Story And Photo Courtesy Of PBA.Com
(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