Lets do it again!

There's a lull between the winter and summer leagues at Rip Van Winkle Lanes, so its time to take a look at the national bowling scene.Kelly Kulick will have the opportunity to repeat as U.S. Women's Open champion - four years after her last title. After a four-year absence, the Women's Open will be held again after the United State Bowling Congress was granted the rights to the name by the Bowling Proprietors Association of America.The event will be staged Aug.13-18 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. A qualifying event will determine 16 finalists who will compete in four separate four-player elimination rounds. The winner of each round earns a spot in the final bracket which will determine the champion.The elimination rounds will be broadcast on tape-delay in the weeks prior to the final which will be telecast live."This is a tremendous and overdue opportunity to both provide elite women bowlers with another major championship to compete in and to support USBC's vision of growing the sport through greater visibility," USBA CEO Roger Dalks said.As part of its growing partnership with the PBA, players entering the Women's Open will have the option of paying an additional entry fee to have their qualifying scores count toward the PBA Women's Tour Trials.A year ago, Kulick became the first woman to earn a full-time exemption on the Denny's Professional Bowlers Association Tour. Last week, she defeated Diandra Asbaty, 192-143, to win the United States Bowling Congress Queens title. She took home $30,000.The USBC Intercollegiate Singles Championships came to an end with Tim Pfeifer and Elysia Current winning titles.Pfeifer, a Robert Morris sophomore who joined Junior Team USA last summer, defeated Penn State's Jason Weaver, 3-2, in the final. He had games of 152-184-179-189 in the four matches.Current, who transfered from Fairleigh Dickinson to Wichita State, led the Shockers to the team title and then added the women's individual championship.Competition continued in the Bobby Snell Doubles Handicap Tournament. Nicole LaValle moved into first place in singles handicap with 552 and she and Dale Patston shot 1086, three pins behind the leaders.Patston is now second in singles scratch with 494 while Frank Billowitz had high scratch game of 290.