SUNDAY ON ESPN: Stage is Set for PBA League’s Elias Cup Finals Sunday at 1 p.m. ET
PORTLAND, Maine –
After three weeks of team competition at Bayside Bowl, the stage is set
for the PBA League championship match showdown between the GEICO New
York City WTT KingPins and the GoBowling.com Dallas Strikers Sunday on
ESPN at 1 p.m. ET. The winner will claim the coveted fourth annual
Elias Cup.
The
KingPins and Strikers earned their finals berth after wins in semifinal
round matches that aired Sunday on ESPN. The KingPins won the inaugural
Elias Cup in 2013 in Indianapolis. The Strikers have never finished
higher than fifth place in three previous PBA League competitions.
Helped
by the first perfect game in PBA League history, the Strikers posted a
dramatic best-of-two-game victory over the Barbasol Motown Muscle while
the KingPins notched a 2-0 sweep of the hometown-favorite Shipyard
Brewing Portland Lumberjacks.
The
KingPins, managed by Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, will field a lineup led by
PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber, five-time Tour winner Mike Fagan,
three-time Tour winner Scott Norton, 2014 Rookie of the Year Marshall
Kent and former Team USA member John Szczerbinski. The Strikers will be
led by player-manager Hall of Famer Norm Duke along
with 16-time Tour winner Tommy Jones; seven-time Tour champion Bill
O’Neill, and rising young talents, BJ Moore and Shawn Maldonado who have
yet to win a PBA Tour title.
The
PBA League championship will be decided in a multi-event contest
including singles, alternate-ball doubles and Baker trios matches worth
one point each, followed by a five-player Baker team finale worth three
points. If the two teams are tied after the Baker team match, a roll-off
will determine the winner.
The Elias Cup is named after the late PBA founder and Hall of Famer Eddie Elias.
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