The 2012 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from December 7-11, 2011 at the Broomstones Curling Club in Wayland, Massachusetts. Brady Clark and his wife Cristin Clark won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Erzurum, Turkey.
Teams Twenty-one teams qualified to compete in the championship. FemaleMaleState(s)Cristin ClarkBrady ClarkJoyance MeechaiMike Calcagno, Sharon VukichChristopher RimpleNikki RossettiNate Clark, Madonna FitzgeraldSteve PickleKim NawynJason Nawyn, Therese OlsonScott OlsonMaureen StoltPeter StoltMiyo KonnoSteve LundeenJennifer WesthagenAndrew ErnstJennifer LeichterAlex LeichterCynthia Eng-DinselDavid CornfieldDanielle BuchbinderMichael RuppSharon QuillLeonard Gaines, Chrissy HaaseBryan Fink, Em GoodJake VukichBritt RjanikovBarry Ivy, Nicole VassarSam WilliamsMichelle SummerGary MazzottaBrigid ElligDaniel MetcalfStephanie SquiresDaniel Cho,
Round robin
Standings
The 21 teams were split into three pools; each pool played a round robin and at the end the top two teams advanced to the playoffs. The standings at the end of the round robin phase were: KeyTeams to playoffsTeams to Tiebreaker
Pool AWLClark / Clark60Rossetti / Clark42Olson / Olson33Fitzgerald / Pickle33Meechai / Calcagno24Nawyn / Nawyn24Vukich / Rimple15Pool BWLLeichter / Leichter51Stolt / Stolt51Eng-Dinsel / Cornfield33Konno / Lundeen33Buchbinder / Rupp24Westhagen / Ernst24Quill / Gaines15Pool CWLRjanikov / Ivy51Haase / Fink42Vassar / Williams42Good / Vukich42Ellig / Metcalf33Squires / Cho15Summer / Mazzota06
Tiebreakers Saturday, December 10, 8:00pm ET
Sunday, December 11, 8:00am ET
Playoffs
The playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams directly in the semifinals. There was a two-loss provision included, such that a team was not eliminated until they had two losses in the tournament. Because the team of Brady and Cristin Clark entered the playoffs undefeated, they were not eliminated when they lost to Peter and Maureen Stolt in the semifinals and instead got to challenge the winner of the first round of the championship, Alex and Jennifer Leichter, for the title.
Bracket
Quarterfinals Sunday, December 11, 11:30am ET
Semifinals Sunday, December 11, 3:00pm ET
Final: round 1 Sunday, December 11, 6:30pm ET
Final: round 2 Sunday, December 11, 6:30pm ET
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