Canadian MacLelland beats Mexico's Cruz for PABCON Men's Championships Masters gold

    05/14/11

    Mexico

    Team USA's Bill O'Neill, Chris Barnes share the bronze medals

    201011PBADanMacLelland.jpg2009LaRazaAlejandroCruz.jpgDan MacLelland (pictured left) of Canada defeated local favorite Alejandro Cruz (right), Mexico, two-games-to-none, to end the 2011 PABCON Men's Championships with victory in match-play Masters Friday at Bolerama Tapatío in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.

    The Canadian, who competes on the Lumber Liquidators Professional Bowlers Association Tour, won 269-203 and 224-175.

    Team USA's Bill O'Neill (below left) and Chris Barnes (below right) shared the bronze medal. Both lost in the best-of-three games semifinals at Bolerama Tapatio. Cruz took down O'Neill, 2-0, while Barnes lost 2-0 to MacLelland.

    201011PBABillONeill.jpg201011PBAChrisBarnes.jpg"We had a good run this week, and it's hard to be too disappointed," said O'Neill, who won the all-events gold medal. "This format is a total crapshoot and for us to get a couple medals is OK. We're always disappointed when we don't win, but we brought home the gold in the important events."

    Cruz, who earned Mexico its first medal of the Championships, struck out in the first game to beat O'Neill, 225-223, and then rolled to a 268-227 win for the sweep.

    "I always like bowling against the crowd favorite," O'Neill said. "It's fun when you win that match as an underdog, but unfortunately I wasn't able to come out on top this time."

    In the other semifinal, MacLelland, who earned the all-events silver medal, took the opening game, 257-223, and then claimed the second game, 255-212.

     


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