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Bowling News USA - January 6, 2011 Asbaty Maintains Lead At Team USA Trials

HENDERSON, Nev. - At the halfway point of the 2011 United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials, Diandra Asbaty of Chicago, remained at the top of the standings after 18 games.

Asbaty holds a slim seven-pin lead with a two-day total of 3,929, an average of 218.2, at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in suburban Las Vegas.

Although Asbaty wasn't able to score quite as high on the 34-foot Stockholm lane pattern Wednesday, she had just enough to stay ahead of Shannon Pluhowsky of Dayton, Ohio. Pluhowsky, who has already been selected to join Team USA in 2011, finished with 3,922, while defending champion Brenda Padilla of Mansfield, Texas, is third with 3,907.

Asbaty has recenty switched ball companies and is now using Storm bowling equipment.

 "There's still a lot of games to go, but I feel like I made some really good decisions today," said Asbaty, who totaled 1,901 for Wednesday's nine games. "Usually, I start this tournament slow but this year I came in thinking that I wanted to get as much as I can as early as I can. So far that's worked out for me."

Competition continues Thursday with the third of four nine-game blocks. The top three men and top three women finishers after 36 games will earn automatic spots on Team USA, while the National Selection Committee will pick two additional men and two additional women to join the team.

The top two male and top two female competitors who are 20 years old or younger before Jan. 1, 2011 will earn automatic spots on Junior Team USA 2011. The National Selection Committee will select two additional boys and two additional girls to join the team. The National Selection Committee will select from players who either competed in the Team USA Trials or who advanced to the match-play portion of the USBC Junior Gold Championships, which were held in July in Indianapolis.

For coverage of the 2011 Team USA Trials, visit BOWL.com.

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January, 2011

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• 1/29/2011: Pete Weber will Make a Run at 36th PBA Title Sunday...
• 1/28/2011: PBA's Tournament of Champions is the Talk of the Sports World...
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• 1/27/2011: Storm's Kirsten Penny Elected to World Bowling Writer's Hall of Fame...
• 1/26/2011: The Schlemer Report - Tournament of Champions
• 1/25/2011: Winners Of The King Pin Scratch Open Sponsored By Storm
• 1/23/2011: Pedersen, Eagle and Nicholson Enter PBA Hall of Fame
• 1/22/2011: Major Mika Wins PBA Tournament of Champions
• 1/21/2011: Tom Daughtery, Andres Gomez will Represent the Storm Nation in T of C Finals...$250,000 on the Line for First Place!
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• 1/20/2011: Osku Hangs Tough as Matchplay begins at the 2011 PBA Tournament of Champions...
• 1/20/2011: Tournament of Champions Field will be Cut to 24 Today...Osku Leads the Staffers...
• 1/19/2011: 2011 Military Bowling Championships Report
• 1/19/2011: Field Narrowed to 53 players at the 2011 PBA Tournament of Champions...
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• 1/18/2011: Osku - Norm Showdown in Vegas... $250,000 to the PBA's T of C winner...
• 1/17/2011: One Million Dollar PBA Tournament of Champions Lifts Off
• 1/17/2011: 2011 Military Bowling Championships Underway in Las Vegas
• 1/15/2011: Barnes Downs O'Neill for PBA World Championship Crown...
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• 1/12/2011: Lil Wayne, Nelly, Reggie Bush Join Field for Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational on Super Bowl Sunday
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