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Town Hall Lanes Owner Frank Ferri Jr, Champion Tara Cohan, WNDA President Chuck Kramer A new star emerged as Tara Cohen of Owings Mills, MD seized her first WNDA Pro Tour championship this weekend. Cohen has been having a very successful year. In March, the two-handed bowler won the Ladies All-Star Classic at AMF Westview in Baltimore, MD, and in July, she placed 4th at the second pro tour event of the season in Hamden, CT.
At the conclusion of Saturday's qualifying round, twenty-four participants advanced to the divisional playoffs. A score of 1025 or better was needed in order to advance. At the end of Sunday's match-play, the women were also seeded on a ladder; however, unlike the men, the women are seeded based solely on their record, with score acting as a tie-breaker. Cohen was seeded second on the ladder and, like Sears, would have to wait to see who she would be up against.
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DPBA Winner Joey Sears, WNDA Winner Tara Cohen, and Town Hall Lanes Proprietor Frank Ferri Jr.
In the first game, Elena Foldeak from Seymour, CT, defeated Kristin Bull of Baltimore, MD in a 136-117 game. Foldeak now had to face Pat Rinaldi of Bethesda, MD. Rinaldi had been bowling great all day, averaging almost 160 for her games earlier that day, which included a game of 204. Rinaldi continued her impressive streak, defeating Foldeak 160-131. Rinaldi was to now face Tara Cohen. Cohen took the lead and put up a score of 165 while Rinaldi got some tough breaks and finished with 115. In the final match of the weekend, Cohen had to bowl against Kristy Penny of Sparrows Point, MD. In a match that was close the entire game, it all came down to the final ball of the tenth frame in which Cohen was able to edge out Penny by a single pin, 144-143.
The next event of the WNDA season will take place on September 3-5, 2010 at Pinland Lanes in Dundalk, MD.