2025 USBC Women’s Championships concludes in Las Vegas
July 08, 2025
LAS VEGAS – The 105th edition of the United States Bowling Congress Women’s Championships concluded July 1 in Las Vegas, with 4,099 four-player teams and more than 16,300 bowlers making their way to compete at the South Point Bowling Plaza.
The 2025 event kicked off April 26, marking the tournament’s fifth trip to Las Vegas and third visit to the 60-lane tournament venue at South Point.
The tournament featured four average-based divisions (Diamond, Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire) in team, doubles, singles and all-events competition. Team All-Events also was introduced in 2025 to recognize the top team across 36 combined games of team, doubles and singles.
All standings are unofficial and pending final verification.
The members of Sterner Strong 1 – Kristin McEntee, Terysa Wojnar, Michelle Sterner and Valerie Bercier – are in position to claim a pair of titles in 2025 after posting the top numbers in Diamond Team and Team All-Events on May 12-13.
In team, they rolled games of 931, 939 and 893 to finish with a 2,763 total in Las Vegas. McEntee led the way with a 745 series and was followed by Wojnar (703), Sterner (665) and Bercier (650).
The group’s 8,185 total for Team All-Events (227.3 team average) featured plenty of excitement as three teams battled for the top spot across two squads that day. Team 50/50 (Chelsea Sporkia, Dana Ausec, Amanda Cantrell and Diana Zavjalova) finished with 8,175, and in the late squad May 13, Heads Carolina Tails California (Heather Ness, Daphne Smith, Katie Robb and Breanna Clemmer) wrapped up at 8,169.
Bercier paced Sterner Strong 1 with a 2,106 score for all-events, with Wojnar checking in at 2,105. McEntee had 2,052, and Sterner finished with 1,922.
Sterner is in position to jump to six titles at the USBC Women’s Championships, while McEntee and Wojnar would move to four and three wins at the tournament, respectively.
Bercier – the 2019 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Rookie of the Year – would secure her first two wins at the event.
Chicago’s Rebecca Gierut also is looking to claim two wins from her time in Las Vegas on June 26-27.
Gierut rolled games of 173, 212 and 202 during her singles set to ascend to the top of the standings in Sapphire Singles with a 587 series, and the big finish also propelled her to the lead in Sapphire All-Events.
She added sets of 510 in team and 476 in doubles at the Bowling Plaza to finish with a 1,573 total.
USBC Hall of Famer Kelly Kulick finished her appearance in Las Vegas with a nine-game total of 2,261 (251.2 average) to make her way to the top of the leaderboard in Diamond All-Events. The score is fourth on the tournament’s all-time list.
Kulick, of Union, New Jersey, had sets of 792 in doubles, 765 in singles and 704 in team on May 10-11. She also connected for the first 300 of the 2025 event during her run in doubles.
Kulick is in position to record her second victory in Diamond All-Events (2019).
Erin McCarthy of Elkhorn, Nebraska, also rolled a 300 at the 2025 Women’s Championships, and the perfect start helped her to the top number in Diamond Singles on May 13.
The 2022 U.S. Women’s Open champion had games of 300, 243 and 257 for an 800 series at South Point.
McCarthy added 726 in team and 711 in doubles for an all-events score of 2,237, placing her third in the Diamond Division.
The top score in Diamond Doubles also occurred May 13, as Adel Wahner of Verona, Wisconsin, and Maria Bulanova of Rockvale, Tennessee, combined to post 1,500 at South Point – the second-highest doubles score in tournament history.
Wahner and Bulanova previously teamed together at Vanderbilt University, and they helped the Commodores win the 2018 NCAA Bowling Championship.
In Las Vegas, Wahner rolled three 258s for a 774 series, while Bulanova added 223, 233 and 270 for 726.
In Ruby Doubles, Teryl Gade of Littleton, Colorado, and Tammy Bellofatto of Lakewood, Colorado, moved into the lead on the third day of the 2025 event (April 29) and maintained their spot with a 1,354 total. Bellofatto had games of 226, 256 and 209 for a 691 series during the performance, and Gade added scores of 199, 280 and 184 for 663.
The members of Paper Chasers 16 of Temple Hills, Maryland, had games of 714, 873 and 762 on May 16 at the Bowling Plaza to post the top score in Ruby Team with 2,349.
Logan Brown rolled a 726 series to lead the team, and she was joined by Angela Brown (593), Makeba Coleman (537) and Allison Coleman (493).
Ladine Jones of Anaheim, California, placed her name at the top of the standings in Ruby All-Events on June 8, after accumulating scores of 716 in team, 659 in doubles and 558 in singles for a 1,933 total.
The next day, Kaitlyn George of Arlington, Texas, ascended to the top spot in Ruby Singles with games of 220, 245 and 237 for 702.
Anna Marie Grenville of Melbourne, Florida, maintained the lead for more than two months in Emerald Singles at the 2025 Women’s Championships, posting steady games of 224, 210 and 209 for a 643 series on April 30.
The members of Spare Me of Bellevue, Washington, recorded the score to beat in Emerald Team on May 8 in Las Vegas, improving each game (671, 734, 779) on the way to a 2,184 total.
Julie Sieger struck plenty for Spare Me to pace the group, finishing with a 704 series. Sieger was joined at South Point by Heidi Anderson (581), Kim Mellick (486) and Jackie Johnson (413).
Brandy Burkhart of Reno, Nevada, and Desiree Hurd of Fernley, Nevada, secured the top score in Emerald Doubles on May 12, working together to post 1,154.
Burkhart fired games of 211, 192 and 237 for a 640 series to lead the way, and Hurd added games of 192, 178 and 144 for 514.
The top nine-game score in Emerald All-Events was rolled by Christen Riggins of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on May 23-24. Riggins had sets of 644 in doubles, 637 in singles and 553 in team to cruise to the top spot by more than 80 pins with 1,834.
In Sapphire Team, the members of Misfits of Stevensville, Michigan, secured the lead May 15 with games of 541, 619 and 658 for a total of 1,818.
Estela Mangulabnan had a 637 series to lead the team, and she was joined at South Point by Annette Garrison (416), Olivia Garrison (392) and Denise Barton (373).
The big number in Sapphire Doubles remained local, as Las Vegas’ Mary Odom and Glencora Lannen finished the event with a combined score of 982.
Lannen led the way May 19 with games of 189, 157 and 163 for a 509 series. Odom posted 141, 192 and 140 for a 473 set.
A total of nine 300s were rolled at the 2025 Women’s Championships, including two from Najah Owens of Raleigh, North Carolina. She became the first competitor at the tournament to record two 300s during the same appearance.
Owens recorded her first 300 on May 23 during her team event on the way to a 782 series, and she matched the feat the next day during singles to post a 765 series. She added 696 in doubles to take over second in Diamond All-Events with 2,243.
Four bowlers achieved an 800 series in 2025. Kayla Pashina of Otsego, Minnesota, put together the highest set in tournament history during her doubles event, firing games of 300, 257 and 279 for an 836 series.
Pashina and McCarthy were joined by Josie Barnes of Hermitage, Tennessee (805 in team), and Darian Miller of Slidell, Louisiana (812 in doubles), with 800s at South Point in 2025.
In addition to the big performances on the lanes, three bowlers celebrated 50 years of tournament participation in 2025 – Joyce Dixon of Mesa, Arizona; Theresa Fellows of Bozeman, Montana; and Marilyn Smith of Prairieville, Louisiana – and Onalee Kraus of Coldwater, Michigan, made her 63rd appearance at the event.
Along with the fun at the Women’s Championships, The Forty Frame Game returned to the national stage at South Point and featured 963 entries for the world’s most unique singles tournament.
The Forty Frame Game blends creative scoring – through no-tap frames, mulligans, bonus pins and other fun challenges – with prize-winning potential over 40 continuous frames. It also features three optional side events – Gray Pay, 175 and Under and Scratch.
All standings are unofficial and pending final verification.
Phoenix’s Barbara Wilson finished with the top score in the Main Event at The Forty Frame Game in 2025, posting a total score of 1,106. That score also helped her earn the top spot in Gray Pay.
Gia Roe of Aurora, Colorado, posted the top number in 175 and Under with 1,016, and Las Vegas’ Raycine Mortensen led the way in Scratch with 1,072.
To learn more and find additional standings, visit BOWL.com/FortyFrameGame.
The Women’s Championships will return to Las Vegas and the South Point Bowling Plaza in 2026. The event is scheduled to run from April 25 - June 28, and registration is open at BOWL.com/WomensChamp.
Visit us on Facebook at the official USBC Women’s Championships page.
The 2025 event kicked off April 26, marking the tournament’s fifth trip to Las Vegas and third visit to the 60-lane tournament venue at South Point.
The tournament featured four average-based divisions (Diamond, Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire) in team, doubles, singles and all-events competition. Team All-Events also was introduced in 2025 to recognize the top team across 36 combined games of team, doubles and singles.
All standings are unofficial and pending final verification.
The members of Sterner Strong 1 – Kristin McEntee, Terysa Wojnar, Michelle Sterner and Valerie Bercier – are in position to claim a pair of titles in 2025 after posting the top numbers in Diamond Team and Team All-Events on May 12-13.
In team, they rolled games of 931, 939 and 893 to finish with a 2,763 total in Las Vegas. McEntee led the way with a 745 series and was followed by Wojnar (703), Sterner (665) and Bercier (650).
The group’s 8,185 total for Team All-Events (227.3 team average) featured plenty of excitement as three teams battled for the top spot across two squads that day. Team 50/50 (Chelsea Sporkia, Dana Ausec, Amanda Cantrell and Diana Zavjalova) finished with 8,175, and in the late squad May 13, Heads Carolina Tails California (Heather Ness, Daphne Smith, Katie Robb and Breanna Clemmer) wrapped up at 8,169.
Bercier paced Sterner Strong 1 with a 2,106 score for all-events, with Wojnar checking in at 2,105. McEntee had 2,052, and Sterner finished with 1,922.
Sterner is in position to jump to six titles at the USBC Women’s Championships, while McEntee and Wojnar would move to four and three wins at the tournament, respectively.
Bercier – the 2019 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Rookie of the Year – would secure her first two wins at the event.
Chicago’s Rebecca Gierut also is looking to claim two wins from her time in Las Vegas on June 26-27.
Gierut rolled games of 173, 212 and 202 during her singles set to ascend to the top of the standings in Sapphire Singles with a 587 series, and the big finish also propelled her to the lead in Sapphire All-Events.
She added sets of 510 in team and 476 in doubles at the Bowling Plaza to finish with a 1,573 total.
USBC Hall of Famer Kelly Kulick finished her appearance in Las Vegas with a nine-game total of 2,261 (251.2 average) to make her way to the top of the leaderboard in Diamond All-Events. The score is fourth on the tournament’s all-time list.
Kulick, of Union, New Jersey, had sets of 792 in doubles, 765 in singles and 704 in team on May 10-11. She also connected for the first 300 of the 2025 event during her run in doubles.
Kulick is in position to record her second victory in Diamond All-Events (2019).
Erin McCarthy of Elkhorn, Nebraska, also rolled a 300 at the 2025 Women’s Championships, and the perfect start helped her to the top number in Diamond Singles on May 13.
The 2022 U.S. Women’s Open champion had games of 300, 243 and 257 for an 800 series at South Point.
McCarthy added 726 in team and 711 in doubles for an all-events score of 2,237, placing her third in the Diamond Division.
The top score in Diamond Doubles also occurred May 13, as Adel Wahner of Verona, Wisconsin, and Maria Bulanova of Rockvale, Tennessee, combined to post 1,500 at South Point – the second-highest doubles score in tournament history.
Wahner and Bulanova previously teamed together at Vanderbilt University, and they helped the Commodores win the 2018 NCAA Bowling Championship.
In Las Vegas, Wahner rolled three 258s for a 774 series, while Bulanova added 223, 233 and 270 for 726.
In Ruby Doubles, Teryl Gade of Littleton, Colorado, and Tammy Bellofatto of Lakewood, Colorado, moved into the lead on the third day of the 2025 event (April 29) and maintained their spot with a 1,354 total. Bellofatto had games of 226, 256 and 209 for a 691 series during the performance, and Gade added scores of 199, 280 and 184 for 663.
The members of Paper Chasers 16 of Temple Hills, Maryland, had games of 714, 873 and 762 on May 16 at the Bowling Plaza to post the top score in Ruby Team with 2,349.
Logan Brown rolled a 726 series to lead the team, and she was joined by Angela Brown (593), Makeba Coleman (537) and Allison Coleman (493).
Ladine Jones of Anaheim, California, placed her name at the top of the standings in Ruby All-Events on June 8, after accumulating scores of 716 in team, 659 in doubles and 558 in singles for a 1,933 total.
The next day, Kaitlyn George of Arlington, Texas, ascended to the top spot in Ruby Singles with games of 220, 245 and 237 for 702.
Anna Marie Grenville of Melbourne, Florida, maintained the lead for more than two months in Emerald Singles at the 2025 Women’s Championships, posting steady games of 224, 210 and 209 for a 643 series on April 30.
The members of Spare Me of Bellevue, Washington, recorded the score to beat in Emerald Team on May 8 in Las Vegas, improving each game (671, 734, 779) on the way to a 2,184 total.
Julie Sieger struck plenty for Spare Me to pace the group, finishing with a 704 series. Sieger was joined at South Point by Heidi Anderson (581), Kim Mellick (486) and Jackie Johnson (413).
Brandy Burkhart of Reno, Nevada, and Desiree Hurd of Fernley, Nevada, secured the top score in Emerald Doubles on May 12, working together to post 1,154.
Burkhart fired games of 211, 192 and 237 for a 640 series to lead the way, and Hurd added games of 192, 178 and 144 for 514.
The top nine-game score in Emerald All-Events was rolled by Christen Riggins of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on May 23-24. Riggins had sets of 644 in doubles, 637 in singles and 553 in team to cruise to the top spot by more than 80 pins with 1,834.
In Sapphire Team, the members of Misfits of Stevensville, Michigan, secured the lead May 15 with games of 541, 619 and 658 for a total of 1,818.
Estela Mangulabnan had a 637 series to lead the team, and she was joined at South Point by Annette Garrison (416), Olivia Garrison (392) and Denise Barton (373).
The big number in Sapphire Doubles remained local, as Las Vegas’ Mary Odom and Glencora Lannen finished the event with a combined score of 982.
Lannen led the way May 19 with games of 189, 157 and 163 for a 509 series. Odom posted 141, 192 and 140 for a 473 set.
A total of nine 300s were rolled at the 2025 Women’s Championships, including two from Najah Owens of Raleigh, North Carolina. She became the first competitor at the tournament to record two 300s during the same appearance.
Owens recorded her first 300 on May 23 during her team event on the way to a 782 series, and she matched the feat the next day during singles to post a 765 series. She added 696 in doubles to take over second in Diamond All-Events with 2,243.
Four bowlers achieved an 800 series in 2025. Kayla Pashina of Otsego, Minnesota, put together the highest set in tournament history during her doubles event, firing games of 300, 257 and 279 for an 836 series.
Pashina and McCarthy were joined by Josie Barnes of Hermitage, Tennessee (805 in team), and Darian Miller of Slidell, Louisiana (812 in doubles), with 800s at South Point in 2025.
In addition to the big performances on the lanes, three bowlers celebrated 50 years of tournament participation in 2025 – Joyce Dixon of Mesa, Arizona; Theresa Fellows of Bozeman, Montana; and Marilyn Smith of Prairieville, Louisiana – and Onalee Kraus of Coldwater, Michigan, made her 63rd appearance at the event.
Along with the fun at the Women’s Championships, The Forty Frame Game returned to the national stage at South Point and featured 963 entries for the world’s most unique singles tournament.
The Forty Frame Game blends creative scoring – through no-tap frames, mulligans, bonus pins and other fun challenges – with prize-winning potential over 40 continuous frames. It also features three optional side events – Gray Pay, 175 and Under and Scratch.
All standings are unofficial and pending final verification.
Phoenix’s Barbara Wilson finished with the top score in the Main Event at The Forty Frame Game in 2025, posting a total score of 1,106. That score also helped her earn the top spot in Gray Pay.
Gia Roe of Aurora, Colorado, posted the top number in 175 and Under with 1,016, and Las Vegas’ Raycine Mortensen led the way in Scratch with 1,072.
To learn more and find additional standings, visit BOWL.com/FortyFrameGame.
The Women’s Championships will return to Las Vegas and the South Point Bowling Plaza in 2026. The event is scheduled to run from April 25 - June 28, and registration is open at BOWL.com/WomensChamp.
Visit us on Facebook at the official USBC Women’s Championships page.