BY PBA COMMUNICATIONS

(JUNE 23, 2020) - Today, the Professional Bowlers Association announces that two new, all-women's professional bowling teams will join the race for the 2020 PBA League Elias Cup, increasing the number of teams in this year’s event to twelve.

The Phoenix Fury, managed by PWBA champion Kim Terrell-Kearney, and Miami Waves, managed by PBA champion Bob Learn Jr., will be the first all-women's teams in the PBA League’s history, since its founding in 2013. While female pros Kelly Kulick (NYC KingPins), Liz Johnson (Portland Lumberjacks) and Danielle McEwan (Motown Muscle) have been on previous team rosters in past years, this is the first time the PBA will include all-women team rosters. No women are currently on any of the other 10 team PBA League rosters.

A special draft between the two new clubs will take place on Tuesday, July 7, at 4 pm ET on FloBowling. The top 35 players on the 2019 PWBA Points List will be eligible to be drafted onto the new teams 5-player rosters.

The 2020 PBA League Elias Cup tournament, to be broadcast live on FS1, is being rescheduled due to COVID-19 health and safety precautions, for this coming fall at Bayside Bowl in Portland, Maine. An announcement on scheduling will be made soon.

Two expansion clubs had already been added to the PBA League for 2020. The Brew City Ballers and Las Vegas High Rollers joined the League and took part in the annual player draft in May. All of the other team rosters are set.

The new divisional lineups with the addition of the two new women's teams:

Carter Division
Dallas Strikers (Manager Norm Duke)
Philadelphia Hitmen (Manager Jason Couch)
Brooklyn Styles (Manager Johnny Petraglia)
Silver Lake Atom Splitters (Manager Mark Baker)
Las Vegas High Rollers (Manager Amleto Monacelli)
Phoenix Fury (Manager Kim Terrell-Kearney)

Anthony Division
NYC KingPins (Manager Carolyn Dorin-Ballard)
Motown Muscle (Manager Del Ballard)
Portland Lumberjacks (Manager Tim Mack)
L.A. X (Manager Andrew Cain)
Brew City Ballers (Manager Marshall Holman)
Miami Waves (Manager Bob Learn Jr.)

The Portland Lumberjacks are defending Elias Cup champions.

The top 35 players from the 2019 PWBA Points list, eligible to be drafted by the Phoenix Fury and Miami Waves:

1	Shannon O'Keefe	148,125
2	Danielle McEwan	117,085
3	Dasha Kovalova	109,970
4	Liz Johnson	84,325
5	Clara Guerrero	83,190
6	Jordan Richard	80,795
7	Missy Parkin	78,512.5
8	Liz Kuhlkin	77,650
9	Stefanie Johnson	74,945
10	Maria José Rodriguez	70,170
11	Bryanna Coté	69,135
12	Shannon Pluhowsky	67,480
13	Cherie Tan	66,875
14	Josie Barnes	62,310
15	Tannya Roumimper	60,780
16	Birgit Poppler	55,905
17	Diana Zavjalova	55,047.5
18	Valerie Bercier	52,162.5
19	Kelly Kulick	50,420
20	Sydney Brummett	50,325
21	Verity Crawley	48,815
22	Giselle Poss	44,000
3	Sandra Gongora	43,402.5
24	Shayna Ng	42,550
25	Julia Bond	40,970
26	Erin McCarthy	37,300
27	Rocio Restrepo	36,065
28	Ashly Galante	33,680
29	Jen Higgins	32,705
30	Gazmine Mason	32,570
31	Lindsay Boomershine	31,370
32	Daria Pajak	30,845
33	Jodi Woessner	29,395
34	Katelyn Simpson	29,235
35	Daphne Tan	27,105