# 2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

The 2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from March 2–5 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minnesota. Matt Hamilton and Becca Hamilton won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Canada.

## Teams

Twelve teams qualified to compete in the championship. Six of the teams were automatically qualified and the remaining six teams made it into the tournament by being the top teams in a 22 team qualifying round held at Curl Mesabi in January 2017.
| Female | Male | State(s) |
| Becca Hamilton | Matt Hamilton | Wisconsin |
| Courtney George | Tyler George | Minnesota |
| Nina Roth | Kroy Nernberger | Wisconsin |
| Aileen Geving | Chris Plys | Minnesota |
| Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo | Minnesota |
| Cory Christensen | John Shuster | Wisconsin, Minnesota |
| Jamie Sinclair | Korey Dropkin | Minnesota |
| Alex Carlson | Derrick McLean | Minnesota, Washington |
| Maureen Stolt | Peter Stolt | Minnesota |
| Monica Walker | Jason Smith | Minnesota |
| Cristin Clark | Matt Birklid | Washington |
| Vicky Persinger | Jared Zezel | Alaska, Minnesota |

## Round robin
### Standings

Key :
* Teams to playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Pool A | W | L |
| Persinger / Zezel | 4 | 1 |
| Peterson / Polo | 4 | 1 |
| Carlson / McLean | 2 | 3 |
| Christensen / Shuster | 2 | 3 |
| Clark / Birklid | 2 | 3 |
| Geving / Plys | 1 | 4 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Roth / Nernberger | 3 | 1 |
| Sinclair / Dropkin | 3 | 2 |
| George / George | 2 | 2 |
| Hamilton / Hamilton | 2 | 3 |
| Stolt / Stolt | 2 | 3 |
| Walker / Smith | 2 | 3 |

### Tiebreakers
#### Pool A

Saturday, March 4, 12:00 noon ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Carlson/McLean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | X | X | 12 |
| Christensen/Shuster | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
Saturday, March 4, 4:00pm ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Clark/Birklid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Carlson/McLean | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 12 |

#### Pool B

Saturday, March 4, 12:00 noon ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Stolt/Stolt | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| George/George | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Walker/Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Saturday, March 4, 4:00pm ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Stolt/Stolt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |

## 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 |
| Sinclair/Dropkin | 5 | | | | |
| Carlson/McLean | 7 | | | | |
| Carlson/McLean | 7 | Carlson/McLean | 6 | | |
| | | Peterson/Polo | 7 | | |
| | | | | Peterson/Polo | 6 |
| | | | | Hamilton/Hamilton | 7 |
| Persinger/Zezel | 3 | | | | | Hamilton/Hamilton | 7 |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 9 | | | | |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 9 | Hamilton/Hamilton | 9 | | |
| | | Roth/Nernberger | 5 | | |

### Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 4, 8:00pm ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sinclair/Dropkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Carlson/McLean | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Persinger/Zezel | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | X | 9 |

### Semifinals

Sunday, March 5, 9:00am ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Peterson/Polo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Carlson/McLean | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Roth/Nernberger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 9 |

### Finals

Sunday, March 5, 1:00pm ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Peterson/Polo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Hamilton/Hamilton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |