Brandon Knowles leads 32 players advancing to match play at New Mexico Open

19 August, 2018

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Brandon Knowles averaged 216.75 for eight games to lead a field of 171 players and earned top qualifier honors for the 15th New Mexico Open with 1734 pinfall total.

Knowles bowled in the first of five qualifying squads at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA, and posted games of 230, 208, 223, 227, 189, 225, 186 and 246 to lead the top 32 players into the double-elimination match play finals on Sunday.

PBA champion Stuart Williams (left) was nine behind in second place with 1725, including a high game of 278, and was followed by Packy Hanrahan in third place with 1707 and Steve Novak in fourth place with 1705 and Darren Tang in fifth place with 1705.

U.S. Open champion Francois Lavoie of Canada finished qualifying in 16th place with 1655. Emily Eckhoff was the lone woman who made the first cut in 26th place with 1620 pinfall total.

PBA Hall of Famer and 19-time titlist Chris Barnes (left) was 29th with 1609, while defending champion Vernon Peterson made the cut in 30th place with 1608.

Cory Gonzales took the 32nd and last spot for match play with 1596 and an average of 199.50.

The top 32 will be seeded into double-elimination match play bracket to bowl two-game total pinfall matches on August 19, prior to the championship round matches scheduled for that Sunday afternoon.

The top four at that point will bowl two-game total pin-fall matches, with fourth playing third, the winner playing second seed, before challenging the leader (who would have to lose twice) for the trophy and the $12,000 first prize check.

The NMO will be covered live for 30 hours via BowlStreamTV.

The 15th edition of the New Mexico Open is the 8th stop of the World Bowling Tour 2018 and the lone tier 3 event this season. WBT tier 3 events award bowlers with two times the number of WBT Rankings points (tier 2 four times and tier 1 six times).

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The WBT 2018 currently features twelve stops, one each in Germany, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand and Hong Kong and seven stops on U.S. soil. More events may be added, at least 3 months’ notice provided.

Men and women compete for points to earn places on the World Bowling Tour rankings. The points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle, where points include every event from the previous two year format.

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15th New Mexico Open – Qualifying Results

Players with position, hometown and 8-game total. Top 32 adavance to double-elimination match play.

Pos	Player	Squad	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	Total	Avg.
1.	Brandon Knowles	A	230	208	223	227	189	225	186	246	1734	216.75
2.	Stu Williams	D	195	278	219	190	207	190	225	221	1725	215.63
3.	Packy Hanrahan	C	197	190	264	213	222	235	170	216	1707	213.38
4.	Steve Novak	D	181	233	206	235	183	222	228	217	1705	213.13
5.	Darren Tang	E	222	205	213	214	235	192	225	197	1703	212.88
6.	Alfred Wolfe	D	201	204	241	224	245	173	191	221	1700	212.50
7.	Chris Klerk	C	237	223	224	174	223	201	202	215	1699	212.38
8.	Anthony Lavery-Spahr	C	195	215	211	222	245	212	212	187	1699	212.38
9.	Tyler McIntyre	D	215	268	201	220	223	175	221	171	1694	211.75
10.	Ricky Schissler	D	157	194	220	206	207	246	212	231	1673	209.13
11.	Brandon Martin	E	223	206	188	235	251	163	192	215	1673	209.13
12.	Mason Moore	E	246	139	201	185	254	185	197	259	1666	208.25
13.	Dino Castillo	C	214	204	230	171	211	218	202	212	1662	207.75
14.	Chad Lusche	D	211	205	180	195	233	163	216	258	1661	207.63
15.	Zachary Wilkins	E	174	205	192	236	246	240	176	192	1661	207.63
16.	Francois Lavoie	D	224	205	192	201	194	241	194	204	1655	206.88
17.	John Conaway	C	150	235	213	180	212	182	244	234	1650	206.25
18.	Michael Tang	E	205	218	214	201	203	173	221	214	1649	206.13
19.	Brandon Grant	C	189	231	234	191	225	202	166	205	1643	205.38
20.	Morgan Moore	E	209	254	147	188	217	192	225	203	1635	204.38
21.	Matt McNiel	D	191	147	151	226	253	224	216	226	1634	204.25
22.	Steve Smith	D	192	172	175	212	226	216	227	206	1626	203.25
23.	Bryan Van Sickle	E	189	178	197	246	220	170	229	197	1626	203.25
24.	Tyson Branagan	C	194	208	203	179	177	224	257	180	1622	202.75
25.	Kris Koeltzow	C	190	229	182	196	221	190	203	210	1621	202.63
26.	Emily Eckhoff	C	191	169	180	234	211	169	254	212	1620	202.50
27.	Robert Lawrence	D	191	254	207	196	163	147	237	224	1619	202.38
28.	Michael Steele	E	219	166	201	213	246	214	168	187	1614	201.75
29.	Chris Barnes	C	177	177	246	184	206	208	194	217	1609	201.13
30.	Vern Peterson	D	170	193	192	212	202	189	217	233	1608	201.00
31.	Jim Pratt	C	177	194	180	231	203	234	191	193	1603	200.38
32.	Cory Gonzales	D	169	172	169	173	237	202	279	195	1596	199.50
33.	Scott Ashley	C	189	210	193	157	213	181	207	241	1591	198.88
34.	Rick Schafer	C	196	234	189	141	226	184	195	225	1590	198.75
35.	Ken Kurtz	D	202	220	153	160	254	177	167	254	1587	198.38
36.	Cortez Schenck	E	232	220	210	188	179	176	186	195	1586	198.25
37.	Matt Smith	A	180	222	214	185	157	190	248	188	1584	198.00
38.	Michael Duran	D	184	186	216	202	169	178	255	192	1582	197.75
39.	Frank Guccione	D	214	175	213	191	188	199	211	191	1582	197.75
40.	Brian Schamber	E	170	189	217	187	211	219	211	178	1582	197.75
41.	Marty Bedford	A	245	153	188	215	167	201	202	209	1580	197.50
42.	DeeRonn Booker	E	195	203	205	222	220	170	157	208	1580	197.50
43.	Ed Smaglik	C	233	156	177	204	217	186	201	205	1579	197.38
44.	Edward Rede	D	158	194	241	234	179	172	192	204	1574	196.75
45.	Paul Carper	C	176	210	200	224	208	187	190	178	1573	196.63
46.	Ari Wilson	D	168	192	198	188	218	205	181	223	1573	196.63
47.	Zack Hattori	D	183	198	151	210	221	227	193	183	1566	195.75
48.	Stefan Wood	D	172	192	194	258	202	171	152	223	1564	195.50
49.	Jonathan Lawson	B	189	199	215	185	217	155	202	201	1563	195.38
50.	Mitch Hupe	C	197	177	227	164	199	156	224	217	1561	195.13
51.	Dave Cirigliano	C	169	163	180	222	170	214	222	217	1557	194.63
52.	Dylan Taylor	E	188	189	204	164	175	218	220	199	1557	194.63
53.	Mike Edwards	B	167	193	224	188	207	183	200	194	1556	194.50
54.	Joseph Grondin	E	232	231	192	189	212	189	170	140	1555	194.38
55.	Scotty Pope Jr.	E	183	190	233	195	144	202	200	206	1553	194.13
56.	Pete Sheridan	E	200	203	224	182	179	182	214	169	1553	194.13
57.	Kyle King	D	191	157	203	200	204	224	151	222	1552	194.00
58.	JD Nance	B	256	188	182	193	223	195	144	170	1551	193.88
59.	Josh Moret	C	164	168	176	232	197	201	198	213	1549	193.63
60.	Harley Sweigart	C	194	177	200	229	232	174	166	176	1548	193.50
61.	Will Davis	E	189	201	194	194	191	215	158	205	1547	193.38
62.	Jeffrie Delaney	E	213	210	200	179	191	192	204	156	1545	193.13
63.	Nathaniel Duran	E	146	206	190	222	163	192	226	200	1545	193.13
64.	David Sevier	C	211	213	197	176	171	174	224	178	1544	193.00
65.	Michael Smith	D	203	159	212	136	228	245	182	179	1544	193.00
66.	Danny Cobine	E	205	203	178	159	231	171	174	222	1543	192.88
67.	Andrew Cain	C	195	205	176	228	195	176	165	202	1542	192.75
68.	Matt Miller	D	182	210	183	194	179	213	191	189	1541	192.63
69.	Michael Sager	B	156	221	171	210	175	204	204	199	1540	192.50
70.	Reid Sykes	C	188	199	193	200	185	174	178	218	1535	191.88
71.	Kevin Pennington	E	195	183	177	157	237	199	176	209	1533	191.63
72.	John Johnson	C	153	179	192	215	218	196	225	154	1532	191.50
73.	Eric Hatchett	E	191	201	147	247	157	175	240	172	1530	191.25
74.	Dan Brenning	B	172	179	181	162	184	232	216	192	1518	189.75
75.	Deo Benard	B	192	191	206	175	175	207	168	203	1517	189.63
76.	Dennis Brown	B	211	220	179	191	183	183	167	182	1516	189.50
77.	Henry Olivas	A	204	189	156	245	138	233	178	167	1510	188.75
78.	Mike Owens	E	238	164	181	202	224	185	165	151	1510	188.75
79.	Carlos Fourzan	D	181	191	227	181	156	249	164	157	1506	188.25
80.	Eric Altenburg	E	220	200	184	191	158	213	180	159	1505	188.13
81.	Jose Rodriguez	D	154	170	141	208	268	197	184	182	1504	188.00
82.	Brian Bledsoe	E	171	166	223	243	152	179	215	148	1497	187.13
83.	Joe Merrick	A	198	174	174	222	212	180	175	160	1495	186.88
84.	Guillermo Espinoza	B	168	134	188	209	221	185	213	177	1495	186.88
85.	Aaron Jr. Raymond	E	183	206	191	183	210	203	159	160	1495	186.88
86.	Scott Myers	E	190	199	158	190	234	175	187	160	1493	186.63
87.	Joey Burruel	E	195	160	187	202	211	155	167	211	1488	186.00
88.	Jonathan Hill	E	189	187	168	170	182	183	222	186	1487	185.88
89.	Gary Hadley	B	159	220	146	201	174	170	197	210	1477	184.63
90.	Steve Lopez	C	160	178	183	175	213	174	182	211	1476	184.50
91.	David Williamson	D	147	224	183	150	191	236	135	210	1476	184.50
92.	Pat Bottom	E	190	139	184	165	205	168	222	201	1474	184.25
93.	Clinton Watkins	E	192	220	152	212	152	186	178	182	1474	184.25
94.	Zulmazran Zulkifli	C	192	189	223	200	191	182	160	134	1471	183.88
95.	Donald Scott	D	165	163	194	213	197	178	172	188	1470	183.75
96.	Weldon Ganaway	E	151	179	226	150	186	190	196	192	1470	183.75
97.	Aaron Johnson	B	212	193	190	167	175	191	200	139	1467	183.38
98.	Blayne Hurst	D	147	141	193	155	191	199	252	185	1463	182.88
99.	Sergio Torres	E	197	198	178	159	193	143	185	210	1463	182.88
100.	Dwight Burns	C	176	222	191	189	157	176	181	168	1460	182.50
101.	Matthew Anderson	E	152	206	245	143	162	151	188	209	1456	182.00
102.	Karen Barcal	A	188	192	157	168	179	150	189	232	1455	181.88
103.	Carl Chavez	D	194	205	165	199	163	156	193	180	1455	181.88
104.	JJ Martinez	C	192	200	171	178	136	178	188	207	1450	181.25
105.	Billy Grant	B	164	145	188	218	177	162	171	222	1447	180.88
106.	Calvin Huggar	C	219	169	136	184	178	214	194	152	1446	180.75
107.	Bradley Harvey	B	162	146	165	167	183	195	220	204	1442	180.25
108.	Mason Edmondson	D	210	173	176	168	203	184	154	173	1441	180.13
109.	Duane Tierson	D	170	213	191	184	204	189	145	141	1437	179.63
110.	Angel Ortega	E	190	186	201	152	176	179	198	155	1437	179.63
111.	Rick Benard	C	135	169	214	178	158	144	224	212	1434	179.25
112.	Joey Balistreri	A	186	171	190	166	169	170	200	180	1432	179.00
113.	Tom Foster	C	145	146	210	212	172	158	185	203	1431	178.88
114.	Shane Martin	D	155	166	140	166	246	174	177	207	1431	178.88
115.	Keith Fung	C	168	161	166	205	192	139	228	164	1423	177.88
116.	Tyler Albracht	B	181	173	207	209	171	178	166	136	1421	177.63
117.	Colton Ruscetti	C	171	167	206	130	146	243	188	165	1416	177.00
118.	Kevin Jones	E	207	187	165	183	169	142	187	174	1414	176.75
119.	David McKay	E	209	182	167	180	165	174	167	166	1410	176.25
120.	Greg Scheetz	D	179	222	144	161	198	168	184	150	1406	175.75
121.	John Reichert	D	180	156	181	170	186	203	168	158	1402	175.25
122.	Dennis Helmick	B	137	222	147	200	172	163	193	165	1399	174.88
123.	Bob Dillman	A	162	208	208	200	144	152	188	136	1398	174.75
124.	Mark Waters	A	147	157	212	181	189	156	216	140	1398	174.75
125.	Levi Fintel	D	178	156	181	149	189	210	182	152	1397	174.63
126.	Donovan Thomas	E	164	148	204	168	196	163	183	167	1393	174.13
127.	Kano Williams	E	165	157	136	178	178	212	145	222	1393	174.13
128.	Yarelis Alvarez	D	151	202	208	164	174	150	174	169	1392	174.00
129.	Robin Prioleau	B	178	185	193	156	199	154	181	142	1388	173.50
130.	Haskell Lee	D	174	190	177	162	149	175	189	170	1386	173.25
131.	Dave Castaneda Jr.	B	174	179	193	149	136	148	189	216	1384	173.00
132.	Eddie Joe Torrez	C	178	165	163	186	133	216	191	152	1384	173.00
133.	Daylan Barton	E	207	204	162	150	179	171	155	155	1383	172.88
134.	Cody Hanson	E	171	191	148	150	245	186	188	102	1381	172.63
135.	Dale Coffee	B	161	174	189	185	205	151	169	144	1378	172.25
136.	Marcus Medina	D	203	222	166	115	181	140	179	167	1373	171.63
137.	Andy Byer	B	178	168	165	211	137	160	214	139	1372	171.50
138.	Jorge Gutierrez	D	165	190	188	149	196	155	148	181	1372	171.50
139.	Alex Gutierrez	D	164	201	136	160	216	177	179	135	1368	171.00
140.	Christopher Trujillo	D	202	169	161	180	189	163	171	132	1367	170.88
141.	Mark Payne	D	152	155	168	176	210	148	198	156	1363	170.38
142.	Ben Hilmers	D	164	184	176	187	147	190	166	147	1361	170.13
143.	Ben Groves	D	152	209	161	191	164	177	131	166	1351	168.88
144.	Dylan Swanson	C	144	191	176	151	203	184	141	160	1350	168.75
145.	Sam Potter	E	209	167	154	135	193	167	147	176	1348	168.50
146.	Matt Tran	A	170	174	165	180	130	143	179	204	1345	168.13
147.	Nick Balistreri	A	146	172	198	161	164	174	177	151	1343	167.88
148.	Diego Lucero	B	174	205	169	152	154	176	149	160	1339	167.38
149.	Trey Sledge	C	162	131	164	190	172	191	173	156	1339	167.38
150.	Zachary Harvey	B	188	163	150	168	192	149	156	169	1335	166.88
151.	Nate Bolton	E	158	193	181	147	135	160	167	185	1326	165.75
152.	Shawn Thompson	E	190	159	186	141	131	166	183	168	1324	165.50
153.	Chris Rogers	D	132	199	156	135	153	188	181	175	1319	164.88
154.	Andrew Blakely	A	158	161	172	167	173	151	173	163	1318	164.75
155.	Aileen Linares	B	193	167	166	165	155	150	161	157	1314	164.25
156.	Leroy Espinosa	D	137	179	160	187	167	195	153	130	1308	163.50
157.	Christian Apolonio	E	201	141	160	134	184	151	136	196	1303	162.88
158.	Joseph Dominguez	C	190	133	179	149	128	168	186	168	1301	162.63
159.	Gerry Smith	A	193	119	134	166	174	142	166	204	1298	162.25
160.	Mike Riley	B	140	144	173	191	149	160	154	180	1291	161.38
161.	Ben Howard	E	124	202	172	170	168	148	126	181	1291	161.38
162.	Ignacio Garcia	A	152	166	148	197	178	128	163	141	1273	159.13
163.	Daniel Aguilar	C	103	154	142	161	188	170	160	192	1270	158.75
164.	Johnny Miller	B	142	163	211	182	156	137	139	132	1262	157.75
165.	Alex Harmon	E	157	161	137	135	168	189	157	156	1260	157.50
166.	Joshua Sherman	A	165	127	183	119	150	146	182	167	1239	154.88
167.	James Montes	B	145	182	174	155	121	145	156	159	1237	154.63
168.	Hugh Larson	C	151	101	171	189	145	169	120	181	1227	153.38
169.	Jim Coffman	B	155	152	158	185	166	114	139	147	1216	152.00
170.	Marcus Sanders	D	122	142	162	188	145	115	146	147	1167	145.88
171.	Robert Edwards	D	146	122	156	125	125	138	150	128	1090	136.25