When Stephanie Zavala left a 2-8-10 split for an open in the second frame of the title match of the high-scoring 2021 PWBA Greater Cleveland Open, it was logical to think it was the kind of error a rookie making her championship round debut wouldn’t recover from.
The powerful right-hander followed with a strike, but then left a solid 9-pin that she spared, falling 31 pins behind 2-time PWBA Tour champion Bryanna Coté. Both the split and 9-pin came on the lane the top-seeded Zavala...