The 2010 United States Women's Curling Championships were held at

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, from March 6, 2010, to March 13, 2010. This was the 34th edition of the

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; it was held alongside the

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. Teams qualified through three different methods. First, the defending champions were granted an automatic berth; however, Team McCormick elected not to compete because of the

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which take place during the preceding two weeks. Next, teams traditionally compete first through regional qualifiers with the top teams advancing to the nationals and then the runners-up compete at a Nationals Playdown to determine the final spots. However, so few women's teams submitted applications to the Regional Qualifiers that all teams were directly advanced to the National Championships. The winning team represented the United States at the

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Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

* ''clinched playoff berth ''

Tiebreakers

Tiebreaker 1

''Thursday, March 11, 12:00 pm''

Tiebreaker 2

''Thursday, March 11, 4:00 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 game

''Friday, March 12, 8:00am''

3 vs. 4 game

''Friday, March 12, 8:00am''

Semifinal

''Friday, March 12, 4:00pm''

Championship final

''Saturday, March 13, 10:00am''

Other notable participants

Other notable participants include

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Jessica Schultz Jessica Schultz (born January 2, 1985) is a former American curler. She is a two-time Olympian and three-time U.S. Champion. She is currently the Director of the Women’s National Team & Juniors programs at the United States Curling Associati ...

, and

Ann Swisshelm Ann Swisshelm (born March 9, 1968) is a curler from Chicago. Swisshelm represented the United States in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2014 Sochi Olympics. She has also been known as Ann Swisshelm Silver. Career Swisshelm began curli ...

References

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