2010 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Curling competition at Seattle, Washington
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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]
| 2010 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Seattle, Washington |
| Arena | Granite Curling Club |
| Dates | December 3–6, 2009 |
| Winner | Sharon Vukich and Mike Calcagno |
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Teams
Nineteen teams qualified to compete in the championship.
| Female | Male | State(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Cristin Clark | Sean Beighton |  Washington |
| Gabrielle Coleman | Barry Ivy |  California |
| Leslie Frosch | David Cornfield | Washington |
| Connie Kupferschmidt | Timothy Doherty |  Minnesota |
| Janice Langanke | Dean Gemmell |  New Jersey |
| Emily Good | Jake Vukich | Washington |
| Katie Kauffman | Arnie Iwanick | Washington |
| Emily Juocys | Ben Levy |  Michigan |
| Senja Lopac | Matt Zyblut | Minnesota,  Virginia |
| Elizabeth Coffin | Steve Lundeen | Washington |
| Michelle Summer | Gary Mazzotta | Minnesota |
| Lysa Hambley | Derrick McLean | Washington |
| Joyance Meechai | Jason Nawyn |  New York,  Massachusetts |
| Jaynie Pleasants | James Pleasants | Washington |
| Abigail Read | Bart Read |  Maine |
| Julie Smith | Eric Schultz | Minnesota |
| Charrissa Lin | Derek Surka |  Connecticut |
| Cynthia Kozai | Barry VanWieringen | Washington |
| Sharon Vukich | Mike Calcagno | Washington |
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]
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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 |