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2026 United States Women's
Curling Championship
Host cityCharlotte, North Carolina
ArenaBojangles Coliseum
DatesFebruary 23 – March 1
WinnerTBD
Curling clubTBD
SkipTBD
ThirdTBD
SecondTBD
LeadTBD
CoachTBD
FinalistTBD
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The 2026 United States Women's Curling Championship is being held from February 23 to March 1 at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] The event is held in conjunction with the 2026 United States Men's Curling Championship. The winning rink will represent the United States at the 2026 World Women's Curling Championship at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Qualification process

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The following teams qualified to participate in the 2026 national championship:[2]

Qualification Berths Qualifying Team(s)
2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials 2* Michigan Delaney Strouse
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins
Qualifying Event (St. Paul Cash Spiel) 1 Minnesota Megan Stopera
Last Chance Qualifier 2 North Dakota Christine McMakin
Colorado BriAnna Weldon
WCFRS Highest Ranked Team (December 26, 2025)[3] 3 Minnesota Kim Rhyme
North Dakota Ann Podoll
Massachusetts Julia Pekowitz
TOTAL 8

4 berths were initially awarded for qualifying for the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials. Team Tabitha Peterson declined their berth after qualifying to the 2026 Winter Olympics at the 2025 Olympic Qualification Event. [4] Team Allory Johnson also declined their berth to play in the 2026 World Junior Curling Championships. The 2 declined berths plus an additional remaining berth were used to award berths the highest-ranked teams not already qualified determined based on team positions as of December 26th on the World Curling Team Ranking System (WCTRS)

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Elizabeth Cousins Annmarie Dubberstein Allison Howell Elizabeth Janiak New Hampshire Nashua, New Hampshire
Christine McMakin Jordan Hein Susan Dudt Tessa Thurlow North Dakota Fargo, North Dakota
Julia Pekowitz Kalina Petrova Lila Farwell Alexa Pekowitz Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts
Ann Podoll Rachel Kawleski Mackenzie Ritchie Rachel Workin North Dakota Fargo, North Dakota
Kim Rhyme Stephanie Senneker Libby Brundage Anya Normandeau Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Megan Stopera Addison Neill Ella Fleming Savannah Koch Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Delaney Strouse Madison Bear Sydney Mullaney Anne O'Hara Michigan Traverse City, Michigan
BriAnna Weldon Sarah Walsh Abigail Lin Kate Garfinkel Colorado San Francisco, Colorado

Round robin standings

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Final Round Robin Standings[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Team W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 6 1 – 60 35 31 25 0 8
Michigan Delaney Strouse 4 3 2–0 67 53 35 27 4 14
Minnesota Kim Rhyme 4 3 1–1 45 47 26 27 2 9
North Dakota Ann Podoll 4 3 0–2 52 54 29 31 2 7
Minnesota Megan Stopera 3 4 1–0 38 42 29 27 6 7
Massachusetts Julia Pekowitz 3 4 0–1 45 49 27 30 3 9
Colorado BriAnna Weldon 2 5 1–0 36 64 24 33 0 7
North Dakota Christine McMakin 2 5 0–1 45 44 28 29 3 11

Round robin results

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All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).[7]

Draw 1

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Tuesday, February 24, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Colorado BriAnna Weldon 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 4
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 4 2 0 2 X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Megan Stopera (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
North Dakota Ann Podoll 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Christine McMakin (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 5
Massachusetts Julia Pekowitz 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Rhyme (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 X 7
Michigan Delaney Strouse 1 0 2 0 3 4 1 0 3 X 14

Draw 2

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Tuesday, February 24, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Ann Podoll (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 X 7
North Dakota Christine McMakin 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Colorado BriAnna Weldon 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 10
Michigan Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 X X X 8
Minnesota Kim Rhyme (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Megan Stopera (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 X 7
Massachusetts Julia Pekowitz 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 3

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Wednesday, February 25, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Massachusetts Julia Pekowitz (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 X X 10
Colorado BriAnna Weldon 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Rhyme (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 7
Minnesota Megan Stopera 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Michigan Delaney Strouse 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 1 X 10
North Dakota Ann Podoll (has hammer) 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Christine McMakin (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 0 2 3 0 1 0 4 X X X 10

Draw 4

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Wednesday, February 25, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Megan Stopera (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 7
Michigan Delaney Strouse 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 10
Massachusetts Julia Pekowitz 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Colorado BriAnna Weldon 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 6
North Dakota Christine McMakin (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Ann Podoll 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 7
Minnesota Kim Rhyme (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 9

Draw 5

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Thursday, February 26, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 6
North Dakota Ann Podoll 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Christine McMakin (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 X X 9
Minnesota Kim Rhyme 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Massachusetts Julia Pekowitz (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 5
Michigan Delaney Strouse 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Colorado BriAnna Weldon (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 2
Minnesota Megan Stopera 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 X X X 8

Draw 6

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Friday, February 27, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Rhyme (has hammer) 1 0 1 2 3 0 3 X X X 10
Massachusetts Julia Pekowitz 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Ann Podoll 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 4 13
Colorado BriAnna Weldon (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Michigan Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 10
North Dakota Christine McMakin 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 9

Friday, February 27, 12:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Megan Stopera (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6

Draw 7

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Friday, February 27, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Christine McMakin 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 3 X X 10
Minnesota Megan Stopera (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Michigan Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kim Rhyme (has hammer) 2 2 0 3 1 1 X X X X 9
Colorado BriAnna Weldon 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Massachusetts Julia Pekowitz (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 X 9
North Dakota Ann Podoll 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3

Playoffs

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Page playoff systemSemifinalFinal
1New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins61New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 
2Michigan Delaney Strouse5   
2Michigan Delaney Strouse 
3Minnesota Kim Rhyme 
3Minnesota Kim Rhyme8
4North Dakota Ann Podoll7

1 vs. 2

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Saturday, February 28, 7:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
Michigan Delaney Strouse 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5

3 vs. 4

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Saturday, February 28, 7:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Kim Rhyme (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 8
North Dakota Ann Podoll 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 7

Semifinal

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Sunday, March 1, 10:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Michigan Delaney Strouse 0
Minnesota Kim Rhyme 0

Final

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Sunday, March 1, 4:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 0
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2026 United States Women's Curling Championship
United States
United States Championship title

References

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  1. ^ "U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". USA CURLING. 2026-02-18. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  2. ^ "QUALIFICATION PROCEDURES". USA CURLING. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  3. ^ "World Curling Team Rankings: Women". World Curling. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  4. ^ "MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FIELDS SET FOR 2026 NATIONALS IN CHARLOTTE". USA CURLING. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  5. ^ "USA Curling National Championships: Women's Teams". www.curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  6. ^ "Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  7. ^ "Women's Results". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
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