2015 United States Women's Curling Championship

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2015 United States
Women's Curling Championship
Host cityKalamazoo, Michigan
ArenaWings Stadium
DatesFebruary 14–21
WinnerWisconsin Erika Brown
Curling clubMadison CC, Madison, Wisconsin
SkipErika Brown
ThirdAlex Carlson
SecondBecca Funk
LeadKendall Behm
FinalistNew York (state) Patti Lank
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The 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship was held from February 14 to 21 at the Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was held in conjunction with the 2015 United States Men's Curling Championship. The Aileen Sormunen rink will represent the United States at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship in Sapporo, Japan.

Teams[edit]

There will be ten teams participating in this year's national championship. The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Qualification method
Patti Lank Maureen Stolt Anna Bauman Madisson Lank New York (state) Lewiston, New York High Performance Program committee selection[2]
Cory Christensen Sarah Anderson Mackenzie Lank Jenna Haag Taylor Anderson Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota High Performance Program committee selection[2]
Aileen Sormunen Tara Peterson Vicky Persinger Monica Walker Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota Order of Merit[2]
Nina Roth Jamie Sinclair Becca Hamilton Tabitha Peterson Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota Order of Merit[2]
Erika Brown Alex Carlson Becca Funk Kendall Behm Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Challenge Round
Debbie McCormick Courtney George Emilia Juocys Stephanie Senneker Wisconsin Rio, Wisconsin Challenge Round
Jordan Moulton Steph Bohan Karlie Koenig Sophie Brorson Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota Challenge Round
Kim Wapola Brigid Knowles Jennifer Westhagen Kelsey Ostrowski Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota Challenge Round
Joyance Meechai Kimberly Rhyme Carol Strojny Katie Rhyme New York (state) Ardsley, New York Challenge Round
Kate Bert Steph Jensen Emily Anderson Sherri Schummer Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota Challenge Round

Round robin standings[edit]

Final round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Skip W L PF PA Ends
won
Ends
Lost
Blank
ends
Stolen
ends
Shot
pct.
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen 8 1 66 35 42 27 12 15 80%
Wisconsin Erika Brown 8 1 73 37 41 28 6 20 80%
Minnesota Cory Christensen 8 1 71 45 42 32 11 17 81%
New York (state) Patti Lank 6 3 68 55 40 32 8 12 77%
Minnesota Nina Roth 4 5 63 59 35 41 9 10 80%
Minnesota Kate Bert 4 5 55 51 32 34 8 12 78%
Wisconsin Debbie McCormick 3 6 42 59 34 39 10 10 71%
Minnesota Jordan Moulton 2 7 41 67 29 41 10 9 71%
New York (state) Joyance Meechai 1 8 44 68 32 41 13 8 66%
Minnesota Kim Wapola 1 8 38 85 28 40 3 8 63%

Round robin results[edit]

All draw times listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5).[3]

Draw 1[edit]

Saturday, February 14, 4:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Patti Lank 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 8
Minnesota Nina Roth (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Kate Bert (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7
New York (state) Joyance Meechai 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Cory Christensen 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Erika Brown 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 X 8
Wisconsin Debbie McCormick (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 X 5
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Wapola (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 2 X 10
Minnesota Jordan Moulton 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 X 6

Draw 2[edit]

Sunday, February 15, 8:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Jordan Moulton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 0
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 X X X 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Wapola 1 0 0 0 1 X X X X X 2
Minnesota Nina Roth (has hammer) 0 5 4 1 0 X X X X X 10
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Wisconsin Debbie McCormick (has hammer) 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 8
New York (state) Joyance Meechai 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Cory Christensen 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 7
Minnesota Kate Bert (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 3
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Erika Brown 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 X X 12
New York (state) Patti Lank (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 X X 6

Draw 3[edit]

Sunday, February 15, 4:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Cory Christensen 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 X 9
New York (state) Joyance Meechai (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5
Wisconsin Erika Brown 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kate Bert (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Minnesota Jordan Moulton 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 X X 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Wapola (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
New York (state) Patti Lank 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 X 9
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Debbie McCormick (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 10
Minnesota Nina Roth 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 8

Draw 4[edit]

Monday, February 16, 8:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Nina Roth 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 X 5
Minnesota Kate Bert (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 4
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Patti Lank (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 X 8
Wisconsin Debbie McCormick 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Wapola 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
Wisconsin Erika Brown (has hammer) 3 0 2 1 0 3 3 X X X 12
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen (has hammer) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 X 7
New York (state) Joyance Meechai 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Jordan Moulton 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
Minnesota Cory Christensen (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 7

Draw 5[edit]

Monday, February 16, 4:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Debbie McCormick (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
Minnesota Cory Christensen 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Erika Brown 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 X X 8
Minnesota Kate Bert (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 8
New York (state) Patti Lank 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Nina Roth 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 7
Minnesota Jordan Moulton (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
New York (state) Joyance Meechai (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7
Minnesota Kim Wapola 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5

Draw 6[edit]

Tuesday, February 17, 10:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen (has hammer) 2 2 3 0 2 X X X X X 9
Minnesota Kim Wapola 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X X 1
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Jordan Moulton 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
New York (state) Patti Lank (has hammer) 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 X 10
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Nina Roth (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5
Minnesota Cory Christensen 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Joyance Meechai (has hammer) 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 5
Wisconsin Erika Brown 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 X 8
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Kate Bert 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
Wisconsin Debbie McCormick (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5

Draw 7[edit]

Tuesday, February 17, 8:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Joyance Meechai 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
New York (state) Patti Lank (has hammer) 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 X 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Nina Roth (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 X 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Jordan Moulton (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 3
Wisconsin Debbie McCormick 0 0 3 3 1 0 4 X X X 11
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kate Bert (has hammer) 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 X X 9
Minnesota Kim Wapola 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Cory Christensen 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 7
Wisconsin Erika Brown (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3

Draw 8[edit]

Wednesday, February 18, 12:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Erika Brown 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 X X 9
Minnesota Jordan Moulton (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Cory Christensen (has hammer) 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 4 X 11
Minnesota Kim Wapola 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 X 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Patti Lank (has hammer) 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 3 X 11
Minnesota Kate Bert 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Wisconsin Debbie McCormick 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 6
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Nina Roth (has hammer) 2 0 0 4 2 1 X X X X 9
New York (state) Joyance Meechai 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1

Draw 9[edit]

Wednesday, February 18, 8:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Wapola 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 5
Wisconsin Debbie McCormick (has hammer) 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 X X 12
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
New York (state) Joyance Meechai 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Minnesota Jordan Moulton (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Erika Brown 1 1 1 1 2 0 X X X X 6
Minnesota Nina Roth (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Patti Lank 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 X X 3
Minnesota Cory Christensen (has hammer) 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 X X 10
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 7
Minnesota Kate Bert (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4

Playoffs[edit]

1 vs. 2[edit]

Thursday, February 19, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Wisconsin Erika Brown (has hammer) 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 X 9
Player percentages
Minnesota Team Sormunen Wisconsin Team Brown
Monica Walker 91% Kendall Behm 68%
Vicky Persinger 80% Becca Funk 81%
Tara Peterson 78% Alexandra Carlson 77%
Aileen Sormunen 47% Erika Brown 74%
Total 74% Total 75%

3 vs. 4[edit]

Thursday, February 19, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Cory Christensen (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4
New York (state) Patti Lank 1 0 2 0 2 0 4 1 X X 10
Player percentages
Minnesota Team Christensen New York (state) Team Lank
Jenna Haag 84% Madisson Lank 83%
Mackenzie Lank 72% Anna Bauman 80%
Sarah Anderson 37% Maureen Stolt 77%
Cory Christensen 58% Patti Lank 87%
Total 63% Total 81%

Semifinal[edit]

Friday, February 20, 4:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 5
New York (state) Patti Lank 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 X 9
Player percentages
Minnesota Team Sormunen New York (state) Team Lank
Vicky Persinger 77% Madisson Lank 72%
Tara Peterson 79% Anna Bauman 78%
Monica Walker 75% Maureen Stolt 76%
Aileen Sormunen 58% Patti Lank 90%
Total 73% Total 79%

Final[edit]

Saturday, February 21, 10:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Erika Brown (has hammer) 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
New York (state) Patti Lank 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 6
Player percentages
Wisconsin Team Brown New York (state) Team Lank
Kendall Behm 65% Madisson Lank 86%
Becca Funk 51% Anna Bauman 68%
Alexandra Carlson 88% Maureen Stolt 76%
Erika Brown 73% Patti Lank 69%
Total 70% Total 75%

Statistics[edit]

Perfect games[edit]

Player Team Position Shots Opponent
Cory Christensen Minnesota Team Christensen Skip 20 Wisconsin Team McCormick

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Qualified teams to the 2015 National Championships". USA Curling. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Dec. 22, 2014 OOM Standings" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 USA Curling National Championships Draw" (PDF). United States Curling Association. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

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