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Insider Information from the Round of 32 with Rick Benoit

Qualifying Position Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8 TV
 
 

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1 vs 32

1

Non Staff

 Ebonite

 

MoRich Non Staff 2

2 vs 31

17 vs 16

16

Dynothane

 

 

Storm

Non Staff

15

18 vs 15

9 vs 24

9

Columbia

  

 

MoRich

Non Staff

10

10 vs 23

25 vs 8

8

Brunswick

  

 

 

Columbia

7

26 vs 7

       

 

       

5 vs 28

5

Brunswick

 

 

 

Storm

27

6 vs 27

21 vs 12

21

Ebonite

  

 

Brunswick

Non Staff

22

22 vs 11

13 vs 20

20

Storm

 

 

 

Storm

19

14 vs 19

29 vs 4

4

Non Staff

Brunswick

 

 

Brunswick

3

30 vs 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
1 Patrick Allen Non Staff  
  vs.    
32 Michael Haugen Jr Non Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  PA MH
1 202 223
2 277 214
3 238 194
4 213 203
5 207 236
6 214 258
7 257 210
ttl    
     

 

         Michael had a lot more riding on this match than Patrick and he gave it a good run but he lost his look and Patrick found his in game seven. Michael is now officially out of the exempt race, he will have to go to tour trials if he plans on being exempt next year.

 

17 Bo Goergen Brunswick Staff  
  vs.    
16 Steve Jaros Dynothane Staff  
 

Balls Used

 Comments
  BG SJ
1 176 233
2 180 185
3 192 234
4 199 245
5    
6    
7    
ttl    
     

 

         Was Bo's look that bad?

 

9 Tim Criss Columbia Staff  
  vs.    
24 David Traber Non Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  TC DT
1 259 213
2 265 216
3 241 213
4 193 257
5 183 216
6 258 237
7    
ttl    
     
        When Tim Struck Dave didn't. When Dave Struck Tim Didn't.

Then they was game seven that was a good match.

 

25 Parker Bohn III Brunswick Staff  
  vs.    
8 Brad Angelo Brunswick Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  PB III BA
1 193 289
2 200 245
3 201 207
4 190 219
5    
6    
7    
ttl    
     
        It is not a good feeling when you can't get your ball to read the lane right and your opponent is shooting 289-245.

 

5 Tom Baker Brunswick Staff  
  vs.    
28 Tommy Delutz Jr Non Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  TB TD
1 186 244
2 235 244
3 247 237
4 257 221
5 194 213
6 235 168
7 247 227
ttl    
     
        There were a lot of games in this match in the 230/240 range. Tom just got one more close game victory than Tommy.

 

21 Jeff Lizzi Ebonite Staff  
  vs.    
12 Rudy Kasimakis Lane #1 Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  JL RK
1 236 173
2 192 213
3 151 200
4 249 220
5 279 192
6 206 190
7    
ttl    
     
        Just when Jeff looked like he had no chance of winning he made the right move. And dawg gone it Rudy you have got to get this match play thing figured out. There was enough friction this week.

 

13 Blaise Bedolla Hammer Staff  
  vs.    
20 Pete Weber Storm Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  BB PW
1 180 257
2 256 255
3 245 211
4 204 249
5 219 253
6 212 220
7    
ttl    
     
        I have seen Blaise compete with Pete before but on this day it was obvious Pete deals with oil going down lane better than Blaise.

 

29 Paul Fleming Non Staff  
  vs.    
4 Danny Wiseman Non Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  PF DW
1 237 189
2 190 227
3 248 203
4 188 225
5 208 277
6 202 204
7    
ttl    
     
        Paul's only chance of gaining exempt status through the point standings were on the line in this match. He needed to stay ahead of Dale Traber and Dale had already swept Mike Edwards in the same round. This was a match that was winnable for either player and I would have expected the lanes to transition in a higher scoring environment than they did. Game six was decided when Paul needed to fill 20 in the 10th frame. A great shot on his first attempt in the 10th left a ring 10 his second attempt in the 10th when he had to strike was not so good.

 

2 Walter Ray Williams Jr Non Staff  
  vs.    
31 DJ Archer Non Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  WRW DA
1 279 192
2 224 257
3 249 197
4 227 201
5 290 236
6    
7    
ttl    
     
        It is decision time for DJ. Sooner or later he is going to find out that just hooking the ball more than your opponent is not what professional bowling is about. I like the kid but he has got to learn to work harder if he wants to remain a professional. He has had ample time to learn.

 

18 Rick Steelsmith Non Staff  
  vs.    
15 Norm Duke Non Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  RS ND
1 185 199
2 227 234
3 278 215
4 201 236
5 212 211
6 257 180
7 186 211
ttl    
     
        Rick Steelsmith is the feel good story of the year. There are other players that fall into the same category on the point list but Rick is the one bowler who has seen his hard work rewarded at the end of the season. Rick has worked as hard as anybody at changing his game to match up and has been doing it for three years. He has gone through it all. Balls, layouts, and in the end he committed to doing it physically. I think back to what his game was all about three years ago and I can honestly say I am so very proud of his accomplishments. Not only do I know he has a chance every week now but so does he.

Taking this match to game seven was very important for Rick. Sure he wanted to win the match and it would make things easier but winning games 5 and 6 proved to be just enough to get Rick his exempt status for next year.

 

10 Amleto Monacelli Non Staff  
  vs.    
23 Chris Loschetter Non Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  AM CL
1 214 165
2 212 201
3 200 141
4 224 231
5 226 210
6    
7    
ttl    
     
        I knew on the truck the night before that Chris wasn't going to like what he saw on the lane today but he wasn't bowling against somebody with a great angle match up either. Both players needed a little more friction to throw at or better commitment to building the shot.

 

26 Tommy Jones Ebonite Staff  
  vs.    
7 Chris Barnes Columbia Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  TJ CB
1 200 209
2 201 224
3 268 245
4 246 227
5 142 195
6 208 239
7    
ttl    
     
        TJ is great but no real surprise here.

 

6 Mike Scroggins Non Staff  
  vs.    
27 Patrick Healey Jr Storm Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  MS PH
1 199 224
2 196 258
3 167 223
4 258 247
5 177 202
6    
7    
ttl    
     
        It is hard to win a match on the PBA tour when you are struggling to have the first number in your score to be 2.

 

22 Dale Traber Non Staff  
  vs.    
11 Mike Edwards Ebonite Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  DT ME
1 257 233
2 204 193
3 247 200
4 268 256
5    
6    
7    
ttl    
     
        This match could have gone seven games just as easily as it was a sweep.

 

14 Andres Gomez Storm Staff  
  vs.    
19 Jeff Carter Storm Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  AG JC
1 215 220
2 227 225
3 212 220
4 165 217
5 214 260
6    
7    
ttl    
     
        Andres was fighting for his exempt status and I have to add that he has done a much better job of matching up his ball roll on the fresh this last month. Jeff got two of the three close ones and then ran over Andres in games 4 and 5.

I wonder if we will see Andres at tour trials. I think he likes it out here so I bet we will. There are many international players that don't adapt to the tour life that well.

 

30 Jason Hurd Non Staff  
  vs.    
3 Mika Koivuniemi Brunswick Staff  
  Balls Used Comments
  JH MK
1 196 224
2 214 218
3 200 225
4 189 191
5    
6    
7    
ttl    
     
        Mika sweep! Jason made things a lot harder on himself as far as the exempt points are concerned. He needed to get as many points as he could because there are a lot of possibilities at this time that could effect his status. In the end it all worked out well as he will go into the TofC knowing he will have a job next year no matter what happens.