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Defending champion Julia Bond one of 8 unbeaten after first day of match play at 2022 USBC Queens; Cottage Grove's Brittany Pollentier eliminated
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, May 22, 2022 11:00 pm
Julia Bond is seeking to be the first repeat champion of the USBC Queens since 1982. Photo by USBC.
There have been several multiple-time winners of the USBC Queens in recent years, but the last repeat winner was Katsuko Sugimoto in 1981 and 1982, which came after Donna Adamek won the Queens in 1979 and 1980.
Defending Queens champion Julia Bond finished 40th in qualifying with 3,050 for 15 games Thursday through Saturday, but as double-LOSERS match play started on Sunday, the diminutive right-hander picked up her pace, routing Russia’s Maria Bulanova 646-506, Courtney Jacques 676-543,...