Top Five Set for Stepladder Finals at 2025 USBC Queens in Las Vegas
Erikas Jansonas- May 20
- 2 min read
The stepladder finals lineup is official for the 2025 USBC Queens in Las Vegas. After Monday’s final rounds of double-elimination match play at Suncoast Hotel & Casino, only five bowlers remain in the hunt for the tiara, major title, and $60,000 top prize.
Josie Barnes secured the No. 1 seed with a perfect 6–0 record in match play. The 2021 U.S. Women’s Open champion delivered consistently strong series throughout the bracket. She now needs just one win on Tuesday night to claim her second career major and her first USBC Queens title.
Malaysia’s Nur Hazirah Ramli will enter as the No. 2 seed. A member of Team Malaysia, she brings international experience and recent success, including four gold medals at the 2024 Malaysia Games and a youth title at the 2024 Malaysian International Open.
2024 PWBA Player of the Year Sin Li Jane, also of Malaysia, earned the No. 3 seed after closing with a 735 block in the final Elimination Bracket round. Sin advanced with a clutch strikeout to defeat Alexis Runk by one pin, 656–655.
A Queens title would complete the Triple Crown for Sin, who already owns majors at the U.S. Women’s Open and PWBA Tour Championship.
The opening match of the stepladder will feature Valerie Bercier (No. 4 seed) and Clara Guerrero of Colombia (No. 5).
Bercier is still chasing her first PWBA title and made it to the show after bowling 27 match play games. Guerrero, a major champion at the 2016 PWBA Players Championship, is aiming to add a Queens title to her resume.
The tournament will wrap up on Tuesday night with the stepladder finals, airing live on CBS Sports Network at 7 p.m. Eastern.
The winner will take home the title, the tiara, and the $60,000 top prize.
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