Two-time defending champions Shannon O’Keefe and Bill O’Neill kept their hopes for a third consecutive PBA-PBA Xtra Frame Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles title alive by a single pin Saturday as Brad Miller of Raytown, Mo., and partner Natalie Cortese of Hoffman Estates, Ill., led the field of 40 teams that will advance to Sunday’s cashers round at Copperfield Bowl.

Also advancing were Shannon Pluhowsky of Dayton, Ohio, and partner Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., the only team to win the event four times.

Cortese, a former Valparaiso University collegiate star and a Dexter High School All-American, averaged 213.7 for her seven qualifying games. Miller, who has won one PBA Midwest Regional title in his five-year career, averaged 232 on games of 289, 226, 221, 217, 248, 255 and 168.

The duo (above left) finished with a combined total of 3,120 pins and a 14-pin lead over Germany’s Birgit Pöppler and PBA Tour titlist Jason Sterner of Cocoa, Fla. Lindsay Boomershine of Perry, Utah, and Kyle Troup of Taylorsville, N.C. (pictured right), were third with 3,045 pins.

O’Keefe and O’Neill, who won the tournament in 2013 as well as 2015 and ’16, kept their hopes for a third consecutive – and fourth overall – title by one pin, qualifying in 40th place, 259 pins behind the leaders. Pluhowsky and Jones, who are trying for a record fifth title, qualified in 12th place. They won the event in 2007, ’08, ’10 and ’11.

The top 40 teams will bowl a five-game cashers round at 8:30 a.m. CDT Sunday, after which the top eight teams based on a combined 12 team games (24 individual games) will bowl a final eight games of round-robin match play to determine the champion.

The winners, if PBA and/or PWBA members, also will win PBA and/or PWBA Tour titles.

All of Sunday’s competition will be live streamed on PBA’s subscription-based bowling channel, Xtra Frame. For subscription and schedule information click here.

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Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles – Final Qualifying Standings

Teams with position, player, hometown and 7-game total. Top 40 advance to Sunday’s cashers round.

1, Natalie Cortese, Hoffman Estates, Ill./Brad Miller, Raytown, Mo., 3,120
2, Birgit Pöppler, Germany/Jason Sterner, Cocoa, Fla., 3,106
3, Lindsay Boomershine, Perry, Utah/Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 3,045
4, Holly Harris, Wichita, Kan./Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., 3,039
5, Bryanna Caldwell Cote, Red Rock, Ariz./Stuart Williams, England, 3,033
6, Lynda Barnes, Double Oak, Texas/Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 3,022
7, Laura Plazas, Colombia/Clint Land, Houston, Texas, 3,009
8, Cajsa Wegner, Sweden/Mike Austin, Houston, Texas, 3,004
9, Liz Johnson, Chicago/Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 2,986
10, Diandra Asbaty, Chicago/Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,967
11, Erin McCarthy, Omaha, Neb./AJ Johnson, Oswego, Ill., 2,955
12, Shannon Pluhowsky, Dayton, Ohio/Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2,952
13, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Keller, Texas/Michael Tang, San Francisco, 2,949
14, Maria Rodriguez, Colombia/Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 2,943
15 (tie), Christina Kinney, Las Vegas/Robert Lawrence, Del Valle, Texas, and
T’nia Moore, Greensburg, Pa./BJ Moore, Greensburg, Pa., 2,942
17, Anne Marie Duggan, Edmond, Okla./Steven Badovinac, Monument, Colo., 2,941
18, Josie Earnest-Barnes, Nashville, Tenn./Kyle Barnes, Smyrna, Tenn., 2,939
19, Jenny Wegner, Sweden/Connor Pickford, Plano, Texas, 2,934
20, Daria Kovalova, Ukraine/AJ Chapman, Manchester, Iowa, 2,930
21, Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif./Dave Wodka, Beavercreek, Ohio, 2,925
22, Karen Boyd, Fort Lauderdale, Fla./John Janawicz, Winter Haven, Fla., 2,920
23, Brittni Hamilton, Nashville, Tenn./Rob Gotchall, Clarksville, Tenn., 2,914
24, Shannon Sellens, Copiague, N.Y./Anthony Pepe, East Elmhurst, N.Y., 2,913
25 (tie), Natalie Goodman, O’Fallon, Ill./EJ Tackett, Huntington, Ind., and
Liz Kuhlkin, Schenectady, N.Y./Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,911
27 (tie), Clara Guerrero, Pflugerville, Texas/Andres Gomez, Colombia, and
Amanda Greene, Romney, W.Va./Kyle Sherman, O’Fallon, Mo., 2,906
29, Jamie Martin, Omaha, Neb./Sean Rangel, Omaha, Neb., 2,899
30, Katie Garcia, Wichita, Kan./Geoffrey Young, Keller, Texas, 2,897
31, Rocio Restrepo, Colombia/Joe Hostetler, Louisville, Ohio, 2,894
32, Allie Ijams, Wichita, Kan./Kevin Tatrow, Wichita, Kan., 2,891
33 (tie), Tannya Lopez, Laredo, Texas/Matt Cabanski, Cibolo, Texas, and
Kayla Johnson, Washington, Ill./DJ Archer, Houston, Texas, 2,890
35 (tie), Brittany Smith, Des Moines, Iowa/Nick Pate, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and
Stefanie Johnson, McKinney, Texas/Chris Johnson, McKinney, Texas, 2,888
37, Anggie Ramirez, Austin, Texas/Anthony Simonsen, Austin, Texas, 2,875
38, Jasmine Coleman, Manteca, Calif./Vernon Peterson, Winter Haven, Fla., 2,874
39, Keli Callahan, Las Vegas/Sam Cooley, Australia, 2,867
40, Shannon O’Keefe, O’Fallon, Ill./Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 2,861

Missed Cut:
41, Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands/Kendle Miles, Kennesaw, Ga., 2,860
42, Summer Jasmin, Beckley, W.V./Joe Findling, Mesquite, Texas, 2,856
43, Jackie Carbonetto, Blauvelt, N.Y./Matt Gasn, Clarksville, Tenn., 2,855
44, Catie Jensen, Fort Worth, Texas/Matthew Farber, Plainview, N.Y., 2,852
45, Kamilah Dammers-Naddall, Aruba/Kristijonas Sergejevas, Lithuania, 2,850
46, Robyn Renslow, Brentwood, Calif./Aaron Pawloski, Brentwood, Calif., 2,846
47, Sandra Gongora, Mexico/Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 2,836
48, Leanne Hulsenberg, Pleasant View, Utah/Darren Tang, San Jose, Calif., 2,833
49, Megan Kelly, Dayton, Ohio/Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 2,831
50, Valerie Bercier, Raymond, N.H./Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 2,827
51, Angela Chirpich, Urbandale, Iowa/Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 2,825
52, Mads McDuff, Katy, Texas/David Tullos, Spring, Texas, 2,822
53, Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, N.Y./Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 2,821
54, Jennifer Russo, North Brunswick, N.J./Shawn Maldonado, Houston, Texas, 2,819
55, Kristina Wendell, New Port Richey, Fla./Alex Aguiar, Dartmouth, Mass., 2,813
56, Robin Romeo, Newhall, Calif./Timothy Tripp, Santa Clarita, Calif., 2,809
57, Hollyann Johansen, Wichita, Kan./Austin Boulds, Wichita, Kan., 2,804
58, Correen Lieber, Tolleson, Ariz./Eric Martinez, San Antonio, Texas, 2,803
59, Danielle Walker, Keller, Texas/David Walker, Keller, Texas, 2,796
60, Marcia Kloempken, Pleasant View, Utah/Steven Smith, San Diego, Calif., 2,794
61, Brandi Branka, Fairview Heights, Ill./Mike Dole, Loves Park, Ill., 2,791
62, Kristina Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y./John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., 2,787
63, Stephanie Martins, Brazil/Gary Faulkner, Orlando, Fla., 2,783
64, Cindy Mattingly, Puyallup, Wash./Tanner Spacey, Burien, Wash., 2,782
65, Chenoa Rhoades, Wichita, Kan./Jessy Bauer, Junction City, Kan., 2,779
66 (tie), Heather Whitney, Euless, Texas/Tyson Branagan, Fort Worth, Texas, and
Michelle Crews, Hoover, Ala./Sean Sadat, Houston, Texas, 2,769
68, Beth Owen-Cipielewski, Bradenton, Fla./Bryan Viator, Seabrook, Texas, 2,765
69, Daria Pajak, Poland/Giorgio Clinaz, Venezuela, 2,763
70, Joline Persson Planefors, Sweden/Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 2,756
71, Tina Williams, Phoenix, Ariz./Xeno Garcia, Fort Worth, Texas, 2,754
72, Amanda Fry, Antelope, Calif./Omar Arnett, Richmond, Texas, 2,743
73 (tie), Jen Remaklus, St. Louis, Mo./Ari Wilson, Henderson, Nev., and
Diana Zavjalova, Latvia/Adam Pogge, Austin, Texas, 2,742
75, Nina Flack, Sweden/Eric Traylor, Houston, Texas, 2,740
76, Katie Maher, Ottumwa, Iowa/Kyle Anderson, Lockport, Ill., 2,738
77 (tie), Ingellimar Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn./Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., and
Nicole Parkhurst, Utica, N.Y./Steve Lemke, Nacogdoches, Texas, 2,737
79, Carol Norman , Houston, Texas/Andrew Anderson, Holly, Mich., 2,728
80, Amanda Cortese, Hoffman Estates, Ill./Andrew Cain, Phoenix, Ariz., 2,726
81, Sydney Brummett, Fort Wayne, Ind./Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., 2,725
82, Jodi Woessner, Oregon, Ohio/Dino Castillo, Highland Village, Texas, 2,718
83, Desiree Negron, Puerto Rico/Andro Simounet, Puerto Rico, 2,716
84, Kimi Davidson, Irving, Texas/John Pierce, Denton, Texas, 2,711
85, Verity Crawley, England/Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 2,708
86, Kaidee Sutphin, Orlando, Fla./Jon Trzcinski, Lake Wales, Fla., 2,703
87, Jacqueline Malone, Scotia, N.Y./Keni Lowe, Accokeek, Md., 2,702
88, Sierra Kanemoto, Dayton, Ohio/Ryan Holland, Houston, Texas, 2,700
89, Sandra Andersson, Sweden/Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 2,697
90, Mariana Ayala, Puerto Rico/Johnathan Wiley, Houston, Texas, 2,689
91, Isabella Correa, Austin, Texas/Kamron Doyle, Brentwood, Tenn., 2,688
92, Ashley Blakley, Houston, Texas/Derrick Woods, Houston, Texas, 2,686
93 (tie), Ashlyn Herzberg, Wichita, Kan./Jerod Hromek, Wichita, Kan., and
Catherine Rawsthorne, Lewiston, Idaho/Cameron Weier, Tacoma, Wash., 2,684
95 (tie), Jovan Ebalaroza, San Antonio, Texas/T.J. Thompson, Houston, Texas, and
Anita Arnett, Richmond, Texas/Brett Cooper, Aurora, Colo., 2,679
97, Samantha Linder, Sarasota, Fla./Keith Cipielewski, Bradenton, Fla., 2,678
98, Sandi Charles, Nolanville, Texas/Humberto Vazquez, Mexico, 2,677
99, Stacie Hartsfield, San Antonio, Texas/Jeff Hartsfield, San Antonio, Texas, 2,674
100, Kylie Mogard, Las Vegas, Nev./Dallas Leong, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,671
101, Jes Lesagonicz, Atlanta, Ga./Bob Michalojko, Pittsburgh, Pa., 2,669
102, Sara DiScioscia, Hampton, Va./Ryon Collins, Colonial Heights, Va., 2,662
103, Brigette Coleman, Gainesville, Fla./Ryan Whitney, Euless, Texas, 2,659
104, Taylor Bulthuis, Coral Springs, Fla./Matt Russo, Millstone Township, N.J., 2,658
105 (tie), Mary Jo Cox, Houston, Texas/Lee Lorts, Katy, Texas, and
Elise Bolton, Merritt Island, Fla./Nate Garcia, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 2,653
107, Kiyoko McDonald, Allen, Texas/Clint Johnson, Fort Worth, Texas, 2,642
108, Diana Jessie, Dallas, Texas/Toney Nelson, Grapevine, Texas, 2,635
109, Taylor Evans, Katy, Texas/George Gohagan III, Houston, Texas, 2,633
110, Lori Schultz, Hutto, Texas/Anthony Coats, Pflugerville, Texas, 2,628
111, Kiara Grant, Austin, Texas/Terrance McQueen, Houston, Texas, 2,627
112, Courtney Bolin, Houston, Texas/Eric Manthei, Lumberton, Texas, 2,622
113, Kerry Moreland, Houston, Texas/Brett Stephen, Houston, Texas, 2,617
114 (tie), Cathy Nelson, Lakeside, Texas/David Scardaville, Houston, Texas, and
Grace Hall, Oklahoma City, Okla./Will Barnes, Leander, Texas, 2,609
116 (tie), Paula Vidad, Sun City, Calif./Troy Kendrick, Coto De Caza, Calif., and
Samantha Kelly, Waukesha, Wis./Eric Fritton, Milwaukee, Wis., 2,602
118, Ashley Lawley, Friendswood, Texas/James Long, Pasadena, Texas, 2,601
119, Kayla Pashina, Minnetonka, Minn./Ted Pritts, Little Elm, Texas, 2,591
120, Tonya Criss, Andrews AFB, Md./Steven Arehart, Chesapeake, Va., 2,588
121, Denisyha Waller, Markham, Ill./Frank Rose, Bellaire, Texas, 2,587
122, Rachel Perez, Maumelle, Ark./Michael Shirley, North Little Rock, Ark., 2,583
123, Brandy Silva, Fort Worth, Texas/Timmy Crites, Dallas, Texas, 2,571
124, Sabrena Divis, Gillette, Wyo./Jason Miller, Plano, Ill., 2,563
125, Erin Lenahan, Meadow Vista, Calif./Rickie Banister, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2,561
126, Ashly Galante, Palm Harbor, Fla./Jeremy Mooney, West Palm Beach, Fla., 2,556
127, Jelesa Maryland, Plano, Texas/Matthew Stephens, Houston, Texas, 2,549
128, Rachael Gittings, Glen Allen, Va./Chris Bolosan, Newport News, Va., 2,545
129, Elysia Current, Ephrata, Pa./Travis Celmer, Wernersville, Pa., 2,541
130, Genie Franklin, Frisco, Texas/Brett Wolfe, Mesa, Ariz., 2,539
131, Nicole Unsworth, Edmond, Okla./Scott Black, Yukon, Ok., 2,532
132, Whitney Harris, Converse, Texas/Scott Dodson, Waxahachie, Texas, 2,525
133, Kayla Ovesny, Norman, Okla./Jeremy Evans, Katy, Texas, 2,517
134, Erica McPhail, Copperas Cove, Texas/Mark Morgan, Killeen, Texas, 2,514
135, Rita Heger, Spring, Texas/Jacob Heger, Spring, Texas, 2,504
136, Brette Joseph, Pflugerville, Texas/Russell Elsner, Houston, Texas, 2,500
137, Tiffany Morris, Wichita, Kan./Blake Starr, Oklahoma City, Okla., 2,499
138, Robyn Roberts, Little Rock, Ark./Shane Gillmore, Mayflower, Ark., 2,498
139, Wanda Parker, Garland, Texas/Warren Reid, Dallas, Texas, 2,488
140, Britney Russell, Houston, Texas/Nick Glidden, Houston, Texas, 2,487
141, Ashley Adams, Midlothian, Texas/Dylan Macon, Ennis, Texas, 2,469
142, Heather Bergstedt, San Antonio, Texas/Harrison Jarvis, San Antonio, Texas, 2,468
143, Connie Esters, League City, Texas/Jack Bevelhymer, Houston, Texas, 2,467
144, Rene Fleming, Oklahoma City, Okla./Chris Bryant, Austin, Texas, 2,462
145, Kim Burnham, Pasadena, Texas/Michiel Burnham, Pasadena, Texas, 2,417
146, Jaime Wells, Humble, Texas/Steven Lewis, Keller, Texas, 2,413
147, Jessa Lordo, Houston, Texas/TJ Heider, Houston, Texas, 2,376
148, Nichole DePaul-Miller, Plano, Ill./John Wukasch Jr., Montgomery, Texas, 2,357
149, Nicole Maxwell, Cypress, Texas/Justin Maxwell, Cypress, Texas, 2,323
150, Diva Gwiscz, Houston, Texas/Kevin Foerster, Houston, Texas, 2,320
151 (tie), Jessica Peters, Toms River, N.J./Dylan Eichler, Bentonville, Ark., and
Linda Walbaum, Brighton, Colo./Mark London, Washington, Texas, 2,307
153, Lynda Daniels, Conroe, Texas/Scott Winski, Montgomery, Texas, 2,294
154, Aline Reed, Spring, Texas/Lee Arnold, Hockley, Texas, 2,280
155, Norma Manns, Austin, Texas/Marvin Biagas, Houston, Texas, 2,256
156, Sally Chitwood, Bay City, Texas/Tom Russo, Richmond, Texas, 2,214
157, Tori Browder, Cedar Park, Texas/Nicholas Burgess, Jersey Village, Texas, 2,154
158, Danita Wyley, Fort Worth, Texas/Bobby Scott, Dallas, Texas, 2,150
159, Shelly Slagle, Pearland, Texas/Chris Schramek, Pasadena, Texas, 2,119