# 2020 United States Women's Curling Championship

The 2020 United States Women's Curling Championship was held from February 8 to 15, 2020 at the Eastern Washington University Recreation Center in Spokane, Washington. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 United States Men's Curling Championship. In the final, Tabitha Peterson defeated Jamie Sinclair 7–5.
Since Team Peterson met certain prerequisites in terms of world ranking points (60 points year-to-date or ranked 70th or higher) they would have represented the United States at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship, which was scheduled to be held in Prince George, British Columbia. The tournament was canceled due to COVID-19; as the 2021 United States Championship has been delayed to May 2021 due to COVID-19, the 2020 champions will represent the United States at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship. Team Peterson will also appear in the 2021 Grand Slam of Curling Champions Cup in 2021.

## Qualification

There were three ways for teams to qualify for the championship:
* Top four American teams in the World Curling Federation (WCF) World Team Ranking System on Dec 2, 2019
** Team Roth
** Team Sinclair
** Team Rhyme
** Team Potter
* Three teams from the 2020 United States Women's Challenge Round
** Team McMakin
** Team Traxler
** Team Podoll
* A team selected from the 2020 United States Junior Women's Championship
** Team Strouse

### Challenge round

Eight teams competed at the 2020 United States Women's Challenge Round, held at the Heather Curling Club in Mapleton, Minnesota, from January 3 to 5. Through a triple knockout competition the top three teams secured a spot at the National Championship. Two-time Junior Champion Christine McMakin was the first to secure a spot, defeating fellow junior curler Ariel Traxler in the 'A' bracket final. Traxler dropped down to the 'B' bracket final and had another opportunity to play for a spot in the Nationals, this time earning her spot by defeating Ann Podoll 8–4. Podoll then dropped to the 'C' bracket final where she defeated Stephanie Senneker to secure the third and final Nationals berth.

## Teams

Eight teams participated in the 2020 national championship. Team McMakin and Team Podoll changed names to Team Lank and Team Workin, respectively, due to line-up changes.
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
| Tabitha Peterson | Becca Hamilton | Tara Peterson | Aileen Geving | | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Jamie Sinclair | Cory Christensen | Vicky Persinger | Taylor Anderson | Sarah Anderson | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Cassie Potter | Courtney George | Jackie Lemke | Jordan Moulton | Sophie Bader | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Kim Rhyme | Elizabeth Brundage | Katie Rhyme | Amy Harnden | | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Patti Lank | Christine McMakin | Anna Netteberg | Anne O'Hara | Emma Rau | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Rachel Workin | Taylor Drees | Ann Podoll | Christina Lammers | | Fargo, North Dakota |
| Elizabeth Cousins (Fourth) | Katherine Gourianova | Elizabeth Janiak | Ariel Traxler (Skip) | | Fairbanks, Alaska |
| Delaney Strouse | Sydney Mullaney | Susan Dudt | Rebecca Rodgers | | Malvern, Pennsylvania |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to playoffs
| Skip | W | L |
| Jamie Sinclair | 6 | 1 |
| Tabitha Peterson | 6 | 1 |
| Ariel Traxler | 4 | 3 |
| Patti Lank | 3 | 4 |
| Cassie Potter | 3 | 4 |
| Kim Rhyme | 2 | 5 |
| Delaney Strouse | 2 | 5 |
| Rachel Workin | 2 | 5 |

## Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00).

### Draw 1

Sunday, February 9, 8:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Delaney Strouse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Cassie Potter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tabitha Peterson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Ariel Traxler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kim Rhyme | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Patti Lank | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Rachel Workin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |

### Draw 2

Sunday, February 9, 4:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kim Rhyme | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Rachel Workin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Patti Lank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cassie Potter | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Ariel Traxler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tabitha Peterson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Delaney Strouse | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 3

Monday, February 10, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Ariel Traxler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Delaney Strouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Kim Rhyme | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tabitha Peterson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Rachel Workin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Patti Lank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Cassie Potter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |

### Draw 4

Tuesday, February 11, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rachel Workin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Cassie Potter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Patti Lank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Ariel Traxler | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kim Rhyme | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Tabitha Peterson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Delaney Strouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 12 |

### Draw 5

Tuesday, February 11, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cassie Potter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 10 |
| Kim Rhyme | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Ariel Traxler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Rachel Workin | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Tabitha Peterson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Delaney Strouse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Patti Lank | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Draw 6

Wednesday, February 12, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Kim Rhyme | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ariel Traxler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | 11 |
| Delaney Strouse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tabitha Peterson | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Cassie Potter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rachel Workin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 6 |
| Patti Lank | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 11 |

### Draw 7

Thursday, February 13, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Patti Lank | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Tabitha Peterson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | X | 12 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cassie Potter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 0 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rachel Workin | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 10 |
| Delaney Strouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Ariel Traxler | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Kim Rhyme | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff | Page playoff | Page playoff | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jamie Sinclair | 4 | | | | 2 | Tabitha Peterson | 7 |
| 2 | Tabitha Peterson | 9 | | | | 1 | Jamie Sinclair | 5 |
| | | | 1 | Jamie Sinclair | 11 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Ariel Traxler | 5 | | | |

### 1 vs. 2

Friday, February 14, 12:00 pm
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Tabitha Peterson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
Player percentages :
| Team Sinclair | Team Sinclair | Team Peterson | Team Peterson |
| Taylor Anderson | 76% | Aileen Geving | 83% |
| Vicky Persinger | 81% | Tara Peterson | 86% |
| Cory Christensen | 85% | Becca Hamilton | 92% |
| Jamie Sinclair | 68% | Tabitha Peterson | 90% |
| Total | 77% | Total | 88% |

### Semifinal

Friday, February 14, 7:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | X | 11 |
| Ariel Traxler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
Player percentages :
| Team Sinclair | Team Sinclair | Team Traxler | Team Traxler |
| Taylor Anderson | 81% | Ariel Traxler | 84% |
| Vicky Persinger | 79% | Elizabeth Janiak | 80% |
| Cory Christensen | 81% | Katherine Gourianova | 70% |
| Jamie Sinclair | 73% | Elizabeth Cousins | 66% |
| Total | 79% | Total | 75% |

### Final

Saturday, February 15, 12:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tabitha Peterson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
Player percentages :
| Team Peterson | Team Peterson | Team Sinclair | Team Sinclair |
| Aileen Geving | 85% | Taylor Anderson | 88% |
| Tara Peterson | 79% | Vicky Persinger | 84% |
| Becca Hamilton | 85% | Cory Christensen | 71% |
| Tabitha Peterson | 85% | Jamie Sinclair | 74% |
| Total | 84% | Total | 79% |
* 2020 United States Women's Curling Championship
* Tabitha Peterson 2nd United States Championship title