{"id":242998,"date":"2026-05-25T12:18:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/242998\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:18:39","slug":"16-players-remain-in-u22-masters-and-queens-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/242998\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Players Remain in U22 Masters and Queens Title Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Only 16 players remain in the title race at the 2026 U22 Masters and U22&#13;<br \/>\n  Queens after the first day of match play at Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Five rounds of two-game total pinfall matches were held on Sunday. After those&#13;<br \/>\n  matches, eight players remained in the U22 Masters field and eight players&#13;<br \/>\n  remained in the U22 Queens field.&#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  Four players in each event finished Sunday without a loss. Those players are&#13;<br \/>\n  now one win away from securing a place in the stepladder finals. The other&#13;<br \/>\n  four players in each field are still alive in the Elimination Bracket.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  In the U22 Masters, Griffin Jordan, Jaysen Spanbauer, Chance McLane, and Kaden&#13;<br \/>\n  Kuusela finished Sunday with 3-0 records.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Griffin Jordan had one of the main runs of the day, including a win against&#13;<br \/>\n  the two-time defending champion Brandon Bohn in the second round and the first&#13;<br \/>\n  300 game in U22 Masters history during that match.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The Elimination Bracket still includes Brandon Bohn, Jacob Bockstie, Max&#13;<br \/>\n  Macklin, and Andru Blaney.&#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<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  In the U22 Queens, defending champion Aleesha Oden, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlinglife.eu\/u22-masters-and-queens-match-play\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">qualification leader Melia  Mitskavich<\/a>, Katelyn Abigania, and Alyssa Ballard remained unbeaten in the&#13;<br \/>\n  Winners Bracket after two match-play wins on Sunday.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The U22 Queens Elimination Bracket still includes Buchert, Klemencic, White,&#13;<br \/>\n  and Savannah Burgin.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Full bracket results can be found&#13;<br \/>\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowl.com\/tournaments\/u22-masters-queens\/2026-results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Three more rounds of match play will take place Monday morning. After those&#13;<br \/>\n  rounds, three players in each event will remain and advance to the finals.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The top seed in each event will need to be beaten twice to lose the title.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The U22 Queens stepladder finals are scheduled to begin Monday at 2 p.m. ET on&#13;<br \/>\n  BowlTV. The U22 Masters finals are expected to start right after that.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  The 2026 U22 Masters and Queens will also carry Junior Team USA implications.&#13;<br \/>\n  The USBC Team USA Athlete Advisory Council has approved eight Junior Team USA&#13;<br \/>\n  2027 spots for top finishers in Orlando.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  In each event, the top three age-eligible players under 21 before Jan. 1,&#13;<br \/>\n  2027, after qualifying will earn spots on Junior Team USA 2027.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  Each tournament champion will also receive a spot. If the champion has already&#13;<br \/>\n  earned a place or is not age eligible, the final spot will go to the&#13;<br \/>\n  next-highest age-eligible finisher after qualifying.&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Only 16 players remain in the title race at the 2026 U22 Masters and U22&#13; Queens after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-242998","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\/242998","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=242998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}