# 2010 United States Women's Curling Championship

The 2010 United States Women's Curling Championships were held at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan, from March 6, 2010, to March 13, 2010. This was the 34th edition of the United States Women's Curling Championship; it was held alongside the 2010 United States Men's Curling Championship.
Teams qualified through three different methods. First, the defending champions were granted an automatic berth; however, Team McCormick elected not to compete because of the Vancouver Olympics which take place during the preceding two weeks. Next, teams traditionally compete first through regional qualifiers with the top teams advancing to the nationals and then the runners-up compete at a Nationals Playdown to determine the final spots. However, so few women's teams submitted applications to the Regional Qualifiers that all teams were directly advanced to the National Championships.
The winning team represented the United States at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
| Erika Brown | Nina Spatola | Ann Swisshelm | Laura Hallisey | | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Gabrielle Coleman | Ann Drummie | JoDee Dike-Johnson | Karen Officer | | Mountain View, California |
| Lysa Hambley | Em Good | Elle LeBeau | Cynthia Eng-Dinsel | Sara Skulec | Lynnwood, Washington |
| Rebecca Hamilton | Karlie Koenig | Jenna Haag | Grace Gabower | | McFarland, Wisconsin |
| Matina Heisler | Elizabeth Abeltin | Marinna Martini | Wendy Scholes | Barbara Thomson | Falmouth, Massachusetts |
| Debra Horn | Laurel Maurer | Emilia Juocys | Courtney Schmidt | | Shaker Heights, Ohio |
| Patti Lank | Aileen Sormunen | Caitlin Maroldo | Jessica Schultz | | Lewiston, New York |
| Monica Walker | Elizabeth Williams | Ashley Lawreck | Rachel Ryan | | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Kimberly Wapola | Brigid Ellig | Carol Strojny | Connie Kupferschmidt | | Mahtomedi, Minnesota |
| Amy Wright | Courtney George | Jordan Moulton | Amanda McLean | Patricia Luke | Duluth, Minnesota |

## Round robin standings

| Team (Skip) | W | L |
| Amy Wright | 7 | 2 |
| Erika Brown | 7 | 2 |
| Patti Lank* | 7 | 2 |
| Rebecca Hamilton | 7 | 2 |
| Kimberly Wapola | 5 | 4 |
| Monica Walker | 5 | 4 |
| Debra Horn | 3 | 6 |
| Gabrielle Coleman | 3 | 6 |
| Lysa Hambley | 1 | 8 |
| Matina Heisler | 1 | 8 |
* clinched playoff berth

## Tiebreakers
### Tiebreaker 1

Thursday, March 11, 12:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Patti Lank | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Amy Wright | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |

### Tiebreaker 2

Thursday, March 11, 4:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Patti Lank | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Erika Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Amy Wright | 5 | | | | 2 | Erika Brown | 5 |
| 2 | Erika Brown | 8 | | | | 3 | Patti Lank | 4 |
| | | | 1 | Amy Wright | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Patti Lank | 9 | | | |
| 3 | Patti Lank | 8 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Rebecca Hamilton | 4 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs. 2 game

Friday, March 12, 8:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Amy Wright | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Erika Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |

### 3 vs. 4 game

Friday, March 12, 8:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Patti Lank | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Rebecca Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Semifinal

Friday, March 12, 4:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Amy Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Patti Lank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |

### Championship final

Saturday, March 13, 10:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Erika Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Patti Lank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

## Other notable participants

Other notable participants include Courtney George, Jordan Moulton, Jessica Schultz, and Ann Swisshelm.