{"id":234089,"date":"2026-05-16T19:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234089\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T19:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:22:14","slug":"snodgrass-fires-near-record-block-to-lead-2026-usbc-queens-after-10-games-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234089\/","title":{"rendered":"Snodgrass Fires Near-Record Block to Lead 2026 USBC Queens After 10 Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  After a huge five-game block on Friday, Jordan Snodgrass moved to the top of&#13;<br \/>\n  the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/2026-usbc-queens-las-vegas-preview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 USBC Queens<\/a> standings with one qualifying block to go at Gold Coast&#13;<br \/>\n  Bowling Center in Las Vegas.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The six-time PWBA Tour champion finished the second day with 2,443 total over&#13;<br \/>\n  10 games, averaging over 244. Snodgrass was in 12th place after the first&#13;<br \/>\n  qualifying block with a strong 1,167 total. But she beat that score by more&#13;<br \/>\n  than 100 pins on Friday, scoring 1,276, which was the best block among all 201&#13;<br \/>\n  players so far. Her second-round block included games of 267, 279, 221, 266,&#13;<br \/>\n  and 243.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  According to the USBC, Snodgrass&#8217;s 10-game total was also the fourth-highest&#13;<br \/>\n  total in Queens history.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Snodgrass now leads the 2026 USBC Queens field heading into the final&#13;<br \/>\n  five-game qualifying block.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"800\">&#13;<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/QvXH8HsHHh\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Best bowling balls review article banner\" class=\"max-w-[1200px] max-h-[150px]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Discord_ad_banner_bowlinglife.png\"\/><\/a>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Carlene Beyer sits second with 2,435, only eight pins behind Snodgrass. Taylor&#13;<br \/>\n  Bulthuis is third with 2,406, while Stephanie Zavala moved into fourth with&#13;<br \/>\n  2,366.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Liz Johnson, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/2026-usbc-queens-liz-johnson-day-1-lead\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">who led the field after the first day<\/a>, dropped to fifth place&#13;<br \/>\n  with 2,354. Johnson opened the tournament with 1,248 but added 1,106 in the&#13;<br \/>\n  second round.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Malaysia\u2019s Syazwani Sahar is sixth with 2,351, followed by Erin McCarthy in&#13;<br \/>\n  seventh with 2,346. Valerie Bercier sits eighth with 2,341, while South&#13;<br \/>\n  Korea\u2019s Seo Yeon Ryu, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/first-korean-ryu-seo-yeon-pwba-debut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the first Korean bowler on the PWBA Tour<\/a> and a rookie&#13;<br \/>\n  this season, moved into ninth with 2,333. She also rolled a 300 game during&#13;<br \/>\n  Friday\u2019s qualifying. Juliana Botero rounds out the top 10 with 2,332.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Right now, New Hui Fen, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/new-hui-fen-wins-sixth-pwba-title-colorado-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Northern Colorado Open winner<\/a>, holds 63rd place with 2,172, averaging&#13;<br \/>\n  217.20. She is currently in the final advancing position with five qualifying&#13;<br \/>\n  games remaining.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/2025-usbc-queens-josie-barnes-wins-title\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The defending USBC Queens champion Josie Barnes<\/a> is outside the top 63 after&#13;<br \/>\n  two rounds. If she does not move inside the cut, she will still enter match&#13;<br \/>\n  play as the defending champion and take the No. 64 seed. If Barnes finishes&#13;<br \/>\n  inside the top 63, the cut will move down one extra spot. She is currently&#13;<br \/>\n  tied for 88th place with a 2,137 total.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Full results after qualifying round 2 can be found here.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"800\">&#13;<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowlinglife.eu\/best-bowling-balls-review\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Best bowling balls review article banner\" class=\"max-w-[1200px] max-h-[150px]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Were_nominated_1200_x_150_px_2.png\"\/><\/a>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Qualifying will conclude Saturday with the final five-game block.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  After 15 games, the top 63 qualifiers plus defending champion Josie Barnes&#13;<br \/>\n  will advance to the double-elimination match-play bracket, which will begin&#13;<br \/>\n  Sunday and continue Monday. Matches will use a three-game total-pinfall&#13;<br \/>\n  format.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The stepladder finals will take place Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/cbs-sports-pwba-collegiate-junior-bowling-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS Sports  Network<\/a>, where the winner will claim the 2026 USBC Queens tiara and the&#13;<br \/>\n  $60,000 top prize.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>  Your Weekly Bowling Digest  <\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 18px;\"> The latest bowling news, tips, and gear reviews\u2014all wrapped up in a quick 3-minute read delivered straight to your inbox. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; After a huge five-game block on Friday, Jordan Snodgrass moved to the top of&#13; the 2026 USBC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-234089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}