# 2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

The 2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from February 27-March 3, 2019 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. Cory Christensen and John Shuster won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Stavanger, Norway.

## Qualification

Nine teams qualified for the championship based on their performance on the World Curling Tour:
* Sarah Anderson and Korey Dropkin
* Becca Hamilton and Matt Hamilton
* Monica Walker and Alex Leichter
* Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys
* Em Good and Mac Guy
* Jamie Sinclair and Sean Beighton
* Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo
* Cory Christensen and John Shuster
* Nina Roth and Kroy Nernberger
The remaining three teams qualified through the 2019 USA Curling Mixed Doubles Challenge Round:
* Maureen Stolt and Peter Stolt
* Taylor Anderson and Derrick McLean
* Clare Moores and Lance Wheeler

### Challenge round

The 2019 USA Curling Mixed Doubles Challenge Round was held December 19 to 23, 2018 at the Grand Forks Curling Club in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Ten teams competed in triple-knockout tournament, with the top three teams earning a spot at the Championship. Husband and wife duo Peter and Maureen Stolt were the first to clinch one of the available berths when they defeated Taylor Anderson and Derrick McLean in the 'A' bracket final. Anderson and McLean 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 Ann Podoll and Nathan Parry. Losing the 'B' bracket final knocked Podoll and Parry down to the 'C' bracket semifinals. Podoll and Parry made it through their semifinal match to face Clare Moores and Lance Wheeler in the 'C' bracket final. Tied at 7-7 after eight ends, Moores and Wheeler scored one in the extra end to secure the final team slot at the Mixed Doubles Championship.

## Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the event:
| State(s) | Female | Male |
| Minnesota | Sarah Anderson | Korey Dropkin |
| Minnesota Washington | Taylor Anderson | Derrick McLean |
| Minnesota | Cory Christensen | John Shuster |
| Washington | Em Good | Mac Guy |
| Wisconsin | Becca Hamilton | Matt Hamilton |
| Colorado | Clare Moores | Lance Wheeler |
| Alaska Minnesota | Vicky Persinger | Chris Plys |
| Minnesota | Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo |
| Wisconsin | Nina Roth | Kroy Nernberger |
| Minnesota Washington | Jamie Sinclair | Sean Beighton |
| Minnesota | Maureen Stolt | Peter Stolt |
| Minnesota Massachusetts | Monica Walker | Alex Leichter |

## Round robin
### Standings

| Pool A | W | L |
| Anderson / Dropkin | 4 | 1 |
| Christensen / Shuster | 4 | 1 |
| Persinger / Plys | 4 | 1 |
| Sinclair / Beighton | 2 | 3 |
| Anderson / McLean | 1 | 4 |
| Moores / Wheeler | 0 | 5 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Peterson / Polo | 5 | 0 |
| Hamilton / Hamilton | 3 | 2 |
| Roth / Nernberger | 3 | 2 |
| Walker / Leichter | 2 | 3 |
| Good / Guy | 1 | 4 |
| Stolt / Stolt | 1 | 4 |
Teams highlighted in yellow qualified for the playoffs.

### Game results
#### Draw 1

Wednesday, February 27, 7:00 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Stolt/Stolt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Roth/Nernberger | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Peterson/Polo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Persinger/Plys | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Christensen/Shuster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anderson/McLean | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Moores/Wheeler | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anderson/Dropkin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 11 |
| Sinclair/Beighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | 4 |

#### Draw 2

Thursday, February 28, 10:00 am
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Walker/Leichter | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Good/Guy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Moores/Wheeler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Anderson/Dropkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Persinger/Plys | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Sinclair/Beighton | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

#### Draw 3

Thursday, February 28, 2:30 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Persinger/Plys | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Moores/Wheeler | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 5 |
| Roth/Nernberger | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Good/Guy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Stolt/Stolt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Walker/Leichter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Peterson/Polo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Christensen/Shuster | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Anderson/McLean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |

#### Draw 4

Thursday, February 28, 7:00 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Good/Guy | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Peterson/Polo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Christensen/Shuster | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Sinclair/Beighton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anderson/McLean | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Anderson/Dropkin | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Stolt/Stolt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Roth/Nernberger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Walker/Leichter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |

#### Draw 5

Friday, March 1, 10:00 am
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Stolt/Stolt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Walker/Leichter | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Peterson/Polo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 4 |

#### Draw 6

Friday, March 1, 2:30 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Anderson/Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Christensen/Shuster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anderson/McLean | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Persinger/Plys | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sinclair/Beighton | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Moores/Wheeler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Roth/Nernberger | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Good/Guy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Peterson/Polo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 8 |
| Stolt/Stolt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |

#### Draw 7

Friday, March 1, 7:00 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sinclair/Beighton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 6 |
| Anderson/McLean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 10 |
| Good/Guy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Roth/Nernberger | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Walker/Leichter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Moores/Wheeler | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Christensen/Shuster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anderson/Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Persinger/Plys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

## Playoffs

The playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams receiving byes in the quarterfinals.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Christensen/Shuster | 6 | | | | |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 5 | | | | |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 5 | Christensen/Shuster | 6 | | |
| | | Peterson/Polo | 5 | | |
| | | | | Christensen/Shuster | 7 |
| | | | | Persinger/Plys | 5 |
| Anderson/Dropkin | 5 | | | | | Persinger/Plys | 5 |
| Roth/Nernberger | 7 | | | | |
| Roth/Nernberger | 7 | Roth/Nernberger | 2 | | |
| | | Persinger/Plys | 8 | | |

### Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 2, 2:30pm
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Christensen/Shuster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anderson/Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Roth/Nernberger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

### Semifinals

Saturday, March 2, 7:00pm
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Peterson/Polo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Christensen/Shuster | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Persinger/Plys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
| Roth/Nernberger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

### Finals

Sunday, March 3, 11:00am
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Christensen/Shuster | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Persinger/Plys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |