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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us May 26, 2005 Ashland native wins bowling title Montagnino bags seven straight strikes en route to championship Staff and Wire reports Montagnino MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Entering Tuesday’s best-of-five, single-elimination match play at the 2005 Collegiate Singles Championships, Newman junior and Ashland High alum Bianca Montagnino was just hoping to make good shots. If she won a single bowling match, the Ashland native would have been more than satisfied with her performance considering she was the No. 6 seed after Monday’s qualifying. Instead, Montagnino went above and beyond her expectations — earning a 3-1 victory over Kansas senior Kelly Zapf in the women’s title match to complete an unexpected run to a national championship. “I definitely exceeded my expectations,” said the right-handed Montagnino. “I’m more than shocked right now.” Montagnino turned back the left-handed Zapf with a steady string of strikes coupled with only one open frame in the four games against the No. 1 seed. Montagnino closed Game 1 with six late strikes on the way to a 234-224 victory. After Zapf evened the match with a 228-182 triumph in Game 2, Montagnino turned momentum back her way by striking on 10 of 12 attempts — closing with seven straight — and picking up a split conversion for a 258-209 victory in Game 3. “It’s one of those things when they start falling for you, they start falling for you,” said Montagnino, who clinched the title with a 224-204 victory in Game 4. “I know I borrowed her side of the head-pin a few times, but I guess that is the way it was meant to be.” Montagnino, who received a first-round bye thanks to her high seed from qualifying, blanked Lindenwood senior Jessica Lesagonicz 3-0 in the second round before meeting up with a pair of the pre-tournament favorites — Pikeville freshman Kayla Bandy, and Central Florida junior Stefanie Nation. Montagnino went on to beat the No. 3-seeded Bandy, the 2004-05 National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association Rookie of the Year and Junior Team USA member, 3-1 in the quarterfinals before putting the clamps on a 3-2 semifinal victory over the No. 2-seeded Nation, the two-time reigning U.S. Junior Amateur champion and member of Team USA and Junior Team USA. “They were such great competitors and always make good shots,” Montagnino said. “I wanted to capitalize when they did something maybe out of the ordinary. Bowling against Stefanie was amazing — she was making such great shots. My heart goes to her because she was getting bad breaks.” Montagnino received the Marion Ladewig Trophy, named for the legendary Women’s International Bowling Congress Championship Tournament champion. Participants bowled 12 qualifying games Monday to determine seeding for the best-of-five, single-elimination match play competition. The top four seeds in each division received byes to match play’s third round, while No. 5 through No. 8 seeds received byes to the second round. Qualifying for the Collegiate Singles Championships was held at the four Intercollegiate Bowling Championships Sectional Qualifier sites — Allentown, Pa.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Fairview Heights, Ill.; and San Jose, Calif. — on March 18. All participants bowled six games with total pinfall determining final standings. The top four finishers in each division (male and female) at each site advanced to the Collegiate Singles Championships. Visit USBCCollegiate.com for more information on the 2005 Collegiate Singles Championships and USBC Collegiate. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Online Pharmacy Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations Hammocks Water Filter Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams