Marshall Kent of Yakima, Washington, went undefeated in the opening round of match play Monday night at the 2016 U.S. Open to build a lead of more than 325 pins over the field at the South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas.

After posting the tournament’s highest eight-game block (1,930) earlier in the day during the cashers’ round, Kent (pictured above) rolled 1,960 on his way to an 8-0 match-play record to finish with a 40-game total of 9,493, including bonus pins.

“It doesn’t get much better than that,” said Kent, a five-time Team USA member. “I’ve been having a blast, trying to stay relaxed, and it’s been working. I’m going to try and keep the same thought process going into tomorrow and see what happens.”

Shawn Maldonado (above left) of Houston moved into second place with a 9,166 total, while Canada’s Francois Lavoie (above right) is third with 9,132. John Szczerbinski (left) of North Tonawanda, New York, jumped four spots into fourth place with 9,039, and Sweden’s Martin Larsen (right) rounds out the top five with 8,976.

The final two rounds of match play will begin Tuesday at 1 p.m. Eastern. Each round of the 2016 U.S. Open leading up to the stepladder finals is being broadcast live on Xtra Frame, the exclusive online bowling channel for the Professional Bowlers Association.

All competitors at the 2016 U.S. Open completed 24 qualifying games over three days, before the field was cut to the top 57 for eight additional games. The 32-game pinfall totals determined the 24 players for round-robin match play.

The top five, determined by total pinfall and bonus pins for 56 games, will advance to the stepladder finals, which will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network at 8 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday.

The 2016 U.S. Open features a prize fund of more than $210,000, which includes $100,000 in added money. The 2016 champion will earn $30,000 and the coveted green jacket.

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2016 U.S. Open – Match Play Round One (fifth round overall)

Players with position, hometown, W-L-T record and 40-game total, including bonus pins (30 bonus pins for a win, 15 bonus pins for a tie); *(a) denotes amateur

Complete Results:
Match Play Round 1
Casher’s Round
Round 3 Qualifying
Round 2 Qualifying
Round 1 Qualifying

1, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 8-0-0, 9,493
2, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 5-3-0, 9,166
3, Francois Lavoie, Wichita, Kan., 4-4-0, 9,132
4, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 5-3-0, 9,039
5, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 6-2-0, 8,976
6, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 6-2-0, 8,924
(tie) Pontus Andersson (a), Sweden, 4-4-0, 8,924
8, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 5-3-0, 8,914
9, Arturo Quintero (a), Mexico, 5-3-0, 8,898
10, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 4-4-0, 8,877
11, EJ Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 4-4-0, 8,815
12, Anthony Simonsen, Princeton, Texas, 2-6-0, 8,785
13, Andres Gomez, Hollywood, Fla., 4-4-0, 8,765
14, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 5-3-0, 8,762
15, Brad Miller, Raytown, Mo., 5-3-0, 8,744
(tie) Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 3-5-0, 8,744
17, Rhino Page, Orlando, Fla., 2-6-0, 8,738
18, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 3-5-0, 8,693
19, Kristopher Prather, Milton, Fla., 4-4-0, 8,688
20, DJ Archer, Kingwood, Texas, 2-6-0, 8,666
21, Paul Moor, United Kingdom, 3-5-0, 8,620
22, Sam Cooley, Australia, 3-5-0, 8,618
23, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 3-5-0, 8,586
24, AJ Chapman (a), Wichita, Kan., 2-6-0, 8,441

2016 U.S. Open – Casher’s Round Results

Players with position, hometown and 32-game total; top 24 advance to round robin match play

1, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 7,293. 2, Francois Lavoie, Wichita, Kan., 7,243. 3, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 7,179. 4, Anthony Simonsen, Princeton, Texas, 7,158. 5, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 7,109. 6, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 7,099.

7, EJ Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 7,064. 8, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 7,053. 9, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 7,014. 10, Arturo Quintero (a), Mexico, 7,013. 11, Pontus Andersson (a), Sweden, 7,006. 12, Andres Gomez, Hollywood, Fla., 6,995.

13, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 6,988. 14, Kristopher Prather, Milton, Fla., 6,977. 15, Sam Cooley, Australia, 6,975. 16, Rhino Page, Orlando, Fla., 6,973. 17, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 6,964. 18, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 6,956.

19, DJ Archer, Kingwood, Texas, 6,952. 20, Brad Miller, Raytown, Mo., 6,929. 21, AJ Chapman (a), Wichita, Kan., 6,927. 22, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 6,922. 23, Paul Moor, United Kingdom, 6,891. 24, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 6,886.

Missed Cut:
25, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 6,855, $2,700. 26, Cameron Weier, Tacoma, Wash., 6,826, $2,600. 27, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 6,825, $2,500. 28, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 6,823, $2,400. 29, Brandon Novak, Chillicothe, Ohio, 6,800, $2,350. 30, Zach Wilkins (a), Canada, 6,798, $2,250.

31, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 6,786, $2,150. 32, Darren Tang, San Francisco, 6,784, $2,050. 33, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 6,768, $1,975. 34, Dominic Barrett, United Kingdom, 6,764, $1,925. 35, Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 6,758, $1,875. 36, Kamron Doyle (a), Brentwood, Tenn., 6,757, $1,825.

37, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 6,754, $1,750. 38, Chris Via (a), Springfield, Ohio, 6,747, $1,700. 39, Dino Castillo, Highland Village, Texas, 6,742, $1,650. 40, Matthew Kuba (a), Chicago Ridge, Ill., 6,738, $1,600. 41, Greg Thomas (a), Irmo, S.C., 6,737, $1,550. 42, Aaron Lorincz, Belleville, Mich., 6,727, $1,500.

43, Wesley Low (a), Palmdale, Calif., 6,723, $1,450. 44, Kyle Sherman (a), O’Fallon, Mo., 6,720, $1,425. 45, Anthony Pepe, East Elmhurst, N.Y., 6,712, $1,400. 46, Martin Paulsson (a), Sweden, 6,710, $1,375. 47(tie), Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Little Elm, Texas, and Thomas Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 6,707, $1,337.

49, Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., 6,696, $1,300. 50, Dave Wodka, Beavercreek, Ohio, 6,694, $1,275. 51, Jeffery Evans, Supply, N.C., 6,693, $1,250. 52, Jakob Butturff, Chandler, Ariz., 6,689, $1,225. 53, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 6,685, $1,200. 54, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 6,662, $1,175.

55, Andrew Anderson (a), Holly, Mich., 6,610, $1,150. 56, Alex Cavagnaro, North Massapequa, N.Y., 6,592, $1,125. 57, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 6,563, $1,100.