{"id":234708,"date":"2026-05-17T20:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234708\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T20:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:45:42","slug":"mccarthy-fires-300-takes-top-seed-at-2026-usbc-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234708\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy Fires 300, Takes Top Seed at 2026 USBC Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Erin McCarthy earned the top seed for match play at the 2026 USBC Queens after&#13;<br \/>\n  qualifying concluded Saturday at Gold Coast Bowling Center in Las Vegas.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The field has been reduced to 64 bowlers for the double-elimination match-play&#13;<br \/>\n  bracket. Match play will take place Sunday and Monday, with each match decided&#13;<br \/>\n  by three-game total-pinfall.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  McCarthy finished qualifying with 3,561 pins over 15 games, averaging 237.40.&#13;<br \/>\n  Her final five-game block included a perfect game, which helped her take the&#13;<br \/>\n  lead heading into match play.&#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  Valerie Bercier finished second with 3,553, tied on total pins with Carlene&#13;<br \/>\n  Beyer. Jordan Snodgrass, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/2026-usbc-queens-jordan-snodgrass-leads-after-10-games\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">who led after 10 games<\/a>, finished fourth with 3,550.&#13;<br \/>\n  Malaysia\u2019s Syazwani Sahar completed the top five with 3,513.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Sweden\u2019s Nora Johansson finished sixth with 3,495, tied on total pins with&#13;<br \/>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/first-korean-ryu-seo-yeon-pwba-debut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South Korea\u2019s first bowler on the PWBA Tour,<\/a> Seo Yeon Ryu. Stefanie Johnson was&#13;<br \/>\n  eighth with 3,494, followed by Alexis Runk in ninth with 3,491. Liz Johnson,&#13;<br \/>\n  who <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/2026-usbc-queens-liz-johnson-day-1-lead\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">led the field after the opening round<\/a>, rounded out the top 10 with 3,485.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Although she had a place in the match play anyway, the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/2025-usbc-queens-josie-barnes-wins-title\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">defending champion Josie Barnes<\/a> also advanced through the main field. She finished tied&#13;<br \/>\n  for 39th place with 3,327 after shooting 1,190 in the final qualifying block.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The final advancing spots went to Correen Acuff and Kerry Smith, who tied for&#13;<br \/>\n  63rd place with 3,270. Acuff earned the No. 63 seed because her highest&#13;<br \/>\n  qualifying block was better than Smith\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Full qualifying round 3 results can be found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scores.bowl.com\/2026Queens\/Qualifying3.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/2026-usbc-queens-las-vegas-preview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 USBC Queens<\/a> now moves into bracket play. The final two unbeaten&#13;<br \/>\n  players in the Winners Bracket will bowl for the No. 1 seed in the stepladder&#13;<br \/>\n  finals. The final four players in the Elimination Bracket will compete for the&#13;<br \/>\n  remaining three spots on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Ful brackets can be found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scores.bowl.com\/2026Queens\/Brackets.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/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<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The stepladder finals will take place Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET on CBS Sports&#13;<br \/>\n  Network.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The winner will claim the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/cbs-sports-pwba-collegiate-junior-bowling-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 USBC Queens<\/a> tiara and the $60,000 top prize.&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Erin McCarthy earned the top seed for match play at the 2026 USBC Queens after&#13; qualifying concluded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-234708","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\/234708","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=234708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}