South Africa, Colombia lead World Cup field into match play
November 18, 2015
LAS VEGAS - Colombia's Clara Guerrero and South Africa's Francois Louw stayed atop the leaderboard as the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup field was narrowed to the top eight in each division Wednesday.
Guerrero leads a tightly bunched foursome at the top of the women's standings with a 32-game total of 6,901 (215.66 average), while Louw extended his lead on the field with 7,130 (222.81 average) at Sam's Town Bowling Center.
The World Cup is considered one of the sport's most prestigious singles titles and features bowlers from 88 countries, making it the largest event in the sport in terms of number of countries competing.
The lead in the women's division went back and forth throughout the day but at the end of an additional eight games, defending champion Guerrero is still the player to beat.
Guerrero finished the Round of 24 with a 214 game to move back into the lead after the final game. Mexico's Sandra Gongora sits in second with 6,874.
Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky is third with 6,869, while Russia's Maria Bulanova is fourth with 6,854. Just 47 pins separates the top four players in the standings.
Also advancing to the Round of 8 in the women's division were Isabelle Hultin of Sweden, Geraldine Ng of Singapore, Siti Safiyah of Malaysia and Sanna Pasanen of Finland.
England's Keira Reay made a big run at the cut in the final three games, tossing the tournament's first 300 game in Game 7, but came up 21 pins sort of advancing.
On the men's side, Louw had another big day and led throughout the day to stop in the top spot. Hong Kong's Siu Hong Wu sits in second with 6,991, nearly 150 pins off the lead. Ireland's Paul Stott Jr. is third with 6,903, and Russia's Alexei Parshukov is fourth with 6,847.
The player who made the biggest move of the day was Malaysia's Rafiq Ismail, who fired a blistering 1,950 for eight games Wednesday, to move up to fifth place with 6,834.
Jaris Goh of Singapore, Ryan Lalisang of Indonesia and Tomoyuki Sasaki of Japan rounded out the Round of 8 field.
Team USA's Kamron Doyle, who entered the Round of 24 in second place, had a rough day and was eliminated, finishing in 12th place with 6,668. Doyle missed the cut to the Round of 8 by 140 pins.
The final eight bowlers in each division will bowl eight games of round-robin match play Thursday morning. After match play, the top three men and top three women advance to the championship round.
BowlTV is providing live streaming of the event, culminating with the championship round on Thursday at approximately 3:30 p.m. Eastern. For the complete live streaming schedule, visit BOWL.com/LiveStream.
Guerrero leads a tightly bunched foursome at the top of the women's standings with a 32-game total of 6,901 (215.66 average), while Louw extended his lead on the field with 7,130 (222.81 average) at Sam's Town Bowling Center.
The World Cup is considered one of the sport's most prestigious singles titles and features bowlers from 88 countries, making it the largest event in the sport in terms of number of countries competing.
The lead in the women's division went back and forth throughout the day but at the end of an additional eight games, defending champion Guerrero is still the player to beat.
Guerrero finished the Round of 24 with a 214 game to move back into the lead after the final game. Mexico's Sandra Gongora sits in second with 6,874.
Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky is third with 6,869, while Russia's Maria Bulanova is fourth with 6,854. Just 47 pins separates the top four players in the standings.
Also advancing to the Round of 8 in the women's division were Isabelle Hultin of Sweden, Geraldine Ng of Singapore, Siti Safiyah of Malaysia and Sanna Pasanen of Finland.
England's Keira Reay made a big run at the cut in the final three games, tossing the tournament's first 300 game in Game 7, but came up 21 pins sort of advancing.
On the men's side, Louw had another big day and led throughout the day to stop in the top spot. Hong Kong's Siu Hong Wu sits in second with 6,991, nearly 150 pins off the lead. Ireland's Paul Stott Jr. is third with 6,903, and Russia's Alexei Parshukov is fourth with 6,847.
The player who made the biggest move of the day was Malaysia's Rafiq Ismail, who fired a blistering 1,950 for eight games Wednesday, to move up to fifth place with 6,834.
Jaris Goh of Singapore, Ryan Lalisang of Indonesia and Tomoyuki Sasaki of Japan rounded out the Round of 8 field.
Team USA's Kamron Doyle, who entered the Round of 24 in second place, had a rough day and was eliminated, finishing in 12th place with 6,668. Doyle missed the cut to the Round of 8 by 140 pins.
The final eight bowlers in each division will bowl eight games of round-robin match play Thursday morning. After match play, the top three men and top three women advance to the championship round.
BowlTV is providing live streaming of the event, culminating with the championship round on Thursday at approximately 3:30 p.m. Eastern. For the complete live streaming schedule, visit BOWL.com/LiveStream.