After beginning the championship match with a tie at 188, St. John's University senior Adam Chase defeated North Carolina State's Nick Davis - 172-166, 231-216 and 204-169 - during each of the next three games to win the men's national title at the 2009 USBC Intercollegiate Singles Championships at AMF Euless Lanes in Euless, Texas, Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Wichita State University junior Daniela Alvarado went 9-0 during match play en route to the women's national title, defeating Martin Methodist's Hayley Beavis, 3-0 in the women's championship match.

"After 24 games, I'm exhausted, but I just kept finding a way to grind games out to keep moving on," Chase said. "I could go to bed right now, but what a great feeling."

Chase earned the right to bowl for the title by downing No. 3 seed Robert Klann 3-2 (185-158, 177-188, 186-202, 210-135, 229-207) during semifinal action. One round earlier, Chase advanced by scoring a 3-2 (172-231, 275-264, 179-213, 212-174, 265-234) victory over the tournament's No. 2 seed, Wichita State's Jacob Peters.

"I got a few bad breaks yesterday to qualify tenth, but I've been bowling really well over the last couple months, so I was really confident that I could do something special in this tournament," Chase said. "I just took it one game a time, and I made the most of things today."

Alvarado credits the victory to her ability to read the challenging lane conditions and to the support of her Wichita State teammates.

"The lane conditions fit my natural shot, so I was able to get a perfect read for what was going on from one ball to the next," Alvarado said. "This was a great tournament with a lot of great bowlers, so I'm very excited that I was able to win, especially with my friends and teammates here to cheer me on."

For the tournament, Alvarado established a 21-game average of 215.19 and recorded 19 games of 200 or better. Her low game on Tuesday was the 202 she notched during the deciding game of the title match.

2009 USBC INTERCOLLEGIATE SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
at AMF Euless Lanes Euless
Euless, Texas

MEN

Championship
(10) Adam Chase, St. John's def. (5) Nick Davis, North Carolina State 3-1-1 (188-188, 172-166, 231-216, 204-169).

WOMEN

Championship
(1) Daniela Alvarado, Wichita State def. (2) Hayley Beavis, Martin Methodist 3-0 (223-191, 206-160, 202-159).