2015 Women’s USBC: The Semifinals

Source: USBF

April 14th 2015

The 2015 Women’s USBC will select the USA teams for the 2015 Venice Cup, to be held in Chennai, India, Sept. 26-October 10, 2015.

Format

The initial stage of the event was a 2 day Round Robin to select 4 teams for the Semifinal. The teams played 5 matches each day, with the second day order the reverse of the first. Each match was 12 boards long. The teams list.

The RR final results:

USBC Damas 2015 RR Resultados

The Semifinal

Moss, Goldberg, Narasimhan and Baker teams advanced to the semifinal stage.

Goldberg Team
Goldberg Team

Goldberg: Connie Goldberg, Capt Linda Lewis, JoAnn Sprung, Hjordis Eythorsdottir

Moss: Sylvia Moss; Janice Seamon-Molson ; Lynn Deas ; Joann Glasson ; Tobi Sokolow ; Beth Palmer; Michael Seamon, NPC

Narasimhan Team
Narasimhan Team

Narasimhan: Hansa Narasimhan, Capt ; Jill Meyers ; Jill Levin ; Judi Radin ; Migry Zur Campanile ; Jenny Wolpert

Baker: Lynn Baker, Capt ; Kerri Sanborn ; Pam Granovetter ; Karen McCallum ; Irina Levitina ; JoAnna Stansby

The Semifinals were played, (64 board Knockout), on Tuesday, April 14th.

These are the results:

USBC Damas 2015 SF Resultados

The winning Semifinalists will play a 2 day USA1 Finals on April 15th-16th. At the same time, the losing Semifinalists will play a 2 day USA2 Semifinal match. These matches will be 120 boards long.

The losing USA1 Finalist and the winning USA2 Semifinalist will play a 2 day USA2 Finals on April 17-18.

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