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Matt Russo, Shannon Pluhowsky top second round, Wesley Low, Taylor Bulthius lead overall standings at 2019 Team USA Trials

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, January 4, 2019 9:00 pm
Matt Russo, Shannon Pluhowsky top second round, Wesley Low, Taylor Bulthius lead overall standings at 2019 Team USA Trials
Team USA and PWBA Tour veteran Shannon Pluhowsky topped Friday's second round of the 2019 Team USA Trials. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
Scores were much lower in Friday’s second day of the 2019 Team USA Trials at the Gold Coast in Las Vegas, with Team USA and PWBA veteran Shannon Pluhowsky the only player over 1,400 for six games. Contrast that with Thursday’s opening round when seven men and one woman topped 1,400 on a high-volume (31.46 mL for men, 28.6 mL women), fairly short (36 feet), and fairly flat (1.58-1 middle-outside track and 1-1 elsewhere ratios) lane pattern. Friday’s lane pattern was a polar...