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.

Contents

• Qualification process
• Teams
• Round robin standings
• Round robin results
• Draw 1
• Draw 2
• Draw 3
• Draw 4
• Draw 5
• Draw 6
• Draw 7
• Playoffs
• 1 vs. 2
• 3 vs. 4
• Semifinal
• Final
• References

Qualification process

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

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

The teams are listed as follows: ^[5]

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

Round robin standings

After Draw 6 ^[6]

Team	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE
Elizabeth Cousins	5	1	–	51	28	27	20	0	8
Delaney Strouse	4	2	1–0	60	44	30	23	3	13
Ann Podoll	4	2	0–1	49	45	26	27	2	6
Kim Rhyme	3	3	1–0	36	46	21	26	2	6
Megan Stopera	3	3	0–1	35	32	26	22	6	7
Julia Pekowitz	2	4	1–0	36	46	23	27	1	8
BriAnna Weldon	2	4	0–1	35	55	23	28	0	7
Christine McMakin	1	5	–	35	41	23	26	3	9

Round robin results

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

Draw 1

Tuesday, February 24, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
BriAnna Weldon	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	4
Elizabeth Cousins	2	0	1	0	4	2	0	2	X	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Megan Stopera	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5
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
Christine McMakin	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	5
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
Kim Rhyme	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	X	7
Delaney Strouse	1	0	2	0	3	4	1	0	3	X	14

Draw 2

Tuesday, February 24, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ann Podoll	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	X	7
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
BriAnna Weldon	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	10
Delaney Strouse	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Elizabeth Cousins	0	2	0	2	1	1	2	X	X	X	8
Kim Rhyme	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Megan Stopera	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	X	7
Julia Pekowitz	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Draw 3

Wednesday, February 25, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Julia Pekowitz	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	4	X	X	10
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
Kim Rhyme	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	7
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
Delaney Strouse	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	2	1	X	10
Ann Podoll	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Christine McMakin	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	3
Elizabeth Cousins	0	2	3	0	1	0	4	X	X	X	10

Draw 4

Wednesday, February 25, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Megan Stopera	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	7
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
Elizabeth Cousins	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	2	10
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
BriAnna Weldon	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	6
Christine McMakin	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4

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

Draw 5

Thursday, February 26, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Elizabeth Cousins	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	X	6
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
Christine McMakin	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	2	X	X	9
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
Julia Pekowitz	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	X	5
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
BriAnna Weldon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2
Megan Stopera	0	3	0	0	3	1	1	X	X	X	8

Draw 6

Friday, February 27, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kim Rhyme	1	0	1	2	3	0	3	X	X	X	10
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
Ann Podoll	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	4	13
BriAnna Weldon	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
Delaney Strouse	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	10
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
Megan Stopera	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	4
Elizabeth Cousins	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	6

Draw 7

Friday, February 27, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Christine McMakin											0
Megan Stopera											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Delaney Strouse											0
Elizabeth Cousins											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kim Rhyme											0
BriAnna Weldon											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Julia Pekowitz											0
Ann Podoll											0

Playoffs

Final

Sunday, March 1, 4:00 pm

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

References