2011 Mosconi Cup: Day 2

Team USA put their day one disappointments behind them by coming straight out on day two and rattling the European side. The opening match of the night was probably the most crucial and just to set the scene, it went to final rack. Shane Van Boening and Johnny Archer took on Nick Van Den Berg and Niels Feijen with the match going to double hill. The American duo took the final rack to win 6-5 and take the tournament to 4-2 in Europe's favour.

Then the night intensified as Mike Dechaine dispatched Ralf Souquet 6-1, but Souquet was unhappy with the amount of help Dechaine received when dealing with a snooker. If that wasn't enough, Shawn Putnam and Rodney Morris took on the two Brits, Chris Melling and Darren Appleton. This again went to the final rack but with both teams showing their frustration with each other. The American pairing took the final rack to level the tournament at four apiece, but it took a rather sour as Morris and Appleton slightly squared off with Morris telling Appleton to settle it outside.

The penultimate match of the night saw Johnny Archer take on Nick Van Den Berg. After being locked a 1-1, Nick Van Den Berg finally found some European form and stormed into a 5-1 lead. Archer had control in the seventh rack but he missed the six ball to allow Van Den Berg to seal the 6-1 victory and give Europe their lead again, 5-4.

The final match of the night saw Van Boening and Morris battle it out against Souquet and Melling. Van Boening made the first golden break of the tournament in the third rack to give the USA pairing a 2-1 lead. But Morris scratched on the following American break, allowing Europe to take the lead for the first time in the match at 3-2. It seemed to have deflated the Americans as Souquet and Melling took out a 6-2 to maintain a lead for Europe at the end of the second day. Score after day two: Europe 6-4 USA.