2012 United States Women's Curling Championship – Qualification

Qualification for the 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship took place in one round in January in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The number of entrants to the national championships was cut down to ten teams through a challenge round.

Qualification System

Teams qualified for the women's nationals either by qualifying automatically as one of the top four teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit or by qualifying through the challenge round. The four teams that qualified automatically to the championships, an increase from last year's two teams qualified through the Order of Merit, were chosen based on the Order of Merit upon the conclusion of the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel.[1] This year, the teams are those skipped by Erika Brown, Rebecca Hamilton, Patti Lank, and Alexandra Carlson.[2] The other six spots in the nationals will be awarded through competition in the challenge round.[1]

The challenge round was held with the double knockout provision in place. The double knockout provision states that a team is eliminated from qualifying for the nationals if the team has at least two losses in their win-loss record. If there are teams with less than two losses, they will play each other until the number of teams still able to qualify matches the number of qualification spots available.

Challenge Round

Since there are more than ten teams registered to the nationals this year, the teams that did not qualify directly for the nationals competed to earn one of six remaining spots in the nationals through the challenge round, which was held from January 19 to 22 in Marshfield, Wisconsin.[1] The challenge round was held in a knockout format, as decided by the organizing committee.[3] The teams that advanced from the challenge round were those skipped by Maureen Stolt, Cassandra Potter, Janice Langanke, Allison Pottinger, Aileen Sormunen, Kimberly Wapola.

Challenge Round

The challenge round was held from January 19 to 22 at the Marshfield Curling Club in Marshfield, Wisconsin. It was held in a triple knockout format.[3] Teams skipped by Maureen Stolt, Cassandra Potter, Janice Langanke, Allison Pottinger, Aileen Sormunen, and Kimberly Wapola advanced to the Nationals.

Participating Teams

The following is a list of all teams registered to participate in the regional qualifiers.[4]

Key
Teams Directly to Nationals[2]
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Erika BrownDebbie McCormickJessica SchultzAnn Swisshelm Madison, Wisconsin
Alexandra CarlsonMonica WalkerKendall MoultonJordan Moulton St. Paul, Minnesota
Cristin ClarkEmily GoodElle LeBeauSharon Vukich Seattle, Washington
Brigid ElligJennifer WesthagenHeather Van SistineBrittany Falk St. Paul, Minnesota
Rebecca HamiltonTara PetersonKarlie KoenigSophie Brorson Madison, Wisconsin
Shelly KinneyAmy Lou AndersonElyse SorensonJulie Smith St. Paul, Minnesota
Janice LangankeAshley LawreckNina ReinigerNicole Arsenault Middletown, New Jersey
Patti LankNina SpatolaCaitlin MaroldoMolly BonnerMackenzie Lank Lewiston, New York
Cassandra PotterJamie HaskellJaclyn LemkeStephanie Sambor St. Paul, Minnesota
Allison PottingerNicole JoraanstadNatalie NicholsonTabitha Peterson St. Paul, Minnesota
Nicole ReiserMichelle WagnerGabrielle ColemanAnn Drummie Mandan, North Dakota
Aileen SormunenCourtney GeorgeAmanda McLeanMiranda Solem Duluth, Minnesota
Maureen StoltMegan PondEmilia JuocysSherri Schummer St. Paul, Minnesota
Amanda TuckerRandi SchieberAlex SchieberRachel Tharalson St. Thomas, North Dakota
Kimberly WapolaVictoria ForconiCarol StrojnySharon WrightConnie Kupferschmidt St. Paul, Minnesota

A Event

First Knockout Qualifier 1
Janice Langanke 6  
Kimberly Wapola 3     Janice Langanke 6  
        Allison Pottinger 5  
          Janice Langanke 5
          Maureen Stolt 7
        Maureen Stolt 5
        Cristin Clark 2    
     
First Knockout Qualifier 2
Shelly Kinney 9  
Amanda Tucker 8     Shelly Kinney 2  
        Cassandra Potter 9  
          Cassandra Potter 10
Nicole Reiser W       Aileen Sormunen 7
Brigid Ellig L     Nicole Reiser 8
        Aileen Sormunen 9    
     

B Event

Second Knockout Qualifier 3
Kimberly Wapola 8  
Nicole Reiser 6     Kimberly Wapola 8  
        Shelly Kinney 7  
          Kimberly Wapola 4
          Janice Langanke 11
           
               
     
Second Knockout Qualifier 4
Amanda Tucker 13  
Brigid Ellig 4     Amanda Tucker 7  
        Cristin Clark 1  
          Amanda Tucker 3  
          Allison Pottinger 7  
             
             
          Allison Pottinger 7
          Aileen Sormunen 3
             
             
               
               
                 
                 
     

C Event

Third Knockout Qualifier 5
Shelly Kinney 10  
Cristin Clark 6     Shelly Kinney 5
        Aileen Sormunen 11
     
Third Knockout Qualifier 6
Nicole Reiser 7  
Brigid Ellig 8     Brigid Ellig 9  
        Amanda Tucker 4  
          Brigid Ellig 8
          Kimberly Wapola 10
           
               
     

Draw 1

Friday, January 20, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Janice Langanke 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 X 6
Kimberly Wapola 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Shelly Kinney 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 9
Amanda Tucker 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 8
Sheet 3 Final
Nicole Reiser W
Brigid Ellig L

Team Ellig was unable to field four registered players to start the competition, by rule an automatic forfeit.

Draw 2

Friday, January 20, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Maureen Stolt 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 5
Cristin Clark 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Janice Langanke 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 6
Allison Pottinger 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Shelly Kinney 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
Cassandra Potter 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 X X X 9

Draw 3

Saturday, January 21, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Janice Langanke 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5
Maureen Stolt 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Nicole Reiser 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 8
Aileen Sormunen 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Amanda Tucker 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 X 13
Brigid Ellig 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 4

Saturday, January 21, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Cassandra Potter 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 X 10
Aileen Sormunen 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Amanda Tucker 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 X X X 7
Cristin Clark 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kimberly Wapola 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 8
Nicole Reiser 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 6

Draw 5

Saturday, January 21, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Nicole Reiser 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 7
Brigid Ellig 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kimberly Wapola 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 8
Shelly Kinney 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Amanda Tucker 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 3
Allison Pottinger 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 X 7

Draw 6

Sunday, January 22, 8:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kimberly Wapola 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X X 4
Janice Langanke 0 2 1 0 6 0 2 X X X 11
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Allison Pottinger 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 X 7
Aileen Sormunen 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Shelly Kinney 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 10
Cristin Clark 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6

Draw 7

Sunday, January 22, 1:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Shelly Kinney 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X X X 5
Aileen Sormunen 1 0 3 0 4 0 3 X X X 11
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brigid Ellig 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 X 9
Amanda Tucker 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 8

Sunday, January 22, 6:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Brigid Ellig 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 8
Kimberly Wapola 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 10

References

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