BUCYRUS — It took a fourth-game roll-off for Patricia Horsley to defeat defending champion Brittany Slagle to win the 53rd Bucyrus Ladies Invitational at Suburban Lanes Saturday afternoon.
Horsley entered the finals from the losers’ bracket and Slagle was the winners’ bracket champion. Horsley won the three-game set, 723-647, in large part due to a 233-160 edge in Game 2.
Since Horsley came out of the losers’ bracket, a roll-off was needed to determine the tournament champion. Horsley took the fourth game, 289-267.
Slagle, winner of both the 2019 and 2020 Ladies Invitationals, was bowling in her third finals in just her fourth Invitational.
The win gave Horsley her third title, with the previous ones coming in 2013 and 2017. She was also runner-up in 2012 and 2016. This was Horsley’s 10th Invitational appearance.