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ship match, Hamilton scored a 3-0 win over Central Florida’s Kara Bunting. Bunting, second after qualifying, was trying to make it two straight women’s singles titles for Central Florida, with teammate Jenn Boisselle having won the 2010 crown. “It means a lot, representing Van-
derbilt,” said Hamilton, who led the Commodores to a second-place finish in the 2011 NCAA Women’s Bowling Championships. “It’s nice to bring a national championship back there.” In the men’s division, Kyle Barnes
SINGULAR SENSATIONS: Click on the play button (above) to hear Brittni Hamilton and Kyle Barnes discuss their Intercollegiate Singles Championship wins.
ACING THEIR FINAL EXAMS
Hamilton, Barnes earn Intercollegiate Singles Championship crowns
VANDERBILT star Brittni Hamil- ton may have had a slight edge on the competition heading into the 2011 USBC Intercollegiate Singles Cham- pionship in Euless, Texas. The college junior is also a member of both Team USA and Junior Team USA, and both held training camp sessions at the International Training and Research Center in the weeks leading up to the
singles competition. Hamilton’s finely tuned game was
evident from the very beginning, as she outdistanced the 16-player field by nearly 300 pins during the 12-game qualifying session. Seeded into the quarterfinal round of match play, Hamilton then lost just a single game in three best-of-five matches to earn the women’s title. In the champion-
of Middle Tennessee took a slightly longer route to the title, qualifying seventh in the 24-man field and need- ing four match-play wins to capture the crown. In the title match, Barnes needed a strike on his first ball in the final frame to secure a 3-2 win over Junior Team USA member Jacob Kent of Robert Morris-Illinois. “When I left the 10 pin and that
messenger came rolling across,” Kent said, recalling the clinching strike, “the only thing I was hoping was that the pin in front of it didn’t stop it. But it hit it and knocked it right over and that was quite possibly the greatest feeling in the world.” Ironically, Barnes, a first-team All-
American at Pikeville in 2008 before transferring, did not bowl collegiately in 2010-11. Barnes earned his trip to Euless through one of four sectional qualifying events held in March.
9 USBOWLER JUNE 2011
MIKA MAKES HIS PITCH
PBA Tour star Mika Koivuniemi, in Chicago to participate in the GEICO PBA Team Shoot- out at 10pin Bowling Lounge, attempted an overhand strike when he threw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field on Me- morial Day prior to the start of the Chicago Cubs-Houston Astros game. The reigning PBA Player of the Year’s offering was low and outside, but the Cubs still could have used his help. The Astros won the game, 12-7.
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