March 19, 2022 Jef Goodger

 

Eleven-time PBA Tour champion is looking for his second title this season

 

Jesper Svensson averaged 236 through 12 games of qualifying to lead the top 24 into the final day of THE STORM CUP: PBA Lubbock Sports Open at South Plains Lanes in Lubbock, Texas. Svensson won his 11th Guaranteed Rate PBA Tour title earlier this season in THE STORM CUP: David Small’s Best of the Best Championship and sits third in THE STORM CUP points entering the Lubbock Sports Open.

At +422, twelve pins behind Svensson, is two-time PBA Tour champion Kyle Sherman, who won his first singles title in the PBA Cheetah Championship on Monday. Reigning PBA Player of the Year Kyle Troup is third at +377 and Jason Belmonte is fourth at +368. Belmonte has already won three titles this season, including THE STORM CUP: David Small’s Kokomo Championship, and is on top of THE STORM CUP points list.

Defending champion Shawn Maldonado bowled 300 in game two and qualified eighth at +357. Three other players—Darren Tang, EJ Tackett and Chris Barnes—also bowled a perfect game and all made the cut to the top 24.

Missing the cut was Nick Pate, who had been the only player to qualify for the stepladder finals in each of the previous two THE STORM CUP events. The top five players after all four THE STORM CUP events will receive a bonus, with the overall leader earning $10,000.

The top 24 players in THE STORM CUP: PBA Lubbock Sports Open advanced to Round of 24 qualifying and will bowl four games beginning Sunday at 10 a.m. ET before a cut to the top 16. Those players will bowl two more games and cut to the top eight, who will bowl two final games of qualifying to determine the four players competing in the stepladder finals, which will begin Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Top 10 Through 12 Games

  1. Jesper Svensson +434
  2. Kyle Sherman +422
  3. Kyle Troup +377
  4. Jason Belmonte +368
  5. Tommy Jones +367
  6. Dom Barrett +364
  7. Tom Daugherty +358
  8. Shawn Maldonado +357
  9. Brad Miller +354
  10. Sean Lavery-Spahr +347

View the full standings

THE STORM CUP: PBA Lubbock Sports Open Remaining Schedule

South Plains Lanes – Lubbock, Texas
All rounds streamed live on FloBowling

Sunday, March 20
10 a.m. ET – Round of 24 (4 games)
12:30 p.m. ET – Round of 16 (2 games)
2:15 p.m. ET – Round of 8 (2 games)
4:30 p.m. ET – Stepladder Finals

About the PBA

The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated to the sport of bowling and its professional competition, with thousands of members and millions of fans throughout the world. The PBA plays host to bowling’s biggest tournaments from the PBA Tour, PBA Regional Tour, and PBA50 Tour. In 2020, the PBA launched PBA Jr., a club for elite youth bowlers under the age of 17 and the PBA Pinsiders, a membership for fans of the sport. For more information, please visit PBA.com.