MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Maranda Pattison of Redwood Valley, California, won the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Myrtle Beach Regional in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Saturday afternoon. She defeated No. 1 seed Kristina Catoe of Mooresville, North Carolina, 217-186, at Myrtle Beach Bowl in the title match.
“Winning today feels like what I’m doing is working and paying off,” Pattison said. “I’m just very grateful, honestly. I feel like a lot of patience has come into this moment and I’m at a loss for words.”
Pattison qualified second in the 42-player field with 1,630 over eight games, as only the four stepladder finalists averaged 200 or better on the 41-foot oil pattern.
The stepladder finals began with two players that had already won on the Regional Tour this year, Brooke Roberts of Port Orange, Florida, and Summer Jasmin of Beckley, West Virginia. Both players opened the match with a miss, but Roberts recovered quickly with 202, while Jasmin couldn’t get anything going and finished with 146. Jasmin earned $600 for her fourth-place finish.
Roberts advanced to face Pattison in the semifinal match where Pattison started fast with the first eight strikes before a 6 pin ended her run. The Floridian bowler was unable to keep up with Pattison’s torrid pace, opening twice in the second and sixth frames before throwing the next three strikes.
It wasn’t enough, however, as Pattison moved on to the title match against Catoe with a 265, the highest score thrown all day, and Roberts fell with a 187. Roberts earned $800 for her third-place finish.
The title match was more of the same for Pattison, who missed the pocket just twice in the title match and stayed clean with a 217. Catoe opened twice in the first three frames but quickly got back into the match with a turkey in frames five through seven.
A slight miss right in the eighth frame left the 2-4-5 combination, which she converted. But another miss in the ninth left the 3-6-10, and she only covered the 6 and 10 for her third open. A final open in the 10th frame left Catoe with a 169 and runner-up finish, good for $1,000.
Pattison earned the title, $2,000 top prize and an automatic berth into the season-ending PWBA Regional Showdown next month. While her first PWBA title, it’s her second win on the professional stage after winning a Professional Bowlers Association regional title in August 2024.
She had a successful collegiate career at McKendree and Jacksonville State before transitioning to the professional level, earning four All-American awards and two NCAA Bowling Championships in 2022 and 2024, one at each school. At the start of 2025, Pattison earned a spot on Team USA through the Team USA Trials held in Reno, Nevada.
“It’s definitely a learning curve from college to the professional level,” Pattison noted. “I haven’t bowled great on the National Tour the last two years, but I feel like it’s about putting yourself in the position of surrounding yourself with people that are better than you. It allows you to learn, grow and evolve in the sport.
“I just have to stay patient and keep working, there’s always something to learn. (The win today) increased my confidence and was validation on what I’ve been working on, I just have to remind myself to stay grateful and in the present.”
Pattison will have a final opportunity to apply what she’s been working on at the Regional Showdown.
“I’d definitely like to make the Showdown show and then get some entries paid for,” she said with a laugh.
The 2025 PWBA season will conclude next month with the PWBA Regional Showdown December 4-6 at Airport Lanes in Sanford, Florida. All nine PWBA Regional Tour champions from this year will be automatically seeded into match play should they choose to bowl the event. The winner of the Regional Showdown will not only earn the title, trophy and top cash prize, but have their 2026 PWBA National Tour entry fees covered (excluding the PWBA/PBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles event).
For more information on the Regional Showdown, click HERE.
