2011 Bowling US Womens Open: Semifinal: Lynda Barnes vs Leanne Hulsenberg part 2

[pdarksage]

One heck of a match!!!

[supergnc]

I still can't figure out how Leanne get's the ball speed she gets. Her approach seems to take all of the momentum away. But then her release is about as smooth as I've seen, and somehow she generates decent speed.

[MrHarps19]

Poor Lynda she did not know she lost

by 1 pin 247 to 246.Lynda thought she was

in the final's vs Kulick.

[frogsandbears5534]

lynda really is a barnes lol

[hammerhead817]

shes rolling an ebonite cyclone

[Icanrevv381]

BOOMER!

[fastingtom]

I think if you're Leanne Hulsenberg (wow-it's hard not to Say Barrette), you watch the trip four in the eleventh by Barnes, and you're not thinking Barnes will tally eight on the fill ball. But the ball goes way high, and Hulsenberg makes another US Open final. Wow. Mr Irish Pogi, thank you so much for posting this video. It really helps. -Tom McElheney, Bowling World Magazine

[Nellil]

Leanne Hulsenberg is rolling a Radical Slant from Phil Cardinale's new company Radical Bowling...

[im264shirt]

I'm not even a fan of women's bowling, but damn, that was some comeback by Leanne Hulsenberg!

[zimbob68]

I think it is the new Cyclone

[Musicalbowlrkat300]

GREAT MATCH. Is Barrette-Hulsenberg rolling a Cyclone by ebi, or a Game Changer or what!? Looks even and SICK!

[bigjew899]

I disagree with choking being the Barnes' tradition. Lynda didn't open in the 10th frame unlike Chris who can't even make a single pin spare in the 10th frame. There is a difference. Lynda needed 29 pins in the tenth to tie. She had to beat 247. Different than Chris who needed only to beat a 200 to win the 2008 ToC, and all he needed was 15 or so pins in the tenth or something like that.

[siusiubing]

what a match!!!

[madssebasse]

speechless!

[SELLSHAKO]

Wow LOL..

[bgmnzz]

Lynda is way better than Chris as far as I'm concerned. But all of us bowlers have eased up on a clutch shot now and then. I'd bet on Lynda to crush the rack in that situation 9 times out of 10. Oh, and by the way, she doesn't bowl as much as she used to now that she's raising a family. No choke, I say things happen some times. And Leanne always had the magic touch in the clutch. Almost as many TV appearances as Walter Ray or Pete!

[shad0h027]

@bgmnzz Agree, look what Lynda did to Sean Rash in the Clash a few years ago... no choking there!

[hisbassness]

@bgmnzz No, I think that's a choke. Look at how each shot in the 10th her angle straightens out a little more. Although her scores don't show it because she got some good breaks, she was fighting doing that a couple of shots each match, and that's definitely a big no no on that right lane. And if the ratio wasn't 5:1, that would have looked like a mega choke.

[bgmnzz]

@hisbassness Watch the next 2 videos. PS I watched today's Don Carter division of the World Championship and these girls would have wiped the floor with those guys!!

[hisbassness]

@bgmnzz I'm not saying they didn't bowl well (they are professionals, after all), it's just that if you look at Lynda's scorecard it looks like she bowled a significantly better game than what you usually see on TV. Usually you see two or three shots where they don't keep up with the transition, or pull/leak it a little bit. Lynda did in fact pull a couple of shots in each match, but they held because of the oil. And, unfortunately, in the tenth they were pulled consecutively more.

[bgmnzz]

@hisbassness I didn't make my point clear. After Lynda lost the match, it was revealed on air that Lynda pulled a muscle in her forearm during the match. It

affected her release and she eventually lost. I would bet on Lynda against anybody except maybe Kelly K. in a money match. Pound for pound anybody(okay except Walter Ray and Mika now that he's hot). Lynda would certainly do well on everybody who was on TV on Dec. 11th.

[hisbassness]

@bgmnzz That's right. I totally forgot all about that. : /

[pdarksage]

@bgmnzz That's adding insult to injury when an excuse such as an injury is the reason you lost. It's like telling someone that they aren't better than you; they were only better than you because you weren't 100%.

[yourmomtwice]

Typical barnes

[amibo21]

So Choking is a Barnes Tradition right??

[Lillynable]

god!!! best game ever!

[b0wnguyen316]

Awesome

[guffnuh]

and the barnes's choking legacy lives on

[fugueoflife]

@guffnuh How is finishing 3rd out of 280 bowlers choking? Seriously....

[stephenboy8]

Wow what a finish