Alexis Runk won her first career PWBA title on Saturday at the 2026 PWBA Pepsi Open, defeating Stephanie Zavala 223-211.
After leading Friday’s qualifying, Runk entered the single-elimination bracket as the No. 1 seed. She survived a five-game opening match against Breanna Clemmer, winning 3-2, before defeating Maranda Pattison 3-1 in the quarterfinals.
The format then shifted from best-of-five matches to single games. Zavala reached the final with a 247-178 win over Hope Gramly, while Runk defeated Diana Zavjalova 225-189 in the other semifinal.
The season-ending PWBA Tour Championship, where all 10 eligible winners will
be joined by 14 players who qualified through the season points list, begins
Sunday with the first of three eight-game match-play rounds at 5 p.m. Eastern.
Two more rounds follow Monday at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern, with the top five
after 24 games advancing to Tuesday’s stepladder finals at 6:30 p.m. Eastern.
Match play and the finals will stream on BowlTV, while Tuesday’s stepladder will also be shown on Bowling TV. The complete schedule and results are available on the official PWBA event page.
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