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FISHER FENDS OFF BLACK WIDOW
by Kirstin Pires
Saying she played as well as she has in a number of tournaments this year, top-ranked Allison Fisher successfully defended her Women’s Professional Billiards Association national title with a sound 7-2 thumping of previously unbeaten Jeanette Lee in the championship match of the 2000 nationals at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, Mich., Sunday night.
Capitalizing on several safety errors by Lee in the early going, Fisher built leads of 3-0, 4-1 and 5-2 in the match, which avenged Fisher’s lone loss of the tournament, a 9-4 beating by Lee in the winners bracket semi-final of the 64-player event.
"After playing poorly in the first match of the day, I got fired up for my semi-final match against Karen Corr," said Fisher who earned $10,000 in winning her fourth national title in five years. "That level of play carried over into the final match. I played as well in the final match as I have in some time."
For Lee, whose ranking had slipped as low as 10 this season, the title-match loss ended her hopes of avoiding a winless year. Lee earned $7,000 of the $80,000-purse as runner up.
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FINAL STANDINGS
1. Allison Fisher - $10,000
2. Jeanette Lee - $7,000
3. Karen Corr - $5,000
4. Helena Thornfeldt - $3,400
5/6 Jennifer Chen, Gerda Hofstatter $2,500
7/8 Ewa Laurance, Nicole Mancini $2,000
9/12
Belinda Campos, Loree Jon Jones, Vivian Villarreal, Dawn Hopkins $1,700
13/16
Aileen Pippin, Tammie Jones, Monica Webb, Julie Kelly $1,400
17/24
Vicki Paski, Robin Dodson, Tiffany Nelson, Laura Smith, Line Kjoersvik, Nesli Ohare, Ming Ng, Julie Mason $1,150
25/32
Linda Carter, Fran Crimi, Gail Lave, Sharon Weis, Shelly Barnes, Kelly Willis, Darlene Stinson, Alice Rim $900
33/48
Megan Smith, Maureen Seto, Melissa Herndon, Bonnie Coats, Linda Shea,
Angela Mears, Janet Atwell, Cassie Anderson, Diana Minor, Candi Rego, Kathy
MacDonald, Jeri Engh, Melissa Little, Jeannie Seaver, Stacy Hurst, Jan
McWorter $650
49/64
Shari Stauch, Bev Carrick, Pat Tipton, Liz Schwartzreich, Michelle
Kedanis, Susan Mello, Helen Gaughran, Lisa Merkin, Cynthia Ferrer, Donna
Tidwell, Cristi Dickerson, Ramona Biddle, Kelly Oyama, Stephanie Nakagawa,
Anne Gray, Romana Dokovic $400.
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Winner's Bracket Finals Match
Allison Fisher 7 Jeanette Lee 2
Winner's Bracket Finals
Lee 9 Corr 8
Winner's Bracket Semifinals
Jeanette Lee [10] 9 Allison Fisher [1] 4
Karen Corr [2] 9 Gerda Hofstatter [5] 1
Winner's Bracket - Quarterfinals
Allison Fisher [1] 9 Dawn Hopkins [13] 4
Karen Corr [2] 9 Ewa Laurance [7] 5
Gerda Hofstatter [5] 9 Vivian Villarreal [3] 4
Jeanette Lee [10] 9 Helena Thornfeldt [4] 6
Loser's Bracket
Jennifer Chen [6] 9 Vivian Villarreal [3] 4
Ewa Laurance [7] 9 Loree Jon Jones [9] 7
Nicole Mancini [24] 9 Dawn Hopkins [13] 1
Helena Thornfeldt [4] 9 Belinda Campos [17] 8
Jennifer Chen 9
Ewa Laurance 7
Helena Thornfeldt 9 Nicole Mancini 4
Allison Fisher 9
Jennifer Chen 4
Helena Thornfeldt 9 Gerda Hofstatter 8
Loser's Bracket 3rd Round
Kelly Willis 9
Kathy MacDonald 8
Neslie Ohare 9 Diana Minor 8
Loree Jon Jones 9 Megan Smith 4
Alice Rim 9
Jeri Engh 3
Loser's Bracket - fourth round
Robin Dodson 9 Sharon Weis 4
Belinda Campos 9 Shelly Barnes 5
Tammie Jones 9 Gail Lave 5
Nicole Mancini 9 Darlene Stinson 2
Nicole Mancini 9 Darlene Stinson 2
Neslie OHare 9 Kelly Willis 4
Loree Jon Jones 9 Alice Rim 1
Loser's Bracket - fifth round
Aileen Pippen 9 Robin Dodson 6
Belinda Campos 9 Vicki Paski 4
Tammie Jones 9. Tiffany Nelson 7
Nicole Mancini 9 Laura Smith 3
Ming Ng 9
Fran Crimi 5
Julie Mason 9 Linda Carter 4
Loser's Bracket - sixth round
Loree Jon Jones 9 Line Kjoersvik 5
Julie Kelly 9
Neslie OHare 6
Jennifer Chen 9 Ming Ng 5
Monica Webb 9 Julie Mason 6
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