# 2008 United States Women's Curling Championship

The 2008 United States Women's Curling Championship was held from February 16 to 23 at the Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota. It was held in conjunction with the 2008 United States Men's Curling Championship. Team McCormick, led by Debbie McCormick, won the tournament for the third year in a row, a record for the US Nationals. With the win Team McCormick earned the opportunity to represent the United States at the 2009 World Women's Championship held in Gangneung, South Korea, where they finished 9th.

## Teams

Seven teams competed in the 2008 Championship. It would have been eight teams but Alex Carlson's team chose to withdraw to focus on the 2008 US Junior Championships, which were held just before the Women's Championship, February 2 to 9.
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate Coach | Locale |
| Gillian Gervais | Stephanie Roland | Stephanie Jensen | Sarah Felchle | Dave Jensen | Bismarck, North Dakota |
| Patti Lank | Caitlin Maroldo | Ann Swisshelm Silver | Chrissy Haase | Erika Brown Steve Brown | Lewiston, New York |
| Charrissa Lin | Janice Langanke | Nicole Arseneault | Rachel Sethi | Sandra McMakin | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Debbie McCormick | Allison Pottinger | Nicole Joraanstad | Natalie Nicholson | Wally Henry | Rio, Wisconsin |
| Cassie Potter | Jamie Haskell | Jessica Schultz | Maureen Brunt | Jackie Lemke Jim Dexter | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Aileen Sormunen | Courtney George | Molly Bonner | Jordan Moulton | Bob Fenson | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Anne Stuhlman | Diane Higgins | Lisa Mitchell | Karen Rogowski | | New Hartford, New York |

## Round robin standings

Final round robin standings.
Key :
* Teams to playoffs
| Skip | W | L |
| Debbie McCormick | 5 | 1 |
| Aileen Sormunen | 5 | 1 |
| Cassie Potter | 5 | 1 |
| Patti Lank | 3 | 3 |
| Gillian Gervais | 2 | 4 |
| Charrisa Lin | 1 | 5 |
| Anne Stuhlman | 0 | 6 |

## Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).

### Draw 1

Monday, February 18, 8:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Debbie McCormick | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 |
| Charrisa Lin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Patti Lank | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Gillian Gervais | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cassie Potter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Aileen Sormunen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |

### Draw 2

Monday, February 18, 4:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aileen Sormunen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Anne Stuhlman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Charrisa Lin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Patti Lank | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 11 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Gillian Gervais | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 3 |
| Debbie McCormick | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | X | X | X | X | X | 11 |

### Draw 3

Tuesday, February 19, 9:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cassie Potter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Gillian Gervais | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aileen Sormunen | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | 11 |
| Charrisa Lin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Anne Stuhlman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Debbie McCormick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X | 10 |

### Draw 4

Tuesday, February 19, 7:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Patti Lank | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Cassie Potter | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Debbie McCormick | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Aileen Sormunen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Charrisa Lin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 12 |
| Anne Stuhlman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |

### Draw 5

Wednesday, February 20, 12:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Patti Lank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Anne Stuhlman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cassie Potter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Debbie McCormick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Gillian Gervais | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Charrisa Lin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Draw 6

Wednesday, February 20, 8:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Anne Stuhlman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Gillian Gervais | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Charrisa Lin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Cassie Potter | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aileen Sormunen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Patti Lank | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |

### Draw 7

Thursday, February 21, 12:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Anne Stuhlman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Cassie Potter | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Debbie McCormick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |
| Patti Lank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Gillian Gervais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Aileen Sormunen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Aileen Sormunen | 3 | | | | 2 | Debbie McCormick | 8 |
| 2 | Debbie McCormick | 8 | | | | 4 | Patti Lank | 6 |
| | | | 1 | Aileen Sormunen | 6 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Patti Lank | 7 | | | |
| 3 | Cassie Potter | 7 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Patti Lank | 8 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs. 2

Friday, February 22, 12:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aileen Sormunen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Debbie McCormick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 8 |

### 3 vs. 4

Friday, February 22, 12:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Cassie Potter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Patti Lank | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### Semifinal

Friday, February 22, 7:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Aileen Sormunen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Patti Lank | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |

### Final

Saturday, February 23, 11:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Debbie McCormick | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Patti Lank | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |