Kelly Kulick becomes first woman to win PBA Tour title Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., became the first woman to win a PBA Tour title on Sunday when she defeated Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, to win the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas.She beat No. 3 qualifier Mika Koivuniemi of Hartland, Mich., to advance to the final, where she beat Barnes, the 2007-08 PBA player of the year, 265-195.Kulick earned a berth in the Tournament of Champions by winning the PBA Women's World Championship, the first PBA women's major tournament. The Tournament of Champions is one of the PBA Tour's four major tournaments.Kulik, 32, was the first woman to earn a PBA Tour exemption, in 2006, and has two PBA Women Series... Kulick, Hartland's Koivuniemi add color to PBA's Tournament of Champions 2 seed — Kelly Kulick. The first woman ever to qualify for the Tournament of Champions field became the first woman ever to make the finals telecast. ... Juniors get chance to shine in two upcoming tourneys CHANCE AT HISTORY: Morehead State graduate Kelly Kulick moved a step closer in her quest to become the first woman to win a Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour tournament Friday by qualifying in the No. 2 position for today's stepladder finals of the 45th PBA Tournament of Champions at Red Rock Lanes. ESPN will televise the show at 1 p.m. Kulick averaged 231.2 for her final six games in the final round of match play Friday night to move from No. 6 to second. The first match today has No. 3 Mika Koivuniemi against No. 4 qualifier Rhino Page. Kulick faces the winner of that match. The winner there takes on top seed Chris Barnes for the title. This event is the second of the PBA's four majors... IN BRIEF Chris Barnes is the top seed, followed by Kelly Kulick -- looking to become the first female champion in a PBA event -- Mika Koivuniemi and Rhino Page. ... First 300 is in mixed company But Kelly Kulick became the first female bowler to earn a TV finals spot in the TofC, coming in second after match play. She went 14-9-1 in match play and ... Ex-51s at big league prices ... at today's Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of Champions at Red Rock Lanes are a woman named Kelly Kulick and a guy named Rhino Page. ... Kettering bowler 2nd in state tourney Liz Johnson (111748) and Kelly Kulick (107157) are in first and second place, respectively. Johnson and Kulick, like Pluhowsky, advanced to the match play ... 45th Tournament of Champions Showcases Tour-s Elite - Here are a few especially noteworthy stories: *Kelly Kulick of Union, NJ, will once again make PBA Tour history by becoming the first woman to compete in a ... Rhino Page Leads After Second Round in PBA Tournament of Champions - Kelly Kulick, the first woman to earn a berth in the Tournament of Champions by winning the PBA Women's Championship earlier this season, is currently in ...