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This Sunday on ESPN: PBA Scorpion and Women’s Series Scorpion Championships

SUNDAY, NOV. 29, 1 P.M. EASTERN

PBA Women’s Series Scorpion Championship presented by BOWL.COM
Championship: Shannon Pluhowsky, Phoenix vs. Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
Prize Money: 1, $10,000; 2, $6,000

# Pluhowsky and Johnson are trying for their third Women’s Series titles
# Fourth Women’s Series event of 2009-10 season
# Event conducted on PBA Scorpion lane condition

Tournament recap:
First round leader (after 7 games): Liz Johnson, 1,573
Second round leader (after 14 games): Kelly Kulick, 2,974
Best-of-seven-game match play summary: Pluhowsky def. Shannon O’Keefe, 4-1, and Kelly Kulick, 4-2. Johnson def. Jodi Woessner, 4-1, and Michelle Feldman, 4-0

PBA Scorpion Championship
Semifinal Match One: Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan. vs. Mike DeVaney, San Diego
Semifinal Match Two: Thomas Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich. vs. Jason Belmonte, Australia
Championship Match: Winners of Match one and Match two
Prize Money: 1, $25,000; 2, $13,000; 3-4, $7,000

# Rash is trying for his fifth title, Mike DeVaney and two-handed specialist Belmonte their second and Smallwood his first
# Fifth event of 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season
# Winner earns berth in PBA Experience Showdown presented by BOWL.COM next April at the USBC International Training Center in Arlington, Texas
# Event conducted on PBA’s Scorpion lane condition

Tournament Recap:
First round leader (after 7 games): Chris Barnes, 1,650
Second round leader (after 14 games): Pete Weber, 3,158

Round of 28
Rash def. Andrew Cain, 4-1
DeVaney def. Chris Loschetter, 4-2
Smallwood def. Martin Larsen, 4-1
Belmonte def. Walter Ray Williams Jr., 4-1

Round of 16
DeVaney def. Rhino Page, 4-1
Rash def. Weber, 4-3
Smallwood def. Barnes, 4-3
Belmonte def. Lonnie Waliczek, 4-3

Round of 8
Belmonte def. Steve Jaros, 4-2
Smallwood def. Norm Duke, 4-3
Rash def. Wes Malott, 4-2
DeVaney def. Jack Jurek, 4-2