Danielle McEwan caps PABCON Women’s Championships with Masters gold

18 September, 2014

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Danielle McEwan capped off a dominating week for Team USA as she won the Masters gold medal Wednesday to give the U.S. five of the six gold medals at the 2014 Pan American Bowling Confederation Women’s Championships.

McEwan defeated teammate Missy Parkin, 2-1, in the best-of-three championship match at the Cali Bowling Coliseum. The United States also won gold medals in Doubles, Trios, Team and All-Events as well as four silver and four bronze medals.

Parkin won the opening game of the championship match, 227-219, but McEwan rallied to take the next two games, 239-235 and 217-181. Parkin could have won the title in the second game, but left a 10 pin on her second shot in the 10th frame.

“This was my first time traveling with the whole team, and it was so amazing learning from them,” McEwan said. “It was awesome to spend time with the team because they are all so unbelievably knowledgeable, and I was just trying to keep up and learn as much as I could.”

In the semifinals, McEwan defeated Colombia’s Clara Guerrero, 2-0, in a dramatic finish. McEwan took the first game, 238-188, and Guerrero, who won gold in Singles, had a chance to force a decisive third game but got seven on her final ball to lose, 211-209.

Parkin advanced to the gold-medal match by defeating teammate Liz Johnson, 2-1. Johnson took the opening game 232-183 before Parkin won the next two, 242-201 and 216-214.

Parkin earned the silver medal to lead the individual medal tally with four gold and one silver. Guerrero and Johnson shared the bronze medal. (L-R Parkin, McEwan, Johnson and Guerrero)

The PABCON Women’s Championships featured bowlers from 13 countries. In addition to the medal competition, four countries earned spots in the 2015 Pan American Games. The United States, Aruba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico all punched their tickets for Toronto, Canada, next July.

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Venezuela secured spots previous to this week’s event. The final two spots will be awarded at the Central and Caribbean Games later this year.

All rounds of the PABCON Women’s Championships were broadcast live on BOWL.com’s BowlTV.

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2014 PABCON Women’s Championships – Medal Tally

Pos	Combined	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1.	United States	5	4	4
2.	Colombia	1		2
3.	Aruba		1
(tie)	Canada		1
5.	Mexico			1
	Total	6	6	7

2014 PABCON Women’s Championships – Match-Play Masters

Single-elimination, best-of-three games format

Seed	Player	Country	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Won-Loss
	Quarterfinal
#1	Missy Parkin	United States	213	236		2
#8	Aumi Guerra	Dominican Republic	195	221
#2	Kelly Kulick	United States	185	204
#7	Danielle McEwan	United States	257	214		2
#3	Liz Johnson	United States	193	211	235	2
#6	Sandra Gongora	Mexico	170	258	186	1
#4	Shannon O’Keefe	United States	236	236	163	1
#5	Clara J. Guerrero	Colombia	255	183	215	2
	Semifinal
#1	Missy Parkin	United States	183	242	216	2
#3	Liz Johnson	United States	232	201	214	1
#7	Danielle McEwan	United States	238	211		2
#5	Clara J. Guerrero	Colombia	188	209
	Championship
#1	Missy Parkin	United States	227	235	181	1
#7	Danielle McEwan	United States	219	239	217	2