Jasmin wins 2025 PWBA Rockford Regional for third career title
September 15, 2025
FINAL STANDINGS
ROCKFORD, Illinois – Summer Jasmin of Beckley, West Virginia, defeated Samantha Knight of Muskegon, Michigan, 198-181 on Sunday to win the 2025 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Rockford Regional, which was held at The Cherry Bowl in Rockford, Illinois.
The victory earned Jasmin her third career PWBA Regional title, the Rockford Regional’s $2,000 top prize and a spot in the match-play field at the season-ending PWBA Regional Showdown, which will be contested at Airport Lanes in Sanford, Florida, from Dec. 4-6.
Jasmin was initially unsure as to whether or not she’d bowl the 2025 Regional Showdown; however, after Sunday’s win in Rockford, she is now committed to competing in Florida.
“It was a question mark before, but now we’re going,” Jasmin said. “I’m going to bowl a team challenge the weekend before, so I guess now we’re going to make a little vacation out of it. I’m tickled to death about it.”
What would tickle Jasmin even more is winning the 2025 Regional Showdown because that would mean having her entry fees paid for all singles events on the 2026 PWBA national tour schedule.
“I lost my priority entry into events by finishing outside the top 50 last season, so winning the Regional Showdown and having my entries covered would be awesome because it would be like having priority again,” Jasmin said.
Jasmin was pretty awesome in her own right at The Cherry Bowl on Sunday.
The powerful right-hander was steady all day long, qualifying second in the 75-player field with an eight-game mark of 1,742 (a 217.75 average), which included scores of 199, 214, 223, 200, 225, 216, 232 and 233 on the tournament’s challenging 38-foot lane condition.
The only competitor with a higher qualifying total was Knight, who earned the No. 1 seed for the four-player stepladder finals with an eight-game mark of 1,769 (a 221.13 average).
Nevertheless, it was Jasmin who quickly gained the upper hand during the title match, striking three times during the first five frames to establish a 24-pin lead at the halfway mark.
Trouble appeared to be rearing its ugly head in the sixth frame when Jasmin’s first shot went wide and left the difficult 1-2-4-10 washout; however, the 37-year-old right-hander calmly converted the spare to avoid a costly open frame and keep her lead intact.
Knight did her best to rally, throwing strikes in the sixth, eighth and the first ball in the 10th, but Jasmin stayed clean and kept her at arm’s length, which forced Knight to settle for second place and $1,000.
Prior to Sunday, Jasmin’s last regional win came in 2017, so the victory in Rockford was about much more than prize money or a berth in the Regional Showdown; it was about proving to herself that she was still capable of winning PWBA tournaments.
“I didn’t know if I could do it again,” Jasmin said. “I’ve been close, but I had a streak of making stepladders and losing. The goal was to win another regional, so I knew I had to go for it today. This win kind of brings everything full circle, so this is awesome.”
To Jasmin, the win was made even more meaningful because it came at The Cherry Bowl, a center that has given her difficulties in the past.
“I’ve never cashed in this building before today, so to win this tournament is amazing,” Jasmin said. “It always plays tough here, and the lanes got trickier as the day moved along. I’m kind of choked up just because this means so much to me.”
Jasmin earned her spot in the title match thanks to a 223-209 semifinal victory over Rockford’s Kayla Smith.
Smith kicked off the stepladder finals by taking down No. 4 seed Megan Duff of Vandalia, Ohio, 204-191.
Smith’s third-place finish was worth $800 while Duff walked away with $600 for placing fourth.
Kelly Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, narrowly missed the cut to the stepladder finals, but she didn’t miss at all during Game 5 of qualifying when she connected for 12 strikes in row to record the tournament’s lone 300 game. That allowed Bishop to place fifth and earn $400.
The next PWBA Regional event will be contested Sept. 28 at the PWBA Twin Cities Regional, which will be held at Cedarvale Lanes in Eagan, Minnesota.
ROCKFORD, Illinois – Summer Jasmin of Beckley, West Virginia, defeated Samantha Knight of Muskegon, Michigan, 198-181 on Sunday to win the 2025 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Rockford Regional, which was held at The Cherry Bowl in Rockford, Illinois.
The victory earned Jasmin her third career PWBA Regional title, the Rockford Regional’s $2,000 top prize and a spot in the match-play field at the season-ending PWBA Regional Showdown, which will be contested at Airport Lanes in Sanford, Florida, from Dec. 4-6.
Jasmin was initially unsure as to whether or not she’d bowl the 2025 Regional Showdown; however, after Sunday’s win in Rockford, she is now committed to competing in Florida.
“It was a question mark before, but now we’re going,” Jasmin said. “I’m going to bowl a team challenge the weekend before, so I guess now we’re going to make a little vacation out of it. I’m tickled to death about it.”
What would tickle Jasmin even more is winning the 2025 Regional Showdown because that would mean having her entry fees paid for all singles events on the 2026 PWBA national tour schedule.
“I lost my priority entry into events by finishing outside the top 50 last season, so winning the Regional Showdown and having my entries covered would be awesome because it would be like having priority again,” Jasmin said.
Jasmin was pretty awesome in her own right at The Cherry Bowl on Sunday.
The powerful right-hander was steady all day long, qualifying second in the 75-player field with an eight-game mark of 1,742 (a 217.75 average), which included scores of 199, 214, 223, 200, 225, 216, 232 and 233 on the tournament’s challenging 38-foot lane condition.
The only competitor with a higher qualifying total was Knight, who earned the No. 1 seed for the four-player stepladder finals with an eight-game mark of 1,769 (a 221.13 average).
Nevertheless, it was Jasmin who quickly gained the upper hand during the title match, striking three times during the first five frames to establish a 24-pin lead at the halfway mark.
Trouble appeared to be rearing its ugly head in the sixth frame when Jasmin’s first shot went wide and left the difficult 1-2-4-10 washout; however, the 37-year-old right-hander calmly converted the spare to avoid a costly open frame and keep her lead intact.
Knight did her best to rally, throwing strikes in the sixth, eighth and the first ball in the 10th, but Jasmin stayed clean and kept her at arm’s length, which forced Knight to settle for second place and $1,000.
Prior to Sunday, Jasmin’s last regional win came in 2017, so the victory in Rockford was about much more than prize money or a berth in the Regional Showdown; it was about proving to herself that she was still capable of winning PWBA tournaments.
“I didn’t know if I could do it again,” Jasmin said. “I’ve been close, but I had a streak of making stepladders and losing. The goal was to win another regional, so I knew I had to go for it today. This win kind of brings everything full circle, so this is awesome.”
To Jasmin, the win was made even more meaningful because it came at The Cherry Bowl, a center that has given her difficulties in the past.
“I’ve never cashed in this building before today, so to win this tournament is amazing,” Jasmin said. “It always plays tough here, and the lanes got trickier as the day moved along. I’m kind of choked up just because this means so much to me.”
Jasmin earned her spot in the title match thanks to a 223-209 semifinal victory over Rockford’s Kayla Smith.
Smith kicked off the stepladder finals by taking down No. 4 seed Megan Duff of Vandalia, Ohio, 204-191.
Smith’s third-place finish was worth $800 while Duff walked away with $600 for placing fourth.
Kelly Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, narrowly missed the cut to the stepladder finals, but she didn’t miss at all during Game 5 of qualifying when she connected for 12 strikes in row to record the tournament’s lone 300 game. That allowed Bishop to place fifth and earn $400.
The next PWBA Regional event will be contested Sept. 28 at the PWBA Twin Cities Regional, which will be held at Cedarvale Lanes in Eagan, Minnesota.