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2013 College Curling National Championship field set By Gordon Maclean, Chairman, College Curling
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he field of 16 schools for the 2013 College Curling National Championship has been set. Te event will be held at the Duluth Curling Club March 8-10.
Selection is based on merit points earned from school participation and
results in about 20 separate college curling events that have taken place since last fall. Schools are given the invitation rather than individual teams, and only one invitation is given to each school, but schools are encouraged to bring as many players as they wish and substitute freely between draws. Tis year, one school earned an automatic berth by winning a college-
only bonspiel that had more than 12 teams and more than 8 schools. Tat school is the College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University (CSB/SJU), from Collegeville, Minn., and playing out of the Four Seasons CC in Blaine. In addition, a berth is given to the top school in each of the five college
curling regions. In addition to CSB/SJU, these schools are Villanova, Ten- nessee, Carroll University (WI), and Bowling Green State University (OH). Te remainder of the field comes from the schools that earned the most
points out of the 34 colleges and universities that participated this year. Te 16 schools are divided into four groups of four. Tey will play a round
robin within their group and the four group winners will advance to a Page system finals. Schools are seeded into their groups based on the points earned over the season. Here is a look at the four competing groups: Group 1: College of St. Benedict & St. John's University, University of
Minnesota, Colgate, Michigan Technological University Group 2: Villanova, Finlandia, Rochester Institute of Technology, Ham-
ilton College Group 3: University of Tennessee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Bos-
ton University, Bowling Green University Group 4: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Carroll University, Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, Bowdoin College Live webstreaming of the 2013 College Curling National Championships
will be provided by the Twelſth End Sports Network at
www.tesn.us. For full details on the 2013 College Curling Championship and general information on college curling in the U.S., visit
www.collegecurlingusa.org.
Duluth to host college double-header in March By Gordon Maclean, Chairman, College Curling
four sheets of the Duluth Curling Club March 8-10, a concurrent college bonspiel will take place on the remaining four sheets. Tis college-only bonspiel is expected to bring in teams from several of
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the schools participating at the adjacent National Championships, but is open to all college curlers. Te event has room for 16 teams, and if it meets the minimum criteria (at
ou want March Madness? College Curling USA has it. While the 2013 College Curling National Championships are being held on
least 12 teams from at least 8 different schools), not only will the 2013 col- lege curling champion be crowned in Duluth, but the first guaranteed berth to the 2014 National College Curling Championships will be awarded to the event winner. For the other participants, merit points earned at this event will carry over into the 2014 curling season. Tere is a three-game guarantee with lunch and dinner provided on Sat-
urday. Sign up via email at
office@duluthcurlingclub.org. Send your $100 entry fee to the Duluth Curling Club, 327 Harbor Dr., Duluth, MN 55802. For further information visit
www.collegecurlingusa.org. n
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