Singapore's Shayna Ng leads 2013 USBC Queens as field is cut to top 67 players
09/03/13
Singapore's Shayna Ng (pictured left) quickly is making a name for herself on the international bowling scene, and after two consistent days at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center, her name is atop the standings at the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Queens presented by Storm.
The 23-year-old right-hander shot 289 in her final qualifying game Monday to set the pace for the 67 players who advanced to the cashers round, which will begin Tuesday at noon EDT live on BOWL.com's BowlTV.
Ng started the day in second place with 1,206 and added 1,149 to finish qualifying with a 10-game total of 2,355, a 235.5 average. Lindsay Boomershine of Brigham City, Utah, is second with 2,298 and Team USA member Shannon O'Keefe (right) of Arlington, Texas, is third with 2,284. It took a score of 2,021 to reach the cashers round.
"The Queens is a pretty prestigious event, so doing well means a lot, but it's still so early in the tournament," Ng said. "Even though I'm the leader now, there are many more rounds to go, and anything can happen. I am going to take baby steps from here and focus on one round at a time."
Ng has been in the Las Vegas area for nearly three weeks, and her stellar performance at the USBC Queens is coming after a disappointing run for her and her teammates at the recent 2013 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Championships.
The group will be well-represented on the lanes Tuesday, however, as seven of the eight Queens entrants from Singapore advanced to the third round. Geraldine Ng is ninth, followed by Wichita State star Jazreel Tan (left, 13th), Daphne Tan (36th), Cherie Tan (T40th), Bernice Lim (right, 42nd) and 2008 QubicaAMF World Cup champion Jasmine Yeong-Nathan (58th).
"Coming right from a tournament that was as challenging as the World Championships helped us, and we're really just trying to prove ourselves at the Queens," said Ng, whose breakout year includes a win at the 2012 World Cup and a victory over two-time Queens winner Kelly Kulick at the 2013 International Bowling Championships supported by DHC, a World Bowling Tour major.
"The Queens pattern seems to be a little more forgiving, and I've been able to match up well thanks to the right equipment and a good range of balls in my arsenal."
Total 22 international bowlers survived the first cut. All 67 cashers will bowl an additional five games Tuesday morning, and the top 63 competitors after 15 games will join defending champion Diandra Asbaty (left) of Chicago for double-elimination match-play, which will begin Tuesday at 5 p.m. EDT.
Asbaty finished the day tied for 37th place with 2,093. Should she not qualify for match play, she automatically will earn the 64th seed.
Match play will continue Wednesday, and the final five players will advance to the televised stepladder finals, which will be taped Sept. 5 at 10 p.m. EDT and air on ESPN2 on Sept. 8 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern.
The winner will take home the $20,000 top prize, and a perfect game in the championship match will earn the player an additional $10,000 from Storm Bowling Products.
The Queens is open to any female USBC member, and with this year's event coming just after the WTBA World Championships, the field included 202 players representing 15 countries.
Competitors at this year's Queens also have another opportunity to cash in through the USBC Shoot-Out, a special event following Queens qualifying with a $4,000 prize fund.
Four players will advance to the Shoot-Out based on qualifying scores with the high player from each of the following categories earning spots: international players, collegiate/youth players, players who have not competed in the Queens in the past four years and all others. Tournament rules will dictate the category in which each player competes.
The Shoot-Out will consist of a four-person bracket with one-game matches determining the winner of each match. The special event will be broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV.
The qualifying and match-play portions of the Queens are open to the public at no charge, and a limited number of tickets for the televised finals are available for $25. Call 702-547-7467 for more information.
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Top 67 of 202 players advance to the third round. Players with position, hometown and 10-game total
Complete Results
1, Shayna Ng, Singapore, 2,355
2, Lindsay Boomershine, Brigham City, Utah, 2,298
3, Shannon O'Keefe, Arlington, Texas, 2,284
4, Brittni Hamilton, Webster, N.Y., 2,270
5, Jennifer Higgins, Westerville, Ohio, 2,269
6, Amy Stolz, Larkspur, Colo., 2,257
7, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 2,247
8, Maria Rodriguez, Colombia, 2,225
9, Geraldine Ng, Singapore, 2,207
10, Kim Yioulos, Rochester, N.Y., 2,203
11, Mariana Ayala, Puerto Rico, 2,198
12, Josie Earnest, Nashville, Tenn., 2,188
13, Jazreel Tan, Singapore, 2,181
14, Katie Thornton, Babson Park, Fla., 2,176
15, Lynda Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,173
16, Char Hammel, Las Vegas, 2,167
17, Jovan Blankenfeld, San Antonio, 2,159
18, Leanne Hulsenberg, North Ogden, Utah, 2,157
19, Laura Daniel, Corona, Calif., 2,151
20, Bryanna Caldwell, Tucson, Ariz., 2,147
21, Carol Gianotti, Australia, 2,144
22, Karen Marcano, Venezuela, 2,143
23, Catherine Rawsthorne, Federal Way, Wash., 2,141
24, Patricia Luoto, Germany, 2,133
25, Clara Guerrero, Colombia, 2,131
26, Stefanie Nation, Grand Prairie, Texas, 2,127
27, Lisanne Breeschoten, Netherlands, 2,126
28, Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, 2,124
29, Sandra Andersson, Sweden, 2,123
30, Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, N.Y., 2,120
31, Paola Gomez, Colombia, 2,112
31, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 2,112
33, Shauna Shannon, Albuquerque, N.M., 2,111
34, Katie Sopp, Circle Pines, Minn., 2,105
35, Shannon Pluhowsky, Dayton, Ohio, 2,101
36, Daphne Tan, Singapore, 2,099
37, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Keller, Texas, 2,093
37, Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., 2,093
37, Diandra Asbaty, Chicago, 2,093
40, Cherie Tan, Singapore, 2,092
40, Elise Bolton, Merritt Island, Fla., 2,092
42, Bernice Lim, Singapore, 2,087
43, Kim Kearney, Grand Prairie, Texas, 2,085
43, Kayla Bandy, Pikeville, Ky., 2,085
45, Jackie Carbonetto, Blauvelt, N.Y., 2,084
45, Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 2,084
47, Debbie Ayers, La Mesa, Calif., 2,083
47, Joyce Biondo, Carpentersville, Ill., 2,083
49, Bianca Flanagan, Australia, 2078
50, Lisa Beeksma, Pensacola, Fla., 2,076
51, Jenny Brown, Lake Wales, Fla., 2,074
52, Shalin Zulkifli, Malaysia, 2,072
53, Cassandra Leuthold, Black Hawk, S.D., 2,070
54, Jodi Woessner, Oregon, Ohio, 2,065
55, Lesia Herider, Castle Rock, Colo., 2,049
55, Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, 2,049
55, Deanna Carrillo, Montebello, Calif., 2,049
58, Jasmine Yeong-Nathan, Singapore, 2,035
59, Emily Fagan, Hurst, Texas, 2,033
59, Jordeen Koizumi, Tempe, Ariz., 2,033
59, Sabrina Duncan-Rose, Bellaire, Texas, 2,033
62, Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic, 2,030
63, Christina Kinney, Las Vegas, 2,028
64, Joely Carillo, Clifton, N.J., 2,027
65, Katherine Lanehart, Eagle River, Alaska, 2,024
66, Jessica Abel, Wichita, Kan., 2,022
*67, Heather D'Errico, Rochester, N.Y., 2,021
* Heather D'Errico def. Ashly Galante (246-218) for 67th place
2013 USBC Queens
Singapore's Shayna Ng (pictured left) quickly is making a name for herself on the international bowling scene, and after two consistent days at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center, her name is atop the standings at the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Queens presented by Storm.The 23-year-old right-hander shot 289 in her final qualifying game Monday to set the pace for the 67 players who advanced to the cashers round, which will begin Tuesday at noon EDT live on BOWL.com's BowlTV.Ng started the day in second place with 1,206 and added 1,149 to finish qualifying with a 10-game total of 2,355, a 235.5 average. Lindsay Boomershine of Brigham City, Utah, is second with 2,298 and Team USA member Shannon O'Keefe (right) of Arlington, Texas, is third with 2,284. It took a score of 2,021 to reach the cashers round.
"The Queens is a pretty prestigious event, so doing well means a lot, but it's still so early in the tournament," Ng said. "Even though I'm the leader now, there are many more rounds to go, and anything can happen. I am going to take baby steps from here and focus on one round at a time."
Ng has been in the Las Vegas area for nearly three weeks, and her stellar performance at the USBC Queens is coming after a disappointing run for her and her teammates at the recent 2013 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Championships.The group will be well-represented on the lanes Tuesday, however, as seven of the eight Queens entrants from Singapore advanced to the third round. Geraldine Ng is ninth, followed by Wichita State star Jazreel Tan (left, 13th), Daphne Tan (36th), Cherie Tan (T40th), Bernice Lim (right, 42nd) and 2008 QubicaAMF World Cup champion Jasmine Yeong-Nathan (58th).
"Coming right from a tournament that was as challenging as the World Championships helped us, and we're really just trying to prove ourselves at the Queens," said Ng, whose breakout year includes a win at the 2012 World Cup and a victory over two-time Queens winner Kelly Kulick at the 2013 International Bowling Championships supported by DHC, a World Bowling Tour major.
"The Queens pattern seems to be a little more forgiving, and I've been able to match up well thanks to the right equipment and a good range of balls in my arsenal."
Total 22 international bowlers survived the first cut. All 67 cashers will bowl an additional five games Tuesday morning, and the top 63 competitors after 15 games will join defending champion Diandra Asbaty (left) of Chicago for double-elimination match-play, which will begin Tuesday at 5 p.m. EDT. Asbaty finished the day tied for 37th place with 2,093. Should she not qualify for match play, she automatically will earn the 64th seed.
Match play will continue Wednesday, and the final five players will advance to the televised stepladder finals, which will be taped Sept. 5 at 10 p.m. EDT and air on ESPN2 on Sept. 8 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern.
The winner will take home the $20,000 top prize, and a perfect game in the championship match will earn the player an additional $10,000 from Storm Bowling Products.
The Queens is open to any female USBC member, and with this year's event coming just after the WTBA World Championships, the field included 202 players representing 15 countries.
Competitors at this year's Queens also have another opportunity to cash in through the USBC Shoot-Out, a special event following Queens qualifying with a $4,000 prize fund.
Four players will advance to the Shoot-Out based on qualifying scores with the high player from each of the following categories earning spots: international players, collegiate/youth players, players who have not competed in the Queens in the past four years and all others. Tournament rules will dictate the category in which each player competes.
The Shoot-Out will consist of a four-person bracket with one-game matches determining the winner of each match. The special event will be broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV.
The qualifying and match-play portions of the Queens are open to the public at no charge, and a limited number of tickets for the televised finals are available for $25. Call 702-547-7467 for more information.
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2013 USBC Queens - Second Round Results
Top 67 of 202 players advance to the third round. Players with position, hometown and 10-game total
Complete Results
1, Shayna Ng, Singapore, 2,355
2, Lindsay Boomershine, Brigham City, Utah, 2,298
3, Shannon O'Keefe, Arlington, Texas, 2,284
4, Brittni Hamilton, Webster, N.Y., 2,270
5, Jennifer Higgins, Westerville, Ohio, 2,269
6, Amy Stolz, Larkspur, Colo., 2,257
7, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 2,247
8, Maria Rodriguez, Colombia, 2,225
9, Geraldine Ng, Singapore, 2,207
10, Kim Yioulos, Rochester, N.Y., 2,203
11, Mariana Ayala, Puerto Rico, 2,198
12, Josie Earnest, Nashville, Tenn., 2,188
13, Jazreel Tan, Singapore, 2,181
14, Katie Thornton, Babson Park, Fla., 2,176
15, Lynda Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,173
16, Char Hammel, Las Vegas, 2,167
17, Jovan Blankenfeld, San Antonio, 2,159
18, Leanne Hulsenberg, North Ogden, Utah, 2,157
19, Laura Daniel, Corona, Calif., 2,151
20, Bryanna Caldwell, Tucson, Ariz., 2,147
21, Carol Gianotti, Australia, 2,144
22, Karen Marcano, Venezuela, 2,143
23, Catherine Rawsthorne, Federal Way, Wash., 2,141
24, Patricia Luoto, Germany, 2,133
25, Clara Guerrero, Colombia, 2,131
26, Stefanie Nation, Grand Prairie, Texas, 2,127
27, Lisanne Breeschoten, Netherlands, 2,126
28, Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, 2,124
29, Sandra Andersson, Sweden, 2,123
30, Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, N.Y., 2,120
31, Paola Gomez, Colombia, 2,112
31, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 2,112
33, Shauna Shannon, Albuquerque, N.M., 2,111
34, Katie Sopp, Circle Pines, Minn., 2,105
35, Shannon Pluhowsky, Dayton, Ohio, 2,101
36, Daphne Tan, Singapore, 2,099
37, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Keller, Texas, 2,093
37, Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., 2,093
37, Diandra Asbaty, Chicago, 2,093
40, Cherie Tan, Singapore, 2,092
40, Elise Bolton, Merritt Island, Fla., 2,092
42, Bernice Lim, Singapore, 2,087
43, Kim Kearney, Grand Prairie, Texas, 2,085
43, Kayla Bandy, Pikeville, Ky., 2,085
45, Jackie Carbonetto, Blauvelt, N.Y., 2,084
45, Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 2,084
47, Debbie Ayers, La Mesa, Calif., 2,083
47, Joyce Biondo, Carpentersville, Ill., 2,083
49, Bianca Flanagan, Australia, 2078
50, Lisa Beeksma, Pensacola, Fla., 2,076
51, Jenny Brown, Lake Wales, Fla., 2,074
52, Shalin Zulkifli, Malaysia, 2,072
53, Cassandra Leuthold, Black Hawk, S.D., 2,070
54, Jodi Woessner, Oregon, Ohio, 2,065
55, Lesia Herider, Castle Rock, Colo., 2,049
55, Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, 2,049
55, Deanna Carrillo, Montebello, Calif., 2,049
58, Jasmine Yeong-Nathan, Singapore, 2,035
59, Emily Fagan, Hurst, Texas, 2,033
59, Jordeen Koizumi, Tempe, Ariz., 2,033
59, Sabrina Duncan-Rose, Bellaire, Texas, 2,033
62, Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic, 2,030
63, Christina Kinney, Las Vegas, 2,028
64, Joely Carillo, Clifton, N.J., 2,027
65, Katherine Lanehart, Eagle River, Alaska, 2,024
66, Jessica Abel, Wichita, Kan., 2,022
*67, Heather D'Errico, Rochester, N.Y., 2,021
* Heather D'Errico def. Ashly Galante (246-218) for 67th place
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