Shannon Pluhowsky completes dominating win in 2026 PWBA BowlTV Open with 268-205 title match win over Julia Bond

Shannon Pluhowsky on Saturday completed a dominating win in the 2026 PWBA BowlTV Open with a 268-205 title match win over Julia Bond. Pluhowsky nearly set PWBA Tour records in averaging 249.25 in leading Friday’s qualifying, as I detailed in this story. The hard-throwing left-hander then went 9-3 in Saturday’s match play on games of 290, 246, 247, 257, 258, 268, 233, 235, 221, 247, 266 and 199, finishing with a 248.25 average and a 6,228 total that earned the top seed by 249 pins ove...