LAUGHLIN, N.V. - For Lisa Bishop, round three, squad B was "all good." The fifth-year PWBA'er propelled herself to the top of the leaderboard after 24 games by notching a 1,723 total during the evening's eight-game block while increasing her tournament pin fall to 5,237 (218.20avg.).

Bishop holds an eight-pin margin over Kim Terrell (5,229, 217.87) who led the C squad in the afternoon session."Right now I'm really enjoying myself and that's why I'm bowling so well," said Bishop. "Coming into today I knew I had enough pins to advance so I was very relaxed and focused."

This season Bishop has appeared in four televised finals with her best finish coming at the Albuquerque Open where she placed second. Nicknamed "LittleBear," Bishop has eight top 10 finishes in her last 18 events. She ranks 16th in earnings ($24,920), 19th in competition points (7,320) and 18th in averages (202.90).

"Tonight I think I did a good job of reading the lanes correctly and making the right adjustments. I think one of my best attributes is my consistency. I may not post many big scores but I always seem to keep my games above 200." Bishop is one of five players in the tournament's top 10 that has tallied 18-of-24 games with a score of 200 or better. Terrell used and abused the matinee round to post a day-three high of 1,798 pin fall en route to a 5,229 tournament total and a 217.87average. Competing in her 13th year as a professional Terrell has been among the top 10 in 10-of-21 (47.6%) events this season and ranks 16th on the all-time earnings list with $564,449.

Falling back to third position is four-time PWBA Player of the Year Wendy Macpherson, Henderson, Nevada. Macpherson pushed her tournament sum to 5,189(216.20 avg.) after ringing up a 1,560 pin fall. Named the Bowler of the Decade for the 1990s, Macpherson was the youngest player ever to win a U.S.Open claiming the title as an 18-year old in 1986.

Rounding out the top five is Michelle Mullen, Dearborn, Michigan (4th -5,152, 214.66) and Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, N. Richland Hills, Texas (5th -5,139, 214.12).

Dorin-Ballard came into the Open leading the tour in titles (7), earnings ($125,670), competition points (16,835) and averages (215.13). Her seven titles ties Patty Costello's 1976 record for the most professional women's bowling titles in a single season.

Wednesday the top 64 players continue the tournament with an eight-game block at 11 a.m. At the conclusion of Wednesday's round the field will be cut again to the top 24 for round robin match play, which takes place at 11 a.m.on Thursday (Dec. 6), Friday (Dec. 7) and Saturday (Dec.8).

Once the 56-game preliminaries have been completed, the top five bowlers faceoff on Sunday (Dec. 9) at 11:30 a.m. in the championship rounds, which will be televised live on ESPN.