2021 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

2021 United States Mixed
Doubles Curling Championship
Host cityWausau, Wisconsin
ArenaWausau Curling Club
DatesMay 19–23
WinnerAlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys
FemaleVicky Persinger
MaleChris Plys
FinalistMinnesota Bear / Stopera
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The 2021 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from May 19 to 23, 2021 at the Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wisconsin. The championship featured twenty four teams split into four pools of six. After the round robin, the top two teams from each pool qualified for the playoffs with the first place teams advancing to the seeding round.[1]

In the final, the pair of Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys defeated Madison Bear and Andrew Stopera 8–5 to claim the title.[2] It was a first mixed doubles championship for both Persinger and Plys, having finished runner–up in 2019 to the duo of Cory Christensen and John Shuster. Bear and Stopera went a perfect 7–0 in the tournament before dropping the final. To advance to the final, Persinger and Plys defeated the duo of Aileen Geving and Luc Violette 8–5 and Bear and Stopera topped Jenna Burchesky and Ben Richardson 7–2. All four teams that qualified for the semifinals qualified their teams for the 2021 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials which will be held in fall 2021.

  1. ^ "2021 Nationals Master Schedule – Mixed Doubles Nationals". USA Curling. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "PERSINGER/PLYS WIN 2021 U.S. MIXED DOUBLES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP". USA Curling. May 23, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.