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Stefanie Johnson 'speechless' after rebounding from Thursday plunge to earn top seed of 2018 U.S. Women’s Open; Erin McCarthy, Danielle McEwan, Shannon O’Keefe, Liz Kuhlkin also make stepladder finals

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, June 29, 2018 10:00 pm
Stefanie Johnson 'speechless' after rebounding from Thursday plunge to earn top seed of 2018 U.S. Women’s Open; Erin McCarthy, Danielle McEwan, Shannon O’Keefe, Liz Kuhlkin also make stepladder finals
The stepladder finalists of the 2018 U.S. Women's Open, left to right and in order from first to fifth: Stefanie Johnson, Erin McCarthy, Danielle McEwan, Shannon O'Keefe and Liz Kuhlkin. Photo by Professional Women's Bowling Association.
Stefanie Johnson cruised through the qualifying and cashers rounds of the 2018 U.S. Women’s Open, alone in the lead through qualifying and sharing it with close buddy Shannon O’Keefe after the cashers. But a brutal first round of match play in which she won just one of eight matches despite falling below 200 only three times dropped her all the way to eighth and prompted this post on her fan page on Facebook: “Phew ... well that was certainly a rough go at it this...