LINCOLN, Nebraska – Brittany Smith of Des Moines, Iowa, won the pre-tournament qualifier for the Pepsi Professional Women’s Bowlers Association Lincoln Open held Thursday at Sun Valley Lanes.

Smith’s six-game total of 1,274 led the field of 26 bowlers who were competing for 11 spots in the Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open, which starts Friday. The 2015-2016 National Collegiate Coaches Association Most Valuable Player rolled games of 210, 134, 228, 194, 266 and 242 to grab the top spot.

Also qualifying were Sandra Gongora of Mexico (1,253), and Malaysia’s Syaidatul Hamidi (1,234), Esther Cheah (1,226) and Nora Lyana Norkamal (1,216).

Spots six through 10 went to Nicole Bower of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Olivia Sandham of St. Joseph, Missouri, Sharon Koh of Malaysia, Katie Ann Sopp of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and Lauren Pate of Inner Grove Lake, Minnesota.

The final qualifying spot went to Malaysia’s Natasha Roslan with a pinfall total of 1,148.

The opening round of competition for the Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open begins Friday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern, with the first of two six-game blocks. Both Friday and Saturday’s action will be streamed live on Xtra Frame, the online bowling channel of the Professional Bowlers Association.

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2016 PEPSI PWBA LINCOLN OPEN
At Sun Valley Lanes, Lincoln, Neb.
PWBA Qualifier

      1, Brittany Smith (a), Des Moines, Iowa, 1,274. 2, Sandra Gongora, Mexico, 1,253. 3, Syaidatul Hamidi, Malaysia, 1,234. 4, Esther Cheah, Malaysia, 1,226. 5, Nora Lyana Norkamal, Malaysia, 1,216. 6, Nicole Bower (a), Camp Hill, Pa., 1,200.

      7, Olivia Sandham (a), St. Joseph, Mo., 1,195. 8, Sharon Koh, Malaysia, 1,191. 9, Katie Ann Sopp (a), White Bear Lake, Minn., 1,176. 10, Lauren Pate (a), Inver Grove Heights, Minn., 1,162. 11, Natasha Roslan, Malaysia, 1,148.

DID NOT ADVANCE         

      12, Siti Rahman, Malaysia, 1,146. 13, Holly Harris, Wichita, Kan., 1,139. 14, Andrea Staples (a), Tea, S.D., 1,124. 15, Syazwani Sahar, Malaysia, 1,091. 16, Stevie Mours, Franklin, Wis., 1,066. 17, Sarah Muench (a), Altoona, Iowa, 1,045. 18, Krista Giese, Norfolk, Neb., 1,042.

      19, Kaleena Henning (a), Lincoln, Neb., 1,036. 20, (TIE) Jasmine Snell (a), Papillion, Neb., and Elise Bolton, Merritt Island, Fla., 1,023. 22, Melanie McAllister (a), Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,015. 23, Brittany Himmelreich, Cressona, Pa., 1,011. 24, Rochelle Hansen, La Vista, Neb., 1,007.

      25, Alysa Smith (a), Lincoln, Neb., 975. 26, Rina Sabo (a), Bennett, Colo., 954.