PBA Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli (pictured left) retained his lead in the PBA50 Pasco County Suncoast Open benefiting Wounded Warriors after Tuesday's second round but standout woman amateur Lucy Sandelin of Tampa made a statement by finishing qualifying in third.

Monacelli, the 2012 PBA50 Senior Rookie of the Year, finished qualifying with a 3,819 16-game pinfall total (238.6 average) to outdistance PBA Hall of Famer and four-time PBA50 Player of the Year Tom Baker (right) by 117 pins who was second with 3,702.

In Monacelli's second eight-game round Tuesday, he bowled games of 276, 269, 245, 255, 239, 235, 181 and 266. The Venezuelan leads a field of 40 players who advanced to Wednesday's match play rounds.

"Overall I'm bowling real well and I feel good," said Monacelli, who won the 2012 Senior U.S. Open and is a 19-time PBA Tour champion. "My whole life I've worked hard to stay in shape and combine that with the right amount of practice which is working well for me now.

"Another thing that is working well for me is to not wasting time making a change whether it be with my equipment or with ball speed and where to play on the lane," he added.

Sandelin (left), a member of the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame, qualified third with a 3,651 pinfall total (228.1 average) and will be hoping to add another chapter to Professional Bowlers Association history as she tries to become the first woman to win a PBA50 Tour (formerly known as Senior Tour) tournament. She had games of 236, 224, 211, 242, 216, 257, 258 and 214 in the second round.

Her job will be made easier as she earned byes for three match play rounds as a result of finishing in the top eight in qualifying.

"When I entered the tournament I was hoping to make match play because I thought, hey, I can make it to the top 40," said Sandelin, who was the 1996 women's national amateur champion and United States Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year for bowling in 1992 and 1996. "But then as qualifying went on I was bowling better and I thought maybe I can make the top 30 or top 20 but here I am in the top eight.

"One thing that really helped today was I studied my equipment and knew when I needed to throw which ball," the 10-time Team USA member added. "I wasn't having to fish for what balls would work during the second block. Heading into match play I need to continue to be smart about my equipment and just stay in the moment."

Sandelin is trying to become the first woman to win a PBA50 Tour tournament. The highest finishes by women in a PBA50 event are ninth by Linda Kelly in the 2006 Senior Decatur Open and Robin Romeo who finished 22nd in the 2007 USBC Senior Masters.

Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J. became the only woman to win a PBA Tour event when she won the PBA Tournament of Champions in 2010.

Match play continues all day Wednesday with championship rounds scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. ET. PBA's online bowling channel Xtra Frame is providing start to finish coverage of the Pasco County Suncoast Open.

 

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PBA50 Pasco County Suncoast Open - Second Round Qualifying

Players with position, hometown and 16-game total. The top 40 advance to match play. a-amateur, s-super seniors out of the regular prize list cashing for $700.

1, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,819
2, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,702
3, a-Lucy Sandelin, Tampa, Fla., 3,651
4, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp, Mich., 3,629
5, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3,579
6, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,560
7, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,554
8, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 3,548
9, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,544
10, John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 3,540
11, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 3,539
12, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3,506
13, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 3,475
14, a-Widmar Vargas, Riverview, Fla., 3,465
15, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 3,457
16, Peter Knopp, Germany, 3,445
17, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 3,442
18, Nick Morgan, Sacramento, Calif., 3,439
19, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,386
20, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 3,375
21, Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 3,365
22, Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 3,358
23, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 3,356
24, Steve Neff, Homosassa Springs, Fla., 3,351
25, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 3,349
26, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 3,347
27, a-Larry Barwick, Wauchula, Fla., 3,346
28, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 3,327
29, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 3,324
30, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 3,316
31, Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,300
32, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,292
33, Dennis Rakauskas, Apopka, Fla., 3,284
34, Doug O'Bryant, Jasper, Ga., 3,270
35, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3,265
36, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 3,264
37, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 3,262
38, (tie) Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., and
Joe Scarborough, Mars Hill, N.C., 3,260
40, Guppy Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 3,254

Missed Cut:
41, a-Duane Podgorski, Lakeland, Fla., 3,250
42, (tie) Randy Robertson, Evansville, Ind., and
s-Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 3,231, $700
44, David Zelger, Red Lion, Pa., 3,227
45, s-Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 3,226, $700
46, Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 3,224
47, s-Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3,223, $700
48, (tie) Lee Rucker, Fort Myers, Fla., and
Michael Owen, Gainesville, Fla., 3,209
50, Jeffrey Herman, Bonaire, Ga., 3,208
51, a-Jeffery Roberson, Land O'Lakes, Fla., 3,206
52, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 3,189
53, (tie) a-Edgar Gomez, Colombia, and
Ron Dixon, Boynton Beach, Fla., 3,185
55, s-Rick Minier, Houston, Texas, 3,179, $700
56, (tie) Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., and
s-Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 3,178, $700
58, Gary Morgan, Marietta, Ga., 3,166
59, Tom Kennedy, Shepherdsville, Ky., 3,165
60, s-Lee Brosius, Ashburn, Va., 3,164, $700
61, a,s-Robert Morrison, New Port Richey, Fla., 3,161, $700
62, (tie) Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D.,
a-Patrick Trudeau, St. Petersburg, Fla., 3,158
64, Wayne Bolin, Lumberton, N.C., 3,154
65, s-Nick Panicaro, Ocala, Fla., 3,142, $700
66, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,139
67, Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 3,134
68, Richard Esposito, Clearwater, Fla., 3,129
69, Vince Mazzanti Jr., Levittown, Pa., 3,128
70, Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., 3,127
71, Dan Ahlquist, Sweden, 3,118
72, Leif Sjoberg, Sweden, 3,095
73, Ed Cutter, Manassas Park, Va., 3,088
74, a-Philip Frey, Lutz, Fla., 3,087
75, Ron Woods, Hudson, Fla., 3,084
76, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 3,056
77, Don Sylvia, Lady Lake, FL, 3,048
78, Dale Lee, Brandon, Fla., 3,044
79, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 3,042
80, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 3,038
81, Chuck Gardner, Charlotte, N.C., 3,037
82, Dave Sill, Titusville, Fla., 3,034
83, Keith Glasgow, St. Petersburg, Fla., 3,024
84, Michael Truitt, Orland Park, Ill., 3,022
85, (tie) Paul Lemond, Jasper, Ind, and
Andy Ippolito, Forest Hills, N.Y., 3,012
87, William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., 3,000
88, (tie) Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., and
Brian Cooper, Visalia, Calif., 2,995
90, Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., 2,988
91, Peter Brainard, Tampa, Fla., 2,985
92, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 2,968
93, a-Dave Titer, Land O' Lakes, Fla., 2,958
94, Ron Glick, Morganville, N.J., 2,947
95, John Younger, Ledyard, Conn., 2,940
96, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 2,934
97, Timothy Bates, Orlando, Fla., 2,932
98, Dave Schultz, Jackson, Wis., 2,925
99, a-Donald Helsel, Tampa, Fla., 2,920
100, Tommy King, Oakdale, N.Y., 2,909
101, Danny Gould, Palm Bay, Fla, 2,908
102, Patsy DellaPenna, Palm Harbor, Fla., 2,907
103, Steven Boxerman, University City, Mo., 2,903
104, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 2,900
105, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 2,899
106, a-Nicholas Crisafulli, Tarpon Springs, Fla., 2,857
107, Don Michaelsen Sr., Plant City, Fla., 2,855
108, Bob Pazur, Venice, Fla, 2,844
109, Douglas Weese, Carson City, Mich., 2,838
110, Larry Montgomery, Safety Harbor, Fla., 2,837
111, Jim Heintz, St. Charles, Mo., 2,801
112, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 2,779
113, Dan Howsmon, Lutz, Fla., 2,775
114, Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 2,770
115, Steve Bova, Massapequa, N.Y., 2,760
116, Stephen Lippman, Palm Harbor, Fla., 2,749
117, Lindell Woolard, Tallahassee, Fla., 2,718
118, Dennis Amato, Pine Brook, N.J., 2,704
119, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 2,585
120, a-Rolando Sebelen, Dominican Republic, 2,490

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