May 24, 2011
Vanderbilt’s Brittni Hamilton with men’s qualifier champ Nick Davis of North Carolina State
(photo courtesy of bowl.com)
EULESS, Texas – Vanderbilt’s Brittni Hamilton dominated the women’s field and earned the top seed for the single-elimination match-play bracket at the 2011 United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Singles Championships.
In doing so, Hamilton appears to have resumed her summer of dominance she enjoyed last year when she won the USBC Junior Gold title, a Silver Medal at the World Youth Games and earned a berth on both the Team USA and Junior Team USA rosters.
A field of 24 men and 16 women are competing in the Intercollegiate Singles Championships to crown individual college bowling champions. All players advanced to Tuesday’s match-play bracket, which will be broadcast live on BOWL.com.
Hamilton, the 2010 Female Amateur Bowler of the Year and three-time NCAA All-American, led the field by nearly 300 pins. Kara Bunting of Central Florida was the closest to Hamilton, settling for second place with 2,356. Calumet College’s Alice Veenstra was third with 2,351.
The top four women’s qualifiers earned byes into Round 3 of match play, while the sixth through eighth qualifiers earned first-round byes. All matches will be best-of-five games. A bracket is found on bowl.com.
1, Brittni Hamilton, Vanderbilt, 2,639.
2, Kara Bunting, Central Florida, 2,356.
3, Alice Veenstra, Calumet College, 2,351.
4, Jenny Petzoldt, Lindenwood, 2,348.
5, Jenn Boisselle, Central Florida, 2,338.
6, Kim Yioulos, Pikeville, 2,324.
7, Kristen Ruzicka, Midland, 2,318.
8, Danielle Locurto, Adelphi, 2,309.
9, Christine Gill, McKendree, 2,284.
10, Maria Jose Rodriguez, Maryland Eastern Shore, 2,274.
11, Kristina Frahm, Maryland Eastern Shore, 2,227.
12, Katelyn Zwiefelhofer, Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2,221.
13, Jillian McBride, Lindenwood, 2,208.
14, Megan Buja, Maryland Eastern Shore, 2,197.
15, Kandis Garland, Northwestern Ohio, 2,152.
16, Nicole Bring, Fresno State, 2,072.
