Dombrowski, Roberts Lead Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship Into Match Play
Top 16 doubles teams advance to round-robin match play
Patrick Dombrowski, coming off a second-place finish in last week’s USBC Masters, continues to excel on the lanes. Dombrowski and Trevor Roberts lead the Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship with a combined score of (+727) through 20 combined games.
The 54-team field bowled two five-game qualifying rounds Thursday at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich. The first round was contested on the 38-foot Holman pattern, while the 42-foot Roth pattern was used for the evening round.
The teams of Anthony Simonen and Dom Barrett, Mathias Ankerdal and Tim Stampe, Andrew Anderson and Kris Prather, and Pete Vergos and Ethan Fiore round out the top five heading into Friday’s round-robin match play.
The advancing teams will bowl 16 baker games of round-robin match play with the Roth pattern on the left lane and Holman pattern on the right lane.
Match play rounds will begin at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Eastern on Friday, livestreaming on BowlTV.
Dombrowski and Roberts, Ohio and Florida natives, respectively, decided to bowl together after the PBA Regional Players Invitational this January (which Dombrowski won for the second straight year.)
“At first, I thought I had a really good partner,” Roberts said. “Then we bowled the U.S. Open, and I thought, ‘I guess he has a really good partner,’ because I bowled really well. (Roberts finished eighth.) Now I'm just glad that I was able to bowl well enough to complement his +461.”
Dombrowski led all players with an individual total of 2,461 (+461). While Roberts said this is his first time leading a PBA Tour event, this is not Dombrowski’s first rodeo.
Fifteen years ago, he led the opening round of the 2009 PBA Viper Championship, also held at Thunderbowl as part of the first-ever World Series of Bowling.
Roberts said he anticipates bowling on the shorter Holman pattern during the dual-pattern baker round-robin match play.
“I feel good with urethane in my hands and then when I get to the reactive, I have that defined friction spot to the right that I can throw the ball into,” Roberts said.
The star-studded team of Simonsen and Barrett sit just three pins behind the leaders. While the duo struggled in the event’s opening game, shooting 197 and 211, respectively, they remained wholly confident in their ability to rebound.
“We’re both guys who will try literally anything,” Simonsen said. “If it's not working, we're going to find a spot where it will work.”
“Communication has been really good,” Barrett added. “When we get to a fresh pair, whoever is lead-off is passing on good information. We both know what a bad shot is and what a good shot is so the reads are pretty true and that definitely helps.”
More information on the WSOB XV is available here.
Tickets are available for the televised championship rounds here.
The full TV schedule is available here.
More information on the PBA Elite League is available here.
Match Play Advancers
- Trevor Roberts and Patrick Dombrowski, +727
- Anthony Simonsen and Dom Barrett, +724
- Mathias Ankerdal and Tim Stampe, +713
- Andrew Anderson and Kris Prather, +671
- Pete Vergos and Ethan Fiore, +633
- Jason Sterner and Tom Smallwood, +631
- Bill O’Neill and Jason Belmonte, +619
- Zac Tackett and Justin Knowles, +594
- Jesper Svensson and Kyle Troup, +588
- Mitch Hupé and Packy Hanrahan, +579
- Eric Jones and Deo Benard, +574
- Cody Shoemaker and JR Raymond, +573
- Tom Daugherty and BJ Moore, +561
- François Lavoie and Stu Williams, +554
- Zeke Bayt and Dick Allen, +547
- Nathan Ruest-Lajoie and Zach Wilkins, +521
Full standings are available here.
WSOB Schedule
Thunderbowl Lanes | Allen Park, Mich.
All times Eastern
Thursday, April 4
10am — Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
6pm — Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship Qualifying Round 2 (five games)
- Top 16 teams advance to round-robin match play
Friday, April 5
10am — Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship Match Play Round 1 (eight baker games)
6pm — Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship Match Play Round 2 (eight baker games)
- Top five teams advance to televised stepladder finals
Saturday, April 6
10am — WSOB Pre-tournament Qualifier (five games; short pattern)
1:30pm — PBA Elite League Round 12 (live on FS1)
- High Rollers vs. Lumberjacks; Wonders vs. Strikers
5pm — WSOB Pre-tournament Qualifier (five games; long pattern)
6pm — WSOB Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship finals (taped; airs April 14 on FS1)
Sunday, April 7
Noon — PBA Elite League Round 12 (live on FS1)
- KingPins vs. L.A. X; Atom Splitters vs. Muscle
3pm — Official WSOB practice session
Monday, April 8
11am — Cheetah Championship Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
6pm — Cheetah Championship Qualifying Round 2 (five games)
Tuesday, April 9
11am — Cheetah Championship Qualifying Round 3 (five games)
- Top 16 players advance to elimination match play
6pm — Cheetah Championship Match Play Round of 16 (best of five games)
8:30pm — Cheetah Championship Match Play Round of 8 (best of five games)
- Four winners and highest-defeated qualifier in Round of 8 advance to Cheetah Championship stepladder finals, airing live April 15 at 7pm on FS1
Wednesday, April 10
11am — Scorpion Championship Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
6pm — Scorpion Championship Qualifying Round 2 (five games)
Thursday, April 11
11am — Scorpion Championship Qualifying Round 3 (five games)
- Top 16 players advance to elimination match play
6pm — Scorpion Championship Match Play Round of 16 (best of five games)
8:30pm — Scorpion Championship Match Play Round of 8 (best of five games)
- Four winners and highest-defeated qualifier in Round of 8 advance to Scorpion Championship stepladder finals, airing live April 16 at 7pm on FS1
Friday, April 12
11am — Shark Championship Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
6pm — Shark Championship Qualifying Round 2 (five games)
Saturday, April 13
11am — Shark Championship Qualifying Round 3 (five games)
- Top 16 players advance to elimination match play
- Top 16 players through 45 games of Cheetah, Scorpion and Shark Championship qualifying advance to World Championship round-robin match play
6pm — Shark Championship Match Play Round of 16 (best of five games)
8:30pm — Shark Championship Match Play Round of 8 (best of five games)
- Four winners and highest-defeated qualifier in Round of 8 advance to Shark Championship stepladder finals, airing live April 17 at 7pm on FS1
Sunday, April 14
Noon— Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship finals on FS1
1pm — Pro-am
Monday, April 15
7pm — PBA Cheetah Championship finals on FS1
Tuesday, April 16
7pm — PBA Scorpion Championship finals on FS1
Wednesday, April 17
7pm — PBA Shark Championship finals on FS1
Thursday, April 18
10am — World Championship Match Play Round 1 (eight games)
5pm — World Championship Match Play Round 2 (eight games)
- Top nine players advance to PBA World Championship stepladder finals
Saturday, April 20
7pm — PBA World Championship semifinals on FS1 (seeds 5-9)
Sunday, April 21
Noon — PBA World Championship finals on FOX