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fields set for 2015 xbowling intercollegiate team and singles championships
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arlington, texas - the 32 teams that will compete for collegiate national titles
were decided sunday as the field for the 2015 xbowling intercollegiate team
championships was set.
the field of 16 men's teams and 16 women's teams was determined at sectional
qualifiers at four sites - stratford, new jersey; fort worth, texas; addison,
illinois; and smyrna, tennessee - with the top four teams in each division
advancing.
all teams bowled 64 games of baker competition over two days for the right to
advance to the intercollegiate team championships, which will be held april 16-18 at
northrock lanes in wichita, kansas. the men's and women's finals will be broadcast
on national television.
the mckendree men and women pulled off a sweep of the sectional in smyrna. the
bearcats men's team fired a 64-game total of 13,038 to easily top the field and
advance along with lindenwood, purdue and pikeville. mckendree's women's team shot
12,592 and snapped up nationals spots along with lindenwood, emmanuel and pikeville.
for the second consecutive year, wichita state swept the top spots in fort worth.
the shockers men edged midland by just a pin, finishing with 12,893, with san jose
state and lindenwood-belleville also advancing. the wichita state women fired 12,685
to advance with stephen f. austin, grand view and midland.
in addison, the wisconsin-whitewater women and robert morris-illinois men topped
their respective divisions. wisconsin-whitewater shot 12,626 to top the women's
standings and advance along with bowling green, robert morris-illinois and st.
francis. on the men's side, robert morris-illinois easily topped the field with
13,013 and moved on with wisconsin-whitewater, clarke and davenport.
the urbana men and north carolina a&t women had little trouble in leading the
advancers from stratford. urbana shot 13,366 and picked up nationals spots along
with notre dame-ohio, calumet and webber international. for the women, north
carolina a&t fired 12,421 to advance with webber international, wright state and
delaware state.
the field of 24 men and 16 women who will compete for individual
national championships was determined friday at four 2015 xbowling intercollegiate
singles championships sectional qualifiers.
the intercollegiate singles championships will take place april 14 and 18 at
northrock lanes in wichita, kansas, with the men's and women's finals broadcast on
national television.
qualifying for the national finals was held in stratford, new jersey; addison,
illinois; smyrna, tennessee; and fort worth, texas. all participants bowled six
games with the top four women at each site advancing. the number of men's advancers
was based on entries in each sectional. seven men from smyrna and addison and five
from stratford and fort worth moved on to bowl for the national title.
verity crawley of webber international fired a 300 game en route to a total of 1,310
(218.3 average) to lead the women's field in stratford. also advancing were lauren
hoffman of sacred heart, emily strombeck of north carolina a&t and shannon dewitt of
wright state.
putting up the highest women's score of the day helped julia bond of nebraska
advance with 1,397 (232.8 average) in addison. aretha williams of st. ambrose,
jessica cords of alma and jacqueline evans of lawrence tech also advanced.
in smyrna, brandi underwood of marian fired 1,389 (231.5 average) to advance along
with robyn renslow of vanderbilt, shelly goodwin of lindenwood and alyssa pierson of
lindenwood.
wichita state's daria kovalova shot 1,385 (230.8) to finish atop the leaderboard in
fort worth. carrie hopkinson of sam houston state, emily eckhoff of hastings and
kristie lopez of wichita state also punched their ticket.
on the men's side, davenport's sean black put up the biggest score in any of the
sectional qualifiers as he shot 1,388 (231.3 average) to top the standings in
addison. vince bachteler of nebraska, joshua anderson of st. ambrose, tylor greene
of robert morris-illinois, alan wedrickas of minnesota state, cameron weier of
robert morris-illinois and zachery brandt of davenport moved on as well.
in smyrna, ben pallardy of lindenwood fired 1,373 (228.8 average) to advance along
with dj rose of concordia, devon miller of morehead state, andy henrich of ohio
state, sean pepper of indiana state, andre fors of lindenwood and cameron smith of
lindenwood. smith defeated teammate kyle sherman, 40-25, in a ninth and 10th frame
rolloff to earn the last spot.
david lance of webber international led the field in stratford, finishing with 1,340
(223.3 average). joshua roca of nassau community college, meeco walker of notre
dame-ohio, cody reichenberger of webber international and brian gaines of temple
also advanced.
in fort worth, michael tang of san jose state fired 1,360 (226.6 average) to finish
on top of the leaderboard and advance along with christopher colella of wichita
state, tyler cruz of wichita state, payden stumpf of midland and matt mcniel of
wichita state.
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