Pashina among 16 that advance to match play at PWBA Pepsi Open
August 15, 2026
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PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio – The second event of 2026 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour Championship Week, the PWBA Pepsi Open, saw many high scores rolled during 12 games of qualifying Friday at Yorktown Lanes in Parma Heights as competitors competed for 16 spots in Saturday’s match-play bracket.
Alexis Runk of Milton, Pennsylvania, led qualifying with 2,793 total pins, followed by Stephanie Zavala of Long Beach, California, with 2,748. Singapore’s New Hui Fen was third with 2,720, while Sydney Brummett of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was fourth with 2,707. Colombia’s Rocio Restrepo-Hostetler finished fifth with 2,671, followed by South Korea’s Seo Yeon Ryu with 2,656.
Olivia Komorowski of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Summer Jasmin of Beckley, West Virginia, tied for seventh with 2,653. Maranda Pattison of Redwood Valley, California, was ninth with 2,647, followed by Sweden’s Nora Johansson with 2,636. Hope Gramly of Aubrey, Texas, finished 11th with 2,629, while Latvia’s Diana Zavjalova was 12th with 2,625. Crystal Elliott of Palm Bay, Florida, was 13th with 2,624, Kayla Pashina of Otsego, Minnesota, was 14th with 2,623, Cassidy Courey of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was 15th with 2,621, and Breanna Clemmer of Clover, South Carolina, claimed the final match-play spot with 2,620.
For Pashina, earning a spot in the bracket was the culmination of a season-long process of testing her body after undergoing right shoulder surgery approximately eight months ago. She has been back using a full approach for only about four months.
“Every week was a different test for me by testing bowling more amount of games, more days in a row, figuring out how much I can handle coming out of my surgery,” Pashina said. “Coming out here (to Cleveland), I really wanted to finish the season strong.”
After struggling in the PWBA Cleveland Open, Pashina said she approached the Pepsi Open with a fresh mindset.
“I really just wanted to come in today with a fresh mindset and just top it off as best I could,” Pashina said. “Have fun today, enjoy it, and let the pins fall as they may. I just really wanted to end on a high note, and that's exactly what we did by making this bracket.”
Pashina’s return to competition has been a gradual process since her surgery. She spent a few weeks in a sling before beginning physical therapy focused on range of motion and eventually strength. Once cleared to bowl, she worked her way back starting at square one with one-step drills and gradually returned to a full approach.
“I really just took it slow, listened to my body, listened to my shoulder,” Pashina said. “If I was in pain, we needed to back it off. And really, that's the best I could do while listening to my doctors, my therapist and my own body.”
Her return has included several tests of her shoulder to see how it would hold up during multiple rounds of competition, beginning with the United States Bowling Congress Queens in May before bowling the PWBA Barbara Chrisman Classic in Columbus and U.S. Women’s Open in Indianapolis the following month.
Pashina said making the cut in Columbus was unexpected, while completing 24 games over three days at the U.S. Women’s Open provided another significant milestone in her recovery.
“(The U.S. Women’s Open) was the most games I've tried in three days and I had no expectations.” Pashina said. “I got through that but unfortunately, I did end up with a small injury in my forearm coming out of that. I really took time to heal after the Open, taking about three weeks off and then started building back in to get ready for the Luci.”
With her shoulder feeling good and her forearm healed, Pashina was able to return to the lanes for Tour Championship Week and now will enter Saturday’s 16-player match-play bracket as the No. 14 seed. She’ll face New, the reigning PWBA Player of the Year.
“At the end of the day, it's still you versus the pins,” Pashina said. “Yes, you're bowling against another opponent. I think being on one pair is really going to make a difference because we saw pair to pair how scores can be different with topography.”
Pashina will look to advance through match play Saturday for a chance at her first championship-round appearance and a berth in the PWBA Tour Championship.
“I've made two regional shows and have one regional win under my belt, but I've never made a national final,” said Pashina. “To just get there, I'd be so grateful. To win on top of that, I mean, at this point, I wouldn't even know how to process that.”
Pashina knows a victory would be particularly meaningful after missing approximately half the season while recovering from surgery.
“I know my only shot (into Tour Championship) is to win,” Pashina said. “But I think, you know, I'm just so grateful to be bowling tomorrow anyway, that whatever happens, happens. And every round I happen to win, or if I get a chance to win, it's just another opportunity, and I'm so grateful for it.”
The aforementioned 16 bowlers return to Yorktown Lanes Saturday at 10 a.m. Eastern for the first round of bracket match play before the winners advance to the second round at 2 p.m. Eastern. Those two rounds will be best-of-five matches, while the final two rounds will be one-game matches to determine the second winner of the week. All rounds will be streamed live on BowlTV.
For more information on PWBA Tour Championship Week, click HERE.
PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio – The second event of 2026 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour Championship Week, the PWBA Pepsi Open, saw many high scores rolled during 12 games of qualifying Friday at Yorktown Lanes in Parma Heights as competitors competed for 16 spots in Saturday’s match-play bracket.
Alexis Runk of Milton, Pennsylvania, led qualifying with 2,793 total pins, followed by Stephanie Zavala of Long Beach, California, with 2,748. Singapore’s New Hui Fen was third with 2,720, while Sydney Brummett of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was fourth with 2,707. Colombia’s Rocio Restrepo-Hostetler finished fifth with 2,671, followed by South Korea’s Seo Yeon Ryu with 2,656.
Olivia Komorowski of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Summer Jasmin of Beckley, West Virginia, tied for seventh with 2,653. Maranda Pattison of Redwood Valley, California, was ninth with 2,647, followed by Sweden’s Nora Johansson with 2,636. Hope Gramly of Aubrey, Texas, finished 11th with 2,629, while Latvia’s Diana Zavjalova was 12th with 2,625. Crystal Elliott of Palm Bay, Florida, was 13th with 2,624, Kayla Pashina of Otsego, Minnesota, was 14th with 2,623, Cassidy Courey of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was 15th with 2,621, and Breanna Clemmer of Clover, South Carolina, claimed the final match-play spot with 2,620.
For Pashina, earning a spot in the bracket was the culmination of a season-long process of testing her body after undergoing right shoulder surgery approximately eight months ago. She has been back using a full approach for only about four months.
“Every week was a different test for me by testing bowling more amount of games, more days in a row, figuring out how much I can handle coming out of my surgery,” Pashina said. “Coming out here (to Cleveland), I really wanted to finish the season strong.”
After struggling in the PWBA Cleveland Open, Pashina said she approached the Pepsi Open with a fresh mindset.
“I really just wanted to come in today with a fresh mindset and just top it off as best I could,” Pashina said. “Have fun today, enjoy it, and let the pins fall as they may. I just really wanted to end on a high note, and that's exactly what we did by making this bracket.”
Pashina’s return to competition has been a gradual process since her surgery. She spent a few weeks in a sling before beginning physical therapy focused on range of motion and eventually strength. Once cleared to bowl, she worked her way back starting at square one with one-step drills and gradually returned to a full approach.
“I really just took it slow, listened to my body, listened to my shoulder,” Pashina said. “If I was in pain, we needed to back it off. And really, that's the best I could do while listening to my doctors, my therapist and my own body.”
Her return has included several tests of her shoulder to see how it would hold up during multiple rounds of competition, beginning with the United States Bowling Congress Queens in May before bowling the PWBA Barbara Chrisman Classic in Columbus and U.S. Women’s Open in Indianapolis the following month.
Pashina said making the cut in Columbus was unexpected, while completing 24 games over three days at the U.S. Women’s Open provided another significant milestone in her recovery.
“(The U.S. Women’s Open) was the most games I've tried in three days and I had no expectations.” Pashina said. “I got through that but unfortunately, I did end up with a small injury in my forearm coming out of that. I really took time to heal after the Open, taking about three weeks off and then started building back in to get ready for the Luci.”
With her shoulder feeling good and her forearm healed, Pashina was able to return to the lanes for Tour Championship Week and now will enter Saturday’s 16-player match-play bracket as the No. 14 seed. She’ll face New, the reigning PWBA Player of the Year.
“At the end of the day, it's still you versus the pins,” Pashina said. “Yes, you're bowling against another opponent. I think being on one pair is really going to make a difference because we saw pair to pair how scores can be different with topography.”
Pashina will look to advance through match play Saturday for a chance at her first championship-round appearance and a berth in the PWBA Tour Championship.
“I've made two regional shows and have one regional win under my belt, but I've never made a national final,” said Pashina. “To just get there, I'd be so grateful. To win on top of that, I mean, at this point, I wouldn't even know how to process that.”
Pashina knows a victory would be particularly meaningful after missing approximately half the season while recovering from surgery.
“I know my only shot (into Tour Championship) is to win,” Pashina said. “But I think, you know, I'm just so grateful to be bowling tomorrow anyway, that whatever happens, happens. And every round I happen to win, or if I get a chance to win, it's just another opportunity, and I'm so grateful for it.”
The aforementioned 16 bowlers return to Yorktown Lanes Saturday at 10 a.m. Eastern for the first round of bracket match play before the winners advance to the second round at 2 p.m. Eastern. Those two rounds will be best-of-five matches, while the final two rounds will be one-game matches to determine the second winner of the week. All rounds will be streamed live on BowlTV.
For more information on PWBA Tour Championship Week, click HERE.