Visnich 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Podoll / Parry 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 X 8
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Walker / Leichter 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
Moores / Wheeler 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 8

Draw 6

Thursday, May 20, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Avalon / Franey 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 6
Dudt / Dudt 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Stolt / Stolt 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
Anderson / Clawson 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Bear / Stopera 4 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 9
Strouse / Connolly 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 X 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yavarow / Strouse 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2
Geving / Violette 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 X 6
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Page / Oldenburg 4 0 2 0 3 1 X X 10
Bookhout / Wiza 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sinclair / Ruohonen 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 X 8
Wood / Banyai 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 4

Draw 7

Friday, May 21, 9:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Podoll / Parry 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
Moores / Wheeler 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 X 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Mullaney / Sinnett 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 X 4
Walker / Leichter 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 X 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Rhyme / Smith 1 3 0 4 0 3 0 X 11
Rohrbacher / Visnich 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 X 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
McMakin / Fenson 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 5
Persinger / Plys 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Burchesky / Richardson 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 8
Foote / Hagberg 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 9
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
O'Hara / Thurston 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 1 9
Rodgers / Casper 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 6

Draw 8

Friday, May 21, 12:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Bookhout / Wiza 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Wood / Banyai 2 0 6 1 0 1 X X 10
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Yavarow / Strouse 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 4
Sinclair / Ruohonen 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Geving / Violette 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 8
Page / Oldenburg 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Stolt / Stolt 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2
Bear / Stopera 2 1 0 3 2 2 X X 10
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anderson / Clawson 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 X 7
Avalon / Franey 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Dudt / Dudt 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 9
Strouse / Connolly 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 7

Draw 9

Friday, May 21, 4:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Burchesky / Richardson 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
Persinger / Plys 0 0 3 1 1 0 3 X 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Rodgers / Casper 3 3 0 1 3 0 0 X 10
Foote / Hagberg 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
O'Hara / Thurston 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
McMakin / Fenson 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Moores / Wheeler 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5
Rohrbacher / Visnich 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 6
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Rhyme / Smith 1 1 1 2 0 4 X X 9
Walker / Leichter 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Podoll / Parry 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Mullaney / Sinnett 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 X 7

Draw 10

Friday, May 21, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anderson / Clawson 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Bear / Stopera 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 X 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Strouse / Connolly 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 7
Avalon / Franey 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Dudt / Dudt 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 X 7
Stolt / Stolt 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 X 5
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Wood / Banyai 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
Page / Oldenburg 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 9
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Geving / Violette 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 8
Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 7
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Bookhout / Wiza 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 8
Yavarow / Strouse 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 9

Tiebreakers

Saturday, May 22, 9:00 am

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Walker / Leichter 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 6
Mullaney / Sinnett 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Burchesky / Richardson 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 8
McMakin / Fenson 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 5

Saturday, May 22, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Moores / Wheeler 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 X 6
Walker / Leichter 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 X 9

Playoffs

Seeding round

The top team in each pool qualified for the seeding round. The winners of both games qualified directly for the semifinals while the losers dropped into the quarterfinals.[1]

To Semifinals
   
D1 Geving / Violette 6
A1 Persinger / Plys 8
To Semifinals
   
C1 Bear / Stopera 6
B1 Rhyme / Smith 4

Seeding games

Saturday, May 22, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Geving / Violette 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Persinger / Plys 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Bear / Stopera 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 X 6
Rhyme / Smith 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 X 4

Championship round

Qualification Games Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
C1 Bear / Stopera 7
A2 Burchesky / Richardson 2
B1 Rhyme / Smith 5
C2 Dudt / Dudt 4 A2 Burchesky / Richardson 9
A2 Burchesky / Richardson 9 C1 Bear / Stopera 5
A1 Persinger / Plys 8
A1 Persinger / Plys 8
D1 Geving / Violette 5
D1 Geving / Violette 7
D2 Sinclair / Ruohonen 5 B2 Walker / Leichter 4
B2 Walker / Leichter 6

Qualification games

Saturday, May 22, 7:00 pm

Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 5
Walker / Leichter 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 6
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Dudt / Dudt 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 4
Burchesky / Richardson 1 2 0 0 4 0 2 X 9

Quarterfinals

Sunday, May 23, 9:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Rhyme / Smith 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 X 5
Burchesky / Richardson 0 3 2 0 0 4 0 X 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Geving / Violette 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 X 7
Walker / Leichter 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 X 4

Semifinals

Sunday, May 23, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Persinger / Plys 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 8
Geving / Violette 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Bear / Stopera 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 X 7
Burchesky / Richardson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2

Final

Sunday, May 23, 7:00 pm

Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Bear / Stopera 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
Persinger / Plys 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 8

References

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