The 2026 USBC Queens stepladder finalists are set after two days of match play at Gold Coast Bowling Center in Las Vegas.
A field that started with 199 players is now down to five. Erin McCarthy, who led the field after qualification, earned the No. 1 seed for Tuesday’s live finals after going unbeaten through the double-elimination match-play bracket.
McCarthy defeated Malaysia’s Natasha Roslan 735-610 in the Winners Bracket final to secure the top seed. Roslan will enter the show as the No. 2 seed.
The final Elimination Bracket round decided the last three spots for the show.
In there, Josie Barnes, the defending USBC Queens champion, earned the No. 3 seed after leading the round with 717. If Barnes wins on Tuesday, she would become only the second player ever to win back-to-back USBC Queens titles. Katsuko Sugimoto of Japan did that in 1981-1982.
New Hui Fen of Singapore qualified as the No. 4 seed with 639, while France’s Emma Friant advanced with 608 total and claimed the No. 5 seed. Both these players will meet in the opening match of the stepladder finals.
Full USBC Queens match-play bracket results can be found here.
The stepladder finals will air live Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network.
The winner will receive the tiara, the 2026 USBC Queens title, and the $60,000 first prize.
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