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College Curling USA

College Curling USA is the governing body of collegiate curling in the US. The organization acts as the NCAA does in other college sports — setting game play, eligibility, and organizational rules. College Curling USA is affiliated with United States Curling Association (USCA), the organization responsible for organizing Olympic teams.[1]

History edit

The idea of college curling in the US began in the late 1980s when the Illinois State Curling Foundation (ISCF) began to look into college curling, filling a gap between junior and adult curling levels. The ISCF, along with curling clubs, began promoting the idea of curling to schools.[2] National Tournament began in the early 1990s with only a few schools in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin. Since then, has boomed to more than 40 schools- mostly in the Northern tier of the US and Northeast US. New Programs are starting all over the US as new clubs are being established.[3]

In the 2012-13 season, more than 200 curlers from 36 colleges or universities participated in College Curling USA sanctioned events.[4]

In September 2013, the College Championship became a United States Curling Association sanctioned event.[5]

For the 2014 Curling College Championship held in Blaine, MN, Taco Bell became an official corporate sponsor.[6]

Pre-pandemic, the USA Curling College Tour and Championship had over 450 registered college students, participating in 15 college only bonspiels from the East Coast to the Midwest.

Format edit

College teams compete in regional categories:

Until 2013 the regions were:

  • Grand National (East Coast)
  • Great Lakes
  • Minnesota
  • North Dakota
  • Wisconsin

For the 2013 and 2014 championships, the regions were:[7]

  • Region 1: Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine
  • Region 2: Lower Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana
  • Region 3: Upper Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois
  • Region 4: Minnesota and North Dakota
  • Region 5: Remainder of the US

For the 2015 through 2017 championship the regions were:[7]

  • Region 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
  • Region 2: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
  • Region 3: Indiana, Illinois, Lower Michigan, Ohio, and Southern Wisconsin
  • Region 4: Upper Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Northern Wisconsin
  • Region 5: Remainder of the US

After 2017 the regional aspect of the championship was abandoned except for the relabeling the former "Region 5" as the "Emerging Region."

Invitations to the National Championship are awarded based on accumulated 'merit points'. Points are primarily earned by hosting and/or competing in a collegiate bonspiel. Points can also be collected through non-bonspiel (Match Play) intercollegiate play or, for the Emerging Region schools only, through other non-college bonspiels and league play. College athletes must be members of the USA Curling and full-time students at the school they represent in order to earn points.

The national tournament is typically held in March.

Competing schools (not all are currently active) edit

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2024 National Tournament edit

  • Location: Rice Lake, WI
  • Teams: 16
  • Format: Four pool round-robin
  • Scheduled: March 8–10, 2024
  • Gold: University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Silver: Princeton University
  • Bronze: Michigan Technological University
  • Fourth: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
  • Consolation: MIT

2023 National Tournament edit

  • Location: Bowling Green, OH
  • Teams: 16
  • Format: Four pool round-robin
  • Scheduled: March 10–12, 2023
  • Gold: University of Pennsylvania
  • Silver: Princeton University
  • Bronze: University of Wisconsin - Superior
  • Fourth: University of Minnesota
  • Consolation: MIT

2022 National Tournament edit

 
Friday evening session of the 2022 College Curling National Tournament hosted at the FM Curling Club.
  • Location: Fargo, ND - Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club
  • Teams: 16
  • Format: Four pool round-robin
  • Champion: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
  • Runner-up: University of Pennsylvania
  • Third: University of Wisconsin - Superior
  • Fourth: Harvard
  • Consolation: North Dakota State University

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2022 USA Curling College Tour Results (Red indicates championship invitation)

School Points
Wisc-StevensPt 105
RPI 82
Syracuse 81
Villanova 66
Univ of Penn 64
MIT 55
Harvard 53.5
Neb-Lincoln 53
N Dakota St 50
Wisc-Superior 45
Minnesota 44
Cornell 44
Hamilton 44
Wisc-GreenBay 44
Bowdoin 42
PennState 40
Yale 34.5
NotreDame 34
Colgate 10
RIT 10

Note: Wisc-Green Bay declined their invitation. Yale was invited in their place. [11]

2020 and 2021 National Tournaments edit

Canceled due to the Covid Pandemic. The entirety of the 2020-2021 College Tour was canceled. The 2019-2020 College Tour took place as normal. The tour season was completed and the invitations had been sent out when the pandemic conditions reached a level where it was determined that the event could not take place. The National Championship was scheduled to take place at the Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club in Fargo, ND.

2020 USA Curling College Tour Results (Red indicates championship invitation)

School Points
RPI 187.2
Nebraska 176.8
Harvard 161.3
RIT 158.9
Bowdoin 148.7
Yale 143.5
Hamilton 132.9
Syracuse 125.9
MIT 119.8
Wisc-StevensPt 118.8
Villanova 118.0
NDakotaSt 116.3
PennState 115.8
Colgate 113.8
PennU 88.8
WayneState 86.5
Minnesota 71.6
Wisc-GreenBay 62.2
Oklahoma 61.3
Denver 44.7
SUNY-Poly 40.2
Castleton 26.1
Carthage 15.3
NotreDame 12.0
ColbyCollege 8.8
Creighton 8.0
Maine 4.4

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2019 National Tournament edit

  • Location: Wayland, MA - Broomstones Curling Club
  • Teams: 16
  • Format: Four pool round-robin
  • Champion: North Dakota State University
  • Runner-up: SUNY Polytechnic Institute
  • Third: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Fourth: Yale University
  • Consolation: Syracuse University

2019 USA Curling College Tour Results (Red indicates championship invitation)

School Points
SUNY-Poly 191.667
NDakotaSt 149.875
RPI 148.533
Nebraska 142.667
Wisc-StevensPt 142.092
Colgate 137.600
Bowdoin 133.400
MIT 128.800
RIT 122.150
Yale 120.800
Harvard 117.108
Hamilton 109.417
StNorbert 108.000
Minnesota 106.625
Syracuse 101.850
Oklahoma 99.500
Villanova 93.750
WayneState 83.583
Penn 70.438
Wisc-GreenBay 39.500
Castleton 24.750
Cornell 23.750
Unity 17.800
Denver 12.000
NotreDame 8.000
Maine 7.000
Purdue 2.000

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2018 National Tournament edit

  • Location: Eau Claire, WI - Eau Claire Curling Club
  • Teams: 16
  • Format: Four pool round-robin
  • Champion: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
  • Runner-up: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • Third: Yale University
  • Fourth: University of Pennsylvania
  • Consolation: Rochester Institute of Technology

2018 USA Curling College Tour Results (Red indicates championship invitation)

School Region Points
RPI 2 107.175
SUNY-Poly 2 86.875
Oklahoma 5 82.500
Bowdoin 1 77.167
Nebraska 5 76.333
Yale 1 71.600
Wisc-StevensPt 3 68.000
MIT 1 67.325
Wisc-GreenBay 3 62.000
RIT 2 58.250
StNorbert 3 55.333
Colgate 2 55.000
Harvard 1 53.375
Hamilton 2 46.825
Penn 2 46.417
WayneState 5 43.666
Maine 1 38.375
Minnesota 4 33.000
Villanova 2 21.917
Denver 5 18.333
Tufts 10.800
BowlGreen 3 8.500
NotreDame 3 6.000
Creighton 5 0.667
Haverford 2 0.667

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2017 National Tournament edit

  • Location: Whitesboro, NY - Utica Curling Club
  • Teams: 16
  • Format: Four pool round-robin
  • Champion: University of Minnesota
  • Runner-up: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • Third: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
  • Fourth: Harvard University

2017 USA Curling College Tour Results (Red indicates championship invitation)

School Region Points
RPI 2 95.295
SUNY-Poly 2 88.000
Oklahoma 5 72.000
Yale 1 67.400
Wisc-StevensPt 3 65.600
Bowdoin 1 60.837
Nebraska 5 60.000
Penn 2 56.700
WayneState 5 56.000
Hamilton 2 48.667
RIT 2 42.500
MIT 1 41.233
Wisc-GreenBay 3 39.000
Harvard 1 36.667
StNorbert 3 36.000
Villanova 2 35.000
Colgate 2 33.667
Minnesota 4 25.000
BowlGreen 3 16.333
Maine 1 14.500
BostonUniv 1 6.000
Carroll 3 6.000
Haverford 2 5.250
NotreDame 3 5.000
Denver 5 1.000
Cal-Berkeley 5 1.000

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2016 National Tournament edit

  • Location: Chaska, MN - Chaska Curling Center
  • Teams: 16
  • Format: Four pool round-robin
  • Champion: University of Pennsylvania
  • Runner-up: University of Minnesota
  • Third: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Fourth: Colgate University
  • Fifth: Hamilton College

2016 USA Curling College Results (Red indicates championship invitation)

School Region Points
RPI 2 77.333
RIT 2 72
Bowdoin 1 71
Nebraska 5 68.425
Yale 1 65.23
Wisc-StevensPt 3 61
Colgate 2 59
SUNY-Poly 2 51.58
Hamilton 2 51
Harvard 1 49.917
Penn 2 49.36
Minnesota 4 48
Denver 5 44.75
Wisc-GreenBay (declined) 3 41.5
MIT 1 40.95
Oklahoma 5 40.625
WayneState 5 37.975
Carroll 3 32.375
MichTech 4 31
BostonUniv 1 29.5
Villanova 2 20.555
Cal-Berkeley 5 14
ColSchofMines 5 13
BowlGreen 3 12.25
Maine 1 11
Marquette 3 10.5
Creighton 5 8
Haverford 2 7
StNorbert 3 5
NebMedCntr 5 4.9
Butler 3 3
UticaColl 2 1.75
Wellesley 1 1
WaukTech 3 0.75

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2015 National Tournament edit

  • Location: Rochester, NY - Rochester Curling Club
  • Teams: 16
  • Format: Four pool round-robin
  • Champion: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
  • Runner-up: University of Pennsylvania
  • Third: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Fourth: Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Fifth: Boston University

2014 National Tournament edit

The 2014 College Championship was the first to be officially recognized by the USCA.

  • Location: Blaine, MN - Four Seasons Curling Club
  • Teams: 16
  • Format: Four pool round-robin
  • Champion: University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
  • Runner-up: Villanova University
  • Third: Carroll University
  • Fourth: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2013 National Tournament edit

  • Location: Duluth, MN - Duluth Curling Club
  • Teams: 16
  • Format: Four pool round-robin
  • Champion: University of Minnesota
  • Runner-up: College of Saint Benedict/ Saint John's University (MN)
  • Third: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Fourth: Boston University

2011 National Tournament edit

  • Location: Chicago, IL - Northshore Curling Club and Chicago Curling Club
  • Teams: 32
  • Divisions: 4
  • Format: Round robin

The first-place teams in each division:

  • Division 1 - *Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Division 2 - Villanova
  • Division 3 - Northwestern University
  • Division 4 - Bowdoin College

2010 National Tournament edit

  • Location: Chicago, IL - Northshore Curling Club and Chicago Curling Club
  • Teams: 32
  • Divisions: 4
  • Format: Round robin

The first-place teams in each division

  • Division 1 - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
  • Division 2 - Northwestern University
  • Division 3 - Northwestern University
  • Division 4 - Carroll College

2009 National Tournament edit

  • Location: Chicago, IL - Northshore Curling Club and Chicago Curling Club
  • Teams: 32
  • Divisions: 4
  • Format: Round robin

The first-place teams in each division

  • Division 1 - University of Minnesota
  • Division 2 - Hamilton College
  • Division 3 - University of Tennessee
  • Division 4 - Northwestern University

2008 National Tournament edit

The 2008 College Curling National Bonspiel was held in Chicago, IL in March at the Northshore Curling Club and Chicago Curling Club. 34 teams participated this year separated into 4 divisions separated by combined years of experience.

The first-place teams in each division

  • Division 1 - University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
  • Division 2 - Northwestern University
  • Division 3 - Hamilton College
  • Division 4 - Hamilton College

Tournament sponsors edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "USCA Championships". United States Curling Association. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  2. ^ Larko, Rich (December 2010 – January 2011). "Students continue to curl beyond academic careers". CurlingNews. p. 6. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  3. ^ "About: History". College Curling USA. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  4. ^ "College Curling". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
  5. ^ United States Curling Association Board of Directors Meeting usacurling.org Fall 2013
  6. ^ National College Tournament undeerway in Minnesota Team USA
  7. ^ a b "Championship Guidelines". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
  8. ^ "Club Links". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
  9. ^ @CollegeCurling (March 14, 2022). "Congrats to 2022 USA Curling College Champions" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "UW-STEVENS POINT WINS 2022 USA CURLING COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP". USA Curling. USA Curling. 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2022-03-17. With an undefeated tournament, UW-Stevens Point was crowned the 2022 USA Curling College Champion.
  11. ^ College Curling USA Archives
  12. ^ a b c d e USA Curling College Tour and Championship Archives

External links edit

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