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Curling competition at Seattle, Washington
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]
Nineteen teams qualified to compete in the championship.
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
The playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams receiving byes in the quarterfinals.
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
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
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
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