CHAMPION: Kawleski/Kauffman Wins USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship

Games:	10
Record:	8W - 2L
PF/G:	8.61
PA/G:	6.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.34
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.51

Rachel Kawleski/Connor Kauffman (Fargo, ND) won 8-4 over Ella Fleming/Jackson Bestland (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship, held January 20 - 25 at the Bemidji Curling Club in Bemidji, United States. To advance to the championship game, Kawleski/Kauffman won 6-4 over Sarah Fenson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN) in the semifinals of the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Bemidji, Minnesota, United States; and won 6-4 over Stephanie Senneker/Nicholas Visnich (Port Huron, MI) in the quarterfinals. of the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Bemidji, Minnesota, United States;

Kawleski/Kauffman are currently . In their opening game, Kawleski/Kauffman plays Rilee Kraft/Cayden Kraft (Bismarck, ND) on Tuesday at 8:30pm Harley Scebbi/Vincent Scebbi (Cleveland, OH) on Wednesday at 1:30pm and Ella Wendling/Benji Paral (Eau Claire, WI) at 8:30pm and Ella Wendling/Benji Paral (Eau Claire, WI) at 8:30pm Rilee Kraft/Cayden Kraft (Bismarck, ND) on Tuesday at 8:30pm Harley Scebbi/Vincent Scebbi (Cleveland, OH) on Wednesday at 1:30pm, Ella Wendling/Benji Paral (Eau Claire, WI) at 8:30pm Christine McMakin/Samuel Strouse (Fargo, ND) on Thursday at 3pm Susan Dudt/Daniel Dudt (Malvern, PA) on Friday at 10am and Fenson/Stopera at 5pm and Fenson/Stopera at 5pm.

For winning the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship Championship title, Kawleski/Kauffman earned 28.500 world rankings points. For week 27 of the event schedule, Kawleski/Kauffman did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 164th to 167th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 8.476 total points. Kawleski/Kauffman ranks 159th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.800 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	13	2	0	0.867	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	109	104	73	9.54	6.70	2.84	5.87	4.13	1.63	1.62	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	45	64	19	0	4-0	3-2	10-3	1.42	0.42	0.38	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	64	40	54	0	0-1	0-4	9-9	0.63	0.84	0.58	0.48

2026: Rachel Kawleski
Rachel Kawleski, Connor Kauffman
Fargo, ND
2025: Cory Thiesse
Cory Thiesse, Korey Dropkin , Cathy Overton-Clapham
Duluth, MN
2024: Rebecca Hamilton
Rebecca Hamilton, Matt Hamilton
McFarland, WI