Europe are on the verge of retaining the Mosconi Cup after dominating day three in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Europe just need one more point to retain the Mosconi Cup at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino after racing into 10-5 lead in the first to 11 tournament.
The Americans entered the day with high hopes after a promising performance on Saturday, but they were battered from start to finish with only Shane Van Boening contributing to the Americans points total.
Needing a great start to the day, the USA lost an exciting opener as Darren Appleton and Niels Feijen got the better of Mike Dechaine and Shawn Putnam by 6-3.
The first singles clash of the day saw Europe’s Appleton get the better of Putman with a convincing 6-2 triumph, before Europe then made it 9-4 overall after Feijen and Ralf Souquet destroyed the American duo of Johnny Archer and Rodney Morris.
Shane Van Boening finally stopped the rot and ensured a final day's play as he endured a torrid match against Nick Van den Berg that went all the way to a decider.
Van Boening had led 5-2 at one stage but the plucky Dutchman fought back to level it at 5-5 and breaking in the final rack he found himself favourite. But Van Boening kept his nerve to pull the match back to 9-5.
Chris Melling then took Europe to within one point of winning the Mosconi Cup when he took Mike Dchaine apart with a 6-2 success.
Melling said: “It was unbelievable. There's a lot of pressure and people back home don't realise how much pressure you're under as you have the whole continent and your friends to play for."
