2011 United States Women's Curling Championship

2011 United States Women's Curling Championship 2011USNCC.gif 200 Fargo, North Dakota Scheels Arena February 12–19, 2011 New York Patti Lank Lewiston, New York Patti Lank Caitlin Maroldo Jessica Schultz Mackenzie Lank Christina Schwartz MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 2010 2012 The 2011 United States Women's Curling Championship took place on February 12–19 at the Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota. It was held in conjunction with the 2011 United States Men's Curling Championship. After winning the final over the Allison Pottinger rink, the Patti Lank rink represented the United States at the 2011 World Championships at Esbjerg, Denmark, finishing in 7th place with a 4–5 win–loss record. Road to the Nationals Teams qualified for the women's nationals in one of two ways. Two teams automatically qualified as the top two US teams on the Order of Merit list after the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel is completed. This year, those two teams were the Erika Brown and Allison Pottinger rinks.Order of Merit as of 12/21/10 Teams could also qualify for the women's nationals through a challenge round. Challenge round The women's challenge round was held on January 19–23 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. There were eleven teams (excluding the two teams qualified based on Order of Merit) participating in the challenge round for eight spots in the nationals in Fargo.http://www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1143&Itemid=1 United States Curling Association - Offline In accordance with the rules set forth in the 2010-2011 USCA rules booklet,http://www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks/images/rules.booklet.final.pdf USCA Rules Booklet 2010-12-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20110904184708/http://www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks/images/rules.booklet.final.pdf 2011-09-04 dead the challenge round consisted of a divisional round robin with two divisions. There was also a double knockout provision, where a team must have two losses in their win–loss record in order to be eliminated from qualifying for the nationals. Teams played tiebreakers to narrow down the number of qualifiable teams to the number of qualifier spots available.Nationals Rules The divisional round robin consisted of two divisions (listed by seed in Results section) of 6 and 5, respectively. At the end of play, all teams except the bottom two teams in each division advanced to the nationals. The bottom four teams then played in a single-knockout playoff to decide the winner of the last qualification spot. The double knockout provision applies in that a winless team will not be able to advance to the nationals. Teams Div.SkipLocale A Jenna Haag Wisconsin Milton Christine Haase Massachusetts Wayland Patti Lank New York Lewiston Norma O'Leary MN 1983 Duluth Amanda Tucker North Dakota St. Thomas Kimberly Wapola MN 1983 St. Paul B Em Good Washington Seattle Lori Karst Wisconsin Madison Cassandra Potter MN 1983 St. Paul Nicole Reiser North Dakota Bismarck Aileen Sormunen MN 1983 St. Paul Results KeyTeams to Nationals (Fargo) Division A SeedBerthLankO'Le.HaaseHaagWap.Tuck.WL 1 New York Patti Lank –10-96-510-211-340 2 New York Norma O'Leary – 6-511-111-78-740 3 Massachusetts Christine Haase 9-105-6 –9-88-322 5 Wisconsin Jenna Haag 5-61-11– 10-76-422 4 MN 1983 Kimberly Wapola 2-107-118-97-10 11-914 6 North Dakota Amanda Tucker 3-117-83-84-69-11 05 Division B SeedBerthSorm.Reis.Pott.KarstGoodWL 1 MN 1983 Aileen Sormunen 10-3–7-68-330 5 North Dakota Nicole Reiser 3-10 7-510-510-431 2 MN 1983 Cassandra Potter –5-7 8-38-621 3 Wisconsin Lori Karst 6-75-103-8 7-313 4 Washington Em Good 3-84-106-83-7 04 Qualification B3 Wisconsin Lori Karst 10 A4 MN 1983 Kimberly Wapola 7 Nationals Teams SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocaleQualification Method Erika Brown Nina Spatola Ann Swisshelm Laura Hallisey Debbie McCormick Wisconsin Madison Top 1 US Order of Merit Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tabitha Peterson MN 1983 St. Paul Top 2 US Order of Merit Patti Lank Caitlin Maroldo Jessica Schultz Mackenzie Lank Christina Schwartz New York Lewiston Challenge Round (Division A) Norma O'Leary Marjorie Smith Theresa Hoffoss Patricia Luke MN 1983 Duluth Challenge Round (Division A) Chrissy Haase Monica Walker Karen Walker Nicole Vassar Massachusetts Wayland Challenge Round (Division A) Jenna Haag Chloe Pahl Grace Gabower Erin Wallace Joy Pahl Wisconsin Milton Challenge Round (Division A) Aileen Sormunen Courtney George Amanda McLean Miranda Solem MN 1983 St. Paul Challenge Round (Division B) Cassie Potter Jamie Haskell Maureen Stolt Stephanie Sambor MN 1983 St. Paul Challenge Round (Division B) Nicole Reiser Michelle Wagner Gabrielle Coleman Ann Drummie Charrissa Lin North Dakota Bismarck Challenge Round (Division B) Lori Karst Sherri Schummer Emilia Juocys Heather Van Sistine Wisconsin Madison Challenge Round (A/B Qualifier) Standings Through Draw 9 Team (Skip)WLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen Ends NY Patti Lank 8 1 70 52 39 36 3 12 MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 7 2 70 43 45 28 3 20 Wisconsin Erika Brown 7 2 81 47 39 30 3 9 MN 1983 Cassandra Potter 6 3 67 58 38 33 5 12 South Dakota Nicole Reiser 4 5 63 69 39 42 3 13 MN 1983 Aileen Sormunen 4 5 57 60 40 36 6 13 Wisconsin Jenna Haaag 3 6 41 55 34 37 7 5 MN 1983 Norma O'Leary 3 6 60 65 31 40 8 6 Massachusetts Chris Haase 2 7 51 67 33 40 3 7 Wisconsin Lori Karsty 1 8 39 83 28 42 3 5 Round robin All times listed in Central Standard Time. Draw 1 Saturday, February 12, 4:30 pm A Wisconsin Jenna Haag 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1 MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 3 0 1 1 1 1 X X X X 7 B MN 1983 Norma O'Leary 0 1 5 0 4 3 X X X X 13 MN 1983 Cassie Potter 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2 C MN 1983 Aileen Sormunen 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 North Dakota Nicole Reiser 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 7 D Wisconsin Erika Brown 5 2 3 0 4 2 0 X X X 16 Wisconsin Lori Karst 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X 1 E Massachusetts Chrissy Haase 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X X 4 New York Patti Lank 0 0 3 1 0 0 7 X X X 11 Draw 2 Sunday, February 13, 8:00 am A New York Patti Lank 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 9 North Dakota Nicole Reiser 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 B Massachusetts Chrissy Haase 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X X 4 MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 X X 9 C Wisconsin Lori Karst 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 4 MN 1983 Cassie Potter 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 X 8 D MN 1983 Aileen Sormunen 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 7 MN 1983 Norma O'Leary 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 8 E Wisconsin Erika Brown 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 7 Wisconsin Jenna Haag 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 Draw 3 Sunday, February 13, 4:00 pm A MN 1983 Aileen Sormunen 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 5 MN 1983 Cassie Potter 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 9 B North Dakota Nicole Reiser 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 X 7 Wisconsin Erika Brown 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 C MN 1983 Norma O'Leary 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 New York Patti Lank 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 D Massachusetts Chrissy Haase 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 7 Wisconsin Jenna Haag 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 8 E Wisconsin Lori Karst 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 2 MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 X X 8 Draw 4 Monday, February 14, 8:00 am A MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 X 7 MN 1983 Norma O'Leary 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 3 B Wisconsin Jenna Haag 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 Wisconsin Lori Karst 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 C Massachusetts Chrissy Haase 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 5 Wisconsin Erika Brown 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 X 7 D North Dakota Nicole Reiser 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 MN 1983 Cassie Potter 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 X 9 E New York Patti Lank 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 X 9 MN 1983 Aileen Sormunen 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 6 Draw 5 Monday, February 14, 4:00 pm A Wisconsin Lori Karst 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X 3 MN 1983 Aileen Sormunen 0 2 0 4 0 3 2 X X X 11 B Wisconsin Erika Brown 3 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 X X 11 MN 1983 Norma O'Leary 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 X X 7 C North Dakota Nicole Reiser 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 4 10 Wisconsin Jenna Haag 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 D MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 8 New York Patti Lank 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 9 E MN 1983 Cassie Potter 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 X X X 8 Massachusetts Chrissy Haase 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2 Draw 6 Tuesday, February 15, 10:00 am A North Dakota Nicole Reiser 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 9 Massachusetts Chrissy Haase 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 B New York Patti Lank 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 7 Wisconsin Jenna Haag 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4 C MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 10 MN 1983 Aileen Sormunen 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 9 D MN 1983 Cassie Potter 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 10 Wisconsin Erika Brown 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 12 E MN 1983 Norma O'Leary 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 Wisconsin Lori Karst 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 8 Draw 7 Tuesday, February 15, 7:00 pm A MN 1983 Cassie Potter 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 7 Wisconsin Jenna Haag 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 6 B MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 X X 10 North Dakota Nicole Reiser 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 3 C New York Patti Lank 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 1 X 9 Wisconsin Lori Karst 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 D MN 1983 Norma O'Leary 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 X X 4 Massachusetts Chrissy Haase 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 X X 9 E MN 1983 Aileen Sormunen 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 4 Wisconsin Erika Brown 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 X X 9 Draw 8 Wednesday, February 16, 12:00 pm A Wisconsin Erika Brown 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 X X 10 New York Patti Lank 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 3 B MN 1983 Aileen Sormunen 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 7 Massachusetts Chrissy Haase 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 C Wisconsin Jenna Haag 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 X 7 MN 1983 Norma O'Leary 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 D Wisconsin Lori Karst 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 North Dakota Nicole Reiser 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 10 E MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 MN 1983 Cassie Potter 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 X 7 Draw 9 Wednesday, February 16, 8:00 pm A Massachusetts Chrissy Haase 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 8 Wisconsin Lori Karst 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4 B MN 1983 Cassie Potter 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 7 New York Patti Lank 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 8 C Wisconsin Erika Brown 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 5 MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 X 7 D Wisconsin Jenna Haag 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 MN 1983 Aileen Sormunen 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 X 7 E North Dakota Nicole Reiser 0 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 MN 1983 Norma O'Leary 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 11 Playoffs Page playoff system Semifinal Final 1 New York Patti Lank 6 2 MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 5 3 Wisconsin Erika Brown 4 4 MN 1983 Cassandra Potter 9 2 MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 8 4 MN 1983 Cassandra Potter 5 1 New York Patti Lank 9 2 MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 4 1 vs. 2 game Thursday, February 17, 8:00 pm New York Patti Lank 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 6 MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 3 vs. 4 game Thursday, February 17, 8:00 pm Wisconsin Erika Brown 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 4 MN 1983 Cassandra Potter 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 X 9 Semifinal Friday, February 18, 4:00 pm MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 8 MN 1983 Cassandra Potter 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 Championship final Saturday, February 19, 10:00 am In the final of the women's championship, Lank opened up the game with a light tap for a deuce, and then stole a point in the second after Pottinger's takeout left one of Lank's stones closer to the button than her stone was. Pottinger drew against four to pick up a single in the third, but Lank drew to the button to score another deuce and take a commanding four-point lead. A failed double takeout by Lank left Pottinger with an easy draw for two, cutting Lank's lead to two points. After the break, Lank scored a big three points after Pottinger's failed takeout attempt gave Lank an easy draw. Lank stole another point from Pottinger when Pottinger's takeout didn't push one of Lank's stones out far enough. After coming up light to only take a single in the eighth end, Pottinger conceded the game, and Lank won the championship. New York Patti Lank 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 X X 9 MN 1983 Allison Pottinger 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X X 4 References External links 2011 USA Nationals Home Page Results at CurlingZone.com United States Women's Curling Championship, 2011 United States Women's Curling Championship, 2011 Category:United States National Curling Championships United States Women's Curling Championship United States Women's Curling Championship Category:Women's curling competitions in the United States Category:Curling competitions in North Dakota Category:Women's sports in North Dakota Category:Sports in Fargo, North Dakota