2021 United States Women's
Curling Championship
Host cityWausau, Wisconsin
ArenaWausau Curling Club
DatesMay 26–30
WinnerMinnesota Team Christensen
SkipCory Christensen
ThirdSarah Anderson
SecondVicky Persinger
LeadTaylor Anderson
CoachCathy Overton-Clapham
FinalistNorth Carolina Jamie Sinclair
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The 2021 United States Women's Curling Championship was held from May 26 to 30, 2021 at the Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wisconsin. The event was held in conjunction with the 2021 United States Men's Curling Championship.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The event was originally scheduled to be held February 6 to 13 at the ImOn Ice Arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[1] In August 2020, a derecho damaged the arena and the COVID-19 pandemic caused the repairs to be delayed significantly enough to necessitate moving the championships to a different venue.[2] In December 2020 the United States Curling Association (USCA) announced that, due to the continuing pandemic, the Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles National Championships would be postponed until May 2021 and would be conducted in a bio-secure bubble. Typically, the winner of the National Women's Championship would represent the United States at the World Championship, but this postponement moved the national championship after the 2021 World Women's Championship and so the USCA offered the spot at World's to the 2020 champion, Team Peterson.[3] The site of the bubble for the championships was later announced to be Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wisconsin.[4]

Qualification

Due to the pandemic, no qualification events were held and the qualification methods were modified. The top eight women's teams, determined by the World Curling Federation's World Team Ranking System, were invited to compete.[3] Seven of the eight teams accepted the invitation.[5] Typically, the qualification methods would be the top four teams from the World Team Ranking System, the top three teams from a qualification event, and one team from the Junior Championship.

Teams

The seven teams competing in the 2021 championship are:[5]

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachLocale
Madison BearAnnmarie DubbersteinTaylor DreesAllison HowellAmy HarndenMinnesota Chaska, Minnesota
Cory ChristensenSarah AndersonVicky PersingerTaylor AndersonCathy Overton-ClaphamMinnesota Chaska, Minnesota
Christine McMakinJackie LemkeJenna BurcheskyMaya WillertzNicole ProhaskaSandra McMakinNorth Dakota Fargo, North Dakota
Kim RhymeElizabeth BrundageCait FlanneryKatie RhymeBill RhymeMinnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jamie SinclairMonica WalkerCora FarrellElizabeth CousinsMark LazarNorth Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina
Delaney StrouseSydney MullaneyRebecca RodgersLeah YavarowSusan DudtCourtney GeorgeMinnesota Midland, Michigan
Ariel TraxlerAnne O'HaraSara OlsonElizabeth JaniakKatherine GourianovaLeland RichAlaska Fairbanks, Alaska

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Skip W L
North Carolina Jamie Sinclair60
Minnesota Cory Christensen51
Minnesota Madison Bear33
North Dakota Christine McMakin24
Minnesota Delaney Strouse24
Minnesota Kim Rhyme24
Alaska Ariel Traxler15

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).[6]

Draw 1

Wednesday, May 26, 8:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alaska Ariel Traxler (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Minnesota Kim Rhyme 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 X X 10
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Christine McMakin 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 X 6
North Carolina Jamie Sinclair (has hammer) 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 10
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Madison Bear 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 8
Minnesota Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 7

Draw 2

Wednesday, May 26, 4:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Christine McMakin 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 5 0 X 11
Minnesota Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Rhyme 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 X 9
Minnesota Madison Bear (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alaska Ariel Traxler (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X X 1
Minnesota Cory Christensen 3 4 3 0 2 X X X X X 12

Draw 3

Thursday, May 27, 8:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Madison Bear 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 X 9
Alaska Ariel Traxler (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Cory Christensen (has hammer) 2 2 0 1 2 2 X X X X 9
North Dakota Christine McMakin 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Rhyme (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5
North Carolina Jamie Sinclair 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 7

Draw 4

Thursday, May 27, 4:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Cory Christensen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
North Carolina Jamie Sinclair (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 X X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alaska Ariel Traxler 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 X 8
North Dakota Christine McMakin (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
Minnesota Kim Rhyme 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 6

Draw 5

Friday, May 28, 8:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Rhyme 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X X 4
North Dakota Christine McMakin (has hammer) 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 X X 10
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Carolina Jamie Sinclair (has hammer) 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 7
Minnesota Delaney Strouse 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 X 5
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Madison Bear 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X X 3
Minnesota Cory Christensen (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 X X 8

Draw 6

Friday, May 28, 4:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Carolina Jamie Sinclair 0 4 2 1 0 2 X X X X 9
Minnesota Madison Bear (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Cory Christensen (has hammer) 0 2 1 1 3 0 3 X X X 10
Minnesota Kim Rhyme 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 8
Alaska Ariel Traxler 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 7

Draw 7

Saturday, May 29, 8:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Minnesota Cory Christensen 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Carolina Jamie Sinclair (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 6
Alaska Ariel Traxler 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Christine McMakin (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Minnesota Madison Bear 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5

Playoffs

Semifinal Final
1 North Carolina Jamie Sinclair 6
2 Minnesota Cory Christensen 7 2 Minnesota Cory Christensen 8
3 Minnesota Madison Bear 6

Semifinal

Sunday, May 30, 9:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Cory Christensen (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7
Minnesota Madison Bear 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 6

Final

Sunday, May 30, 2:00 pm

Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
North Carolina Jamie Sinclair (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 6
Minnesota Cory Christensen 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 8
2021 United States Women's Curling Championship
United States
Cory Christensen
1st United States Championship title

References

  1. ↑ O'Brien, Mike (August 7, 2019). "Cedar Rapids named host city for 2021 National Curling Championships". KCRG. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ "2021 National Championships Host Site". USA Curling. November 17, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "USA CURLING 2020-21 CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE". USA Curling. December 3, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  4. ↑ "2021 MEN'S, WOMEN'S, AND MIXED DOUBLES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". USA Curling. March 29, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  5. 1 2 @usacurl (May 4, 2021). "Meet the seven women's teams that have qualified for the 2021 #USACurling Women's National Championship!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "USCA Men's & Women's National Championships, May 25 – 30, 2021". USA Curling. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
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