2011 United States Women's Curling Championship
| 2011 United States Women's Curling Championship |
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| Host city | Fargo, North Dakota |
| Arena | Scheels Arena |
| Dates | February 12–19, 2011 |
| Winner |
 Patti Lank
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| Curling club | Lewiston, New York |
| Skip | Patti Lank |
| Third | Caitlin Maroldo |
| Second | Jessica Schultz |
| Lead | Mackenzie Lank |
| Alternate | Christina Schwartz |
| Finalist |
 Allison Pottinger
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| 2011 United States National Curling Championships |
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| Tournament |
| men women |
| Qualifiers |
| men women |
The 2011 United States Women's Curling Championship took place on February 12–19 at the Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota. It was held in conjunction with the 2011 United States Men's Curling Championship. After winning the final over the Allison Pottinger rink, the Patti Lank rink represented the United States at the 2011 World Championships at Esbjerg, Denmark, finishing in 7th place with a 4-5 win-loss record.
Teams qualified for the women's nationals in one of two ways. Two teams automatically qualified as the top two US teams on the Order of Merit list after the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel is completed. This year, those two teams were the Erika Brown and Allison Pottinger rinks. Teams could also qualify for the women's nationals through a challenge round.
The women's challenge round was held on January 19–23 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. There were eleven teams (excluding the two teams qualified based on Order of Merit) participating in the challenge round for eight spots in the nationals in Fargo. In accordance with the rules set forth in the 2010-2011 USCA rules booklet, the challenge round consisted of a divisional round robin with two divisions. There was also a double knockout provision, where a team must have two losses in their win-loss record in order to be eliminated from qualifying for the nationals. Teams played tiebreakers to narrow down the number of qualifiable teams to the number of qualifier spots available.
The divisional round robin consisted of two divisions (listed by seed in Results section) of 6 and 5, respectively. At the end of play, all teams except the bottom two teams in each division advanced to the nationals. The bottom four teams then played in a single-knockout playoff to decide the winner of the last qualification spot. The double knockout provision applies in that a winless team will not be able to advance to the nationals.
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