2018 United States Women's Curling Championship

2018 United States
Women's Curling Championship
2018 United States ; Women's Curling Championship
Host city	Fargo, North Dakota
Arena	Scheels Arena
Dates	March 3–10
Winner	Jamie Sinclair
Curling club	Chaska Curling Center, Chaska, Minnesota
Skip	Jamie Sinclair
Third	Alex Carlson
Second	Vicky Persinger
Lead	Monica Walker
Finalist	Cory Christensen
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The 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship was held from March 3 to 10 in Fargo, North Dakota. It was held in conjunction with the 2018 United States Men's Curling Championship. The winning team earned the right to represent the United States at the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship provided that they are also in the top 75 WCT Order of Merit (2 tear period) or have at least 40 points WCT Order of Merit year-to-date ranking as of January 31, 2018.^[1]

Teams

Eight teams qualified to participate.^[2]^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	2-yr WCT rank (Jan 31)^[4]	YTD WCT Points (Jan 31)^[5]
Ann Podoll	Carissa Thomas	Rachel Workin	Christina Lammers	226	3.771
Emily Anderson	Sherri Schummer	Katie Dubberstein	Libby Brundage	193	1.251
Kim Rhyme	Rebecca Andrew	Katie Rhyme	Amy Harnden	201	7.605
Cora Farrell	Cait Flannery	Lexi Lanigan	Rebecca Miles	129	1.241
Beth Podoll	Emily Quello	Susan Dudt	Rebecca Rodgers	280	0
Christine McMakin	Suzanna Viau	Anna Netteberg	Mairin Barrett	205	2.194
Jamie Sinclair	Alex Carlson	Vicky Persinger	Monica Walker	16	228.981
Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Jenna Martin	32	124.052

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Skip	W	L
Jamie Sinclair	7	0
Cora Farrell	5	2
Cory Christensen	5	2
Kim Rhyme	4	3
Beth Podoll	3	4
Christine McMakin	2	5
Emily Anderson	1	6
Ann Podoll	1	6

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time.^[6]

Draw 1

Sunday, March 04, 12:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Beth Podoll	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	7
Christine McMakin	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cora Farrell	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	1	X	9
Ann Podoll	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kim Rhyme	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	X	3
Team Christensen	0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Emily Anderson	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
Jamie Sinclair	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	6

Draw 2

Sunday, March 04, 8:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kim Rhyme	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1
Jamie Sinclair	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Emily Anderson	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Team Christensen	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Christine McMakin	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	X	5
Ann Podoll	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cora Farrell	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	8
Beth Podoll	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6

Draw 3

Monday, March 05, 2:30pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Emily Anderson	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	5
Ann Podoll	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Beth Podoll	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	7
Kim Rhyme	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cora Farrell	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	6
Jamie Sinclair	2	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Christensen	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	10
Christine McMakin	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	6

Draw 4

Tuesday, March 06, 8:00am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie Sinclair	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	X	X	8
Christine McMakin	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Christensen	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	X	8
Ann Podoll	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kim Rhyme	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	7
Cora Farrell	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Beth Podoll	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	X	7
Emily Anderson	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	5

Draw 5

Tuesday, March 06, 4:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Christensen	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Cora Farrell	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Christine McMakin	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	6
Emily Anderson	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie Sinclair	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	X	7
Beth Podoll	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ann Podoll	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	6
Kim Rhyme	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 07, 8:00am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kim Rhyme	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	8
Emily Anderson	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ann Podoll	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	4
Beth Podoll	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cora Farrell	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	X	6
Christine McMakin	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie Sinclair	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	X	8
Team Christensen	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 7

Wednesday, March 07, 4:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Christine McMakin	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
Kim Rhyme	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	X	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ann Podoll	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1
Jamie Sinclair	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	X	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Emily Anderson	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	0
Cora Farrell	2	0	2	1	2	X	X	X	X	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Beth Podoll	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2
Team Christensen	3	2	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	7

Playoffs

Semifinal			Final

			1	Jamie Sinclair	6
2	Cora Farrell	3	3	Cory Christensen	5
3	Cory Christensen	6

Semifinal

Friday, March 9, 2:00pm^[7]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cory Christensen	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	X	6
Cora Farrell	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	X	3

Player percentages
Cora Farrell		Cory Christensen
Rebecca Miles	92%	Taylor Anderson	88%
Cait Flannery	93%	Jenna Martin	97%
Lexi Lanigan	87%	Sarah Anderson	90%
Cora Farrell	70%	Cory Christensen	88%
Total	86%	Total	91%

Final

Saturday, March 10, 12:30pm^[8]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cory Christensen	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	5
Jamie Sinclair	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Player percentages
Jamie Sinclair		Cory Christensen
Monica Walker	94%	Taylor Anderson	77%
Vicky Persinger	85%	Jenna Martin	74%
Alexandra Carlson	81%	Sarah Anderson	79%
Jamie Sinclair	81%	Cory Christensen	81%
Total	85%	Total	78%

References

^ Curling relaxes the World Team Qualification Process for 2018Team USA August 17, 2017
^ "2018 USA Curling Nationals | Fargo, ND | Scheels Arena". Archived from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
^ "National Championships begin Saturday in Fargo". Team USA. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
^ "CurlingZone – Everything Curling". Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ "CurlingZone – Everything Curling". Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ "USA Women's National Championship - Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
^ "USA Women's National Championship - Semifinal". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
^ "USA Women's National Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2019-11-14.

External links

Official website

[1] Curling relaxes the World Team Qualification Process for 2018Team USA August 17, 2017

[2] "2018 USA Curling Nationals | Fargo, ND | Scheels Arena". Archived from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

[3] "National Championships begin Saturday in Fargo". Team USA. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-06.

[4] "CurlingZone – Everything Curling". Retrieved 31 March 2023.

[5] "CurlingZone – Everything Curling". Retrieved 31 March 2023.

[6] "USA Women's National Championship - Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2019-11-14.

[7] "USA Women's National Championship - Semifinal". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2019-11-14.

[8] "USA Women's National Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2019-11-14.

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