Caroline Lagrange wins women’s title at 49th Bowling World Cup

23 November, 2013

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Caroline Lagrange of Canada went wire-to-wire at the 49th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup capturing her second World Cup title Saturday at Sharovaya Molniya Bowling Center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia.

Lagrange (pictured left), who won her first World Cup in Melaka, Malaysia, in 2009, defeated Cherie Tan (right) of Singapore in the title match in best-of-three games format, two-games-to-one.

Lagrange struck nine times in the first game to take a 1-0 lead, 242-207. In the second game, Lagrange failed to convert a 2-7-8 split in the ninth frame and Tan took advantage and went off the sheet for a 247-212 win to force a deciding third game.

The third game was close throughout. Finishing first, Lagrange had two chances to shut out the Tan, but missed both. Working on three strikes it must have felt like deja-vu for the Canadian, as she left another 2-7-8 split, but this time, she was able to convert it.

Leading by three pins heading into the frame, Lagrange got only the first strike and finished with 9-miss for 215.

Lefty Tan got up and needed a doubles and three pins to win back-to-back women’s titles for Singapore after Shayna Ng’s win in 2012. She struck on her first ball but left a 7-pin on the second which sealed her fate.

In the opening match, Tan swept two-time World Cup champion Aumi Guerra (right) of the Dominican Republic, 2-0. Guerra has won the titles in 2010 and 2011 and finished second to Ng last year, had to settle for third place.

Lagrange is the fifth women who has won multiple World Cup titles after Janette Baker, Australia (1982 & 1983), Pauline Smith, England (1981 & 1993), Shannon Pluhowsky, United States (2002 & 2004) and Guerra.

Lagrange averaged 233.13 this morning in round robin match play and won seven of her eight matches to easily earn the No. 1 seed with 9884 total including 210 bonus (30 per win) and an overall average of 241.85 over 40 games.

Guerra, who averaged 229.25 and had a 4-4 match record, had a 299 in game 37 to miss her first 300 game in a World Cup and the 17th this year by one pin. Guerra earned the No. 2 seed for the stepladder finals with 9643 total, 272 pins ahead of Tan.

The Singaporean had the highest average of 234.75 today and went 4-4 in match play to beat out Team USA’s Danielle McEwan (left) for the third and last place to advance by 66 pins, 9371 to 9305. McEwan finished fourth as she did in Wroclaw, Poland, last year.

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The World Cup featured a long qualifying format as all players bowled four six-game blocks over four days. The field was then cut to the top 24 men and top 24 women for eight additional games to determine the top eight for round-robin match play. After eight games of match play, the top three men and top three women advanced to the stepladder finals.

BowlTV provided live streaming of the entire World Cup from start to finish. To review all videos commented by Lucas Wiseman, scroll down or click here.

Photos by Bowlingdigital/Beat Grauwiler (pictured right).

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Preview and Qualifiers

Review: Women’s Semifinals & Finals

Review: Men’s and Women’s Round of 8

49th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup – Women’s Stepladder Finals

Sharovaya Molniya Bowling Center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia (Nov. 15-24, 2013)

Championship Round:
1. Caroline Lagrange, Canada
2. Cherie Tan, Singapore
3. Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic

Playoff Results:
Semifinal: No. 3 Tan (214, 245) def. No. 2 Guerra (208, 203), 2-0
Championship: No. 1 Lagrange (242, 212, 215) def. Tan (207, 247, 213), 2-1.

Women’s Division – Round of 8 Results

The top 8 after 32 games advance to round robin match play.

Pos	Player	Country	B/F	G33	G34	G35	G36	G37	G38	G39	G40	Pins	Bonus	Total
1.	Caroline Lagrange	Canada	7809	212	212	277	233	219	227	259	226	1865	210	9884
2.	Aumi Guerra	Dominican Republic	7689	247	177	278	223	299	187	225	198	1834	120	9643
3.	Cherie Tan	Singapore	7373	240	239	200	212	265	231	279	212	1878	120	9371
4.	Danielle McEwan	United States	7571	216	204	182	209	181	215	184	253	1644	90	9305
5.	Roosa Lundén	Finland	7326	163	236	200	248	217	278	244	254	1840	90	9256
6.	Thashaina Seraus	Aruba	7227	215	276	223	244	247	196	185	202	1788	120	9135
7.	Luminita Farkas Bucin	Romania	7134	173	214	215	247	231	258	223	257	1818	150	9102
8.	Maria Lourdes Arles	Philippines	7392	206	267	200	183	155	203	246	185	1645	60	9097