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- MAY 2015
SERVING THE BOWLING INDUSTRY SINCE 1967
Kulick Off To Hot Start At
USBC Queens
By Lucas Wiseman
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Kelly Kulick of Union, New Jer-
sey, averaged more than 251 a game Thursday as she
took the opening-round lead at the 2015 United States
Bowling Congress Queens, a Professional Women's
Bowling Association event.
Kulick, a two-time Queens champion, had a five-game
total of 1,258 (251.6 average) to top the field of 205 of
the best women bowlers in the world at The Ashwaube-
non Bowling Alley.
Qualifying continues Friday with the second round and
the event concludes with the live ESPN2 finals Tues-
day at 8 p.m. Eastern. All qualifying and match play
rounds will be broadcast live on Xtra Frame.
"The Queens is really two tournaments in one - quali-
fying and match play," Kulick said. "My goal is to make
match play for now and then it turns more strategic
once you get to match play."
Kulick fired games of 257, 245, 269, 248 and 239 on
the opening squad of the day to earn the top spot. Ver-
ity Crawley of Babson Park, Florida, nearly caught Ku-
lick on the second squad of the day but ended up sec-
ond with 1,241, including a 300 game.
USBC Hall of Famer Kim Kearney of Grand Prairie,
Texas, sits in third place with 1,178, and Samantha
Kelly of Streamwood, Illinois, was fourth with 1,145.
Brittany Smith of Des Moines, Iowa, who fired a 300
game, is tied with Laura Beuthner of Germany in fifth
place with 1,140. USBC Hall of Famer Leanne Hulsen-
berg of North Ogden, Utah, also had a 300 game and is
12th overall with 1,120.
All players will bowl 15 games of qualifying over three
days to determine the 63 bowlers who will join defend-
ing champion Maria Jose Rodriguez of Colombia in
match play. The player who survives the bracket to win
the event will take home $20,000 of the estimated
$125,000 prize fund.
ROMEO TOPS SENIOR QUEENS FIELD IN ROUND 1
Defending champion Robin Romeo of Newhall, Cali-
fornia, took the early lead as qualifying kicked off
Thursday at the 2015 United States Bowling Congress
Senior Queens.
Romeo, a USBC Hall of Famer, fired a five-game total
of 1,080 (216 average) to top the field at The Ash-
waubenon Bowling Alley.
"During practice yesterday it was a little tricky trying to
keep the ball around the pocket," Romeo said. "I just
found a ball I could keep in play and not be overly
aggressive."
Romeo put together games of 191, 225, 194, 246 and
224 in her opening-round effort. The only other bowler
to average better than 200 in the first round was Lisa
Wasson of Murphy, Texas, who fired 1,011.
Char Hammel of Las Vegas sits in third place with
984, while USBC Hall of Famer Tish Johnson of Colo-
rado Springs, Colorado, is fourth with 981. Beth Owen
Cipielewski of Bradenton, Florida, rounds out the top
five with 978.
All Senior Queens participants will bowl 15 games of
qualifying, and the field then will be cut to the top 31,
plus Romeo, for the double-elimination match-play
bracket starting Sunday at 10 a.m. Eastern.
BowlTV will broadcast the stepladder finals of the
Senior Queens on Tuesday at 11 a.m. Eastern.
The player who survives the bracket to win the event
will take home $3,000 of the $20,600 prize fund.
The Senior Queens, open to all female USBC mem-
bers age 50 and older, marks the second stop of the
Senior Women's Triple Crown Series presented by The
Orleans. The Triple Crown Series is a special competi-
tion for bowlers who compete in the Senior Queens,
National Golden Ladies Classic and the U.S. Women's
Open.
2015 USBC QUEENS
At The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley, Green Bay.
Wis. / Thursday's results
ROUND 1 (Five games)
1, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 1,258. 2, Verity Crawley,
Babson Park, Fla., 1,241. 3, Kim Kearney, Grand Prai-
rie, Texas, 1,178. 4, Samantha Kelly, Streamwood, Ill.,
1,145. 5, (TIE) Brittany Smith, Des Moines, Iowa, and
Laura Beuthner, Germany, 1,140. 7, Kristina Wendell,
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1,137. 8, Marcia Kloempken,
Pleasant View, Utah, 1,136. 9, Catherine Maher, Al-
toona, Pa., 1,133. 10, Katherine Sutphin, Mount Dora,
Fla., 1,131. 11, Shannon O'Keefe, O'Fallon, Ill., 1,129.
12, Leanne Hulsenberg, North Ogden, Utah, 1,120. 13,
Jacqui Reese, McAdoo, Pa., 1,119. 14, Shannon Plu-
howsky, Dayton, Ohio, 1,118. 15, Shannon Labinski,
Wauwatosa, Wis., 1,117. 16, Jodi Woessner, Oregon,
Ohio, 1,114. 17, Kristin Quah, Singapore, 1,113. 18,
Josie Earnest, Nashville, Tenn., 1,108. 19, (TIE)
Cassandra Leuthold, Black Hawk, S.D., and Iliana Lo-
meli, Mexico, 1,104. 21, Danielle McEwan, Stony Point,
N.Y., 1,101. 22, Daria Kovalova, Wichita, Kan., 1,096.
23, Diandra Asbaty, Chicago, Ill., 1,092. 24, Samantha
How, Oregon City, Ore., 1,088. 25, Amanda Greene,
Romney, W. Va., 1,086. 26, Summer Jasmin, Beckley,
W. Va., 1,085. 27, (TIE) Anita Arnett, Richmond, Texas,
and Samantha Schaden, Baltimore, Md., and Missy
Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., and Lindsay Boomershine,
Perry, Utah, 1,084. 31, Terysa Wojnar, New Lenox,
Ill., 1,081. 32, (TIE) Anne Marie Duggan, Edmond,
Okla., and Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,080. 34,
Karen Boyd, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 1,078. 35, Karen
Marcano, Venezuela, 1,076. 36, Stefanie Johnson,
Grand Prairie, Texas, 1,075. 37, (TIE) Sandra
Gongora, Mexico, and Debbie Ayers, La Mesa, Calif.,
1,073. 39, Sandi Charles, Nolanville, Texas, 1,072. 40,
Maria Jose Rodriguez, Austin, Texas, 1,071. 41, Clara
Guerrero, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,067. 42, (TIE) Kristin
Warzinski, Lincoln, Calif., and Megan Kelly, Dayton,
Ohio, and Neishka Cardona, Puerto, PR, and Rocio
Restrepo, Louisville, Ohio, 1,065. 46, Tabitha Bieri,
Grandview, Iowa, 1,064. 47, Erin McCarthy, Omaha,
Neb., 1,062. 48, Liz Kuhlkin, Schenectady, N.Y., 1,058.
49, Stephanie Schwartz, Racine, Wis., 1,055. 50, (TIE)
Sarah Germano, Rochester, N.Y., and Carolyn Dorin-
Ballard, Keller, Texas, 1,054. 52, (TIE) Kimi Davidson,
Irving, Texas, and Brittni Hamilton, Wood Ridge, N.J.,
1,053. 54, Michelle Abner, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1,052.
55, Leigh Anne Price, O'Fallon, Mo., 1,051. 56, Cieara
Watts, Sugar Land, Texas, 1,048. 57, Jennifer Higgins,
Westerville, Ohio, 1,047. 58, Sarah Lokker, New Balti-
more, Mich., 1,046. 59, Correen Lieber, Issaquah, WA.
1,044. 60, Elysia Current, Ephrata, Pa., 1,043.
61, Diana Zavjalova, Beavercreek, Ohio, 1,040. 62,
Jessica Abel, Wichita, Kan., 1,039. 63, Aseret Zetter,
Guadalajara, 1,036. 64, Lauren Pate, Inver
Grove Heights, Minn., 1,032. 65, Natalie Cortese, Hoff-
man Estates, Ill., 1,027. 66, Kayla Stram, Minnetonka,
Minn., 1,021. Dori Fox, Statesville, N.C., 855.
205 entries, only printed 66.
2015 USBC SENIOR QUEENS
At The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley, Green Bay.
Wis.
Thursday's results
ROUND 1 (Five games)
1, Robin Romeo, Newhall, Calif., 1,080. 2, Lisa
Wasson, Murphy, Texas, 1,011. 3, Char Hammel, Las
Vegas, Nev., 984. 4, Tish Johnson, Colorado Springs,
Colo., 981. 5, Beth Owen Cipielewski, Bradenton, Fla.,
978. 6, Lucy Sandelin, Tampa, Fla., 966.
7, (TIE) Christine Weber, Waukesha, Wis., and Terri
Ward, Loveland, Colo., 965. 9, Pam Sprow, Lakeland,
Fla., 961. 10, Kristy Whitcher, Belfair, Wash., 950. 11,
LoriJo Turner, Sheridan, Wyo., 937. 12, Margarita
Ramos, Mexico, 917. 13, Paula Vidad, Sun City, Calif.,
915. 14, (TIE) Mandy Wilson, Dayton, Ohio, and Linda
Cunningham, Davenport, Iowa, 912. 16, Shelley Nell,
Silverdale, Wash., 911. 17, Linda Kelly, Dayton, Ohio,
909. 18, Linda Andrews, Highlands Ranch, Colo., 901.
19, Corinne Hoffman, Rhinelander, Wis., 899. 20,
Karla
Alsgood, Rio Linda, Calif., 898
. 21, Camille Kohner,
Bloominton, Minn., 893. 22,
Jennifer Nelson, Menlo
Park, Calif., 884
. 23, Debbie Colby, Frisco, Texas,
874. 24, Tonda Lee, Fredericksburg, Va., 872. 25,
Melanie McAllister, Colorado Springs, Colo., 870. 26,
Laurie Lanfier, Muscatine, Iowa, 868. 27, Lynn Minning,
Austin, Texas, 856. 28,
Pam Buckner, Reno, Nev.,
855
. 29, Lisa Vint, East Troy, Wis., 851. 30, Carole
Jones, Englewood, Colo., 841. 31, Tayna Fulmer,
McKinney, Texas, 832. 32, Suzanne Soderberg, Cono-
ver, Wis., 805. 33, Loree Hippe, Bremerton, Wash.,
787. 34, Joanne Herman, Natick, Mass., 771. 35,
Karen Tenor, Depere, Wis., 767. 36, Pam Harms, Ap-
ple Valley, Minn., 758. 37, Linda Buffa, Manchester,
N.J., 693.
GOBOWLING.COM TO
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By Terry Bigham
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The PWBA Tour season starts this week with the
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