Erin McCarthy earned the top seed for match play at the 2026 USBC Queens after
qualifying concluded Saturday at Gold Coast Bowling Center in Las Vegas.
The field has been reduced to 64 bowlers for the double-elimination match-play
bracket. Match play will take place Sunday and Monday, with each match decided
by three-game total-pinfall.
McCarthy finished qualifying with 3,561 pins over 15 games, averaging 237.40.
Her final five-game block included a perfect game, which helped her take the
lead heading into match play.
Valerie Bercier finished second with 3,553, tied on total pins with Carlene
Beyer. Jordan Snodgrass, who led after 10 games, finished fourth with 3,550.
Malaysia’s Syazwani Sahar completed the top five with 3,513.
Sweden’s Nora Johansson finished sixth with 3,495, tied on total pins with
South Korea’s first bowler on the PWBA Tour, Seo Yeon Ryu. Stefanie Johnson was
eighth with 3,494, followed by Alexis Runk in ninth with 3,491. Liz Johnson,
who led the field after the opening round, rounded out the top 10 with 3,485.
Although she had a place in the match play anyway, the defending champion Josie Barnes also advanced through the main field. She finished tied
for 39th place with 3,327 after shooting 1,190 in the final qualifying block.
The final advancing spots went to Correen Acuff and Kerry Smith, who tied for
63rd place with 3,270. Acuff earned the No. 63 seed because her highest
qualifying block was better than Smith’s.
Full qualifying round 3 results can be found here.
The 2026 USBC Queens now moves into bracket play. The final two unbeaten
players in the Winners Bracket will bowl for the No. 1 seed in the stepladder
finals. The final four players in the Elimination Bracket will compete for the
remaining three spots on the show.
Ful brackets can be found here.
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The stepladder finals will take place Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET on CBS Sports
Network.
The winner will claim the 2026 USBC Queens tiara and the $60,000 top prize.