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Romeo tops top seed Sandelin for Senior U.S. Women’s Open title

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 7:00 pm
Romeo tops top seed Sandelin for Senior U.S. Women’s Open title
Robin Romeo, who won the U.S. Women’s Open in 1989, defeated top seed Lucy Sandelin 225-188 in the title match to win the Senior U.S. Women’s Open on Tuesday at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
For at least a year Robin Romeo gets to say she has done something no other bowler ever has: win both the U.S. Women’s Open and the Senior U.S. Women’s Open. That’s because the Senior Women’s Open that ended Tuesday in Reno was the inaugural addition, so she is the only champion of it until next year. Romeo, who won the Women’s Open in 1989, defeated top seed Lucy Sandelin 225-188 in the title match of the Senior Women’s Open at the National Bowling Stadium...