Piet and WPU Both Finish Ninth at Warhawk Open
The Statesmen men’s bowling team ended up just a few pins short of qualifying for match play as it competed well at the Warhawk Open Saturday and Sunday.
William Penn finished ninth out of 24 teams with 8,855 pins in six regular games and 16 Baker games. Wisconsin-Whitewater topped qualifying with 9,407 pins, but it was #2 seed Mount Mercy that won the bracket competition by defeating #5 seed Rock Valley CC (Ill.) 2-0 in the championship match.
WPU missed match play by just 36 pins.
Zachary Joiner of Mount Mercy was the best individual bowler, headlining the 272-player field with a 228.0 average (1,368 pins).
Aidan Piet (Fr., Meridian, Idaho, Business Management) was in the mix at the top, placing ninth overall with a 212.2 clip (1,273 pins). The freshman’s efforts were paced by a high round of 263.
Marcus Yamada (Sr., Kenai, Alaska, Business Management) also started six games and posted a 179.2 average.
Carter Boley (So., Grimes, Iowa, Engineering), at 190.0, and Jared Smith (Sr., Oskaloosa, Iowa, General Accounting), at 188.2, both competed in five rounds, while Conor Fetherston (So., Dublin, Ireland, Software Engineering) tallied four starts with a 186.0 average.
Bryce Keykal (Jr., Princeton, Minn., Education) averaged 191.3 pins over the span of three games, and Spencer Fleming (So., Greensboro, N.C., Business Management) wrapped up his squad’s scoring with a 142 in his lone start.
“This was a great weekend for our guys,” Head Coach Cameron Foster said. “We are starting to make big strides in showing how talented we really are. Our players keep getting better and better with each event we bowl, and the confidence they are gaining in themselves is really starting to show. I am excited to see what we can do next and look forward to our annual Las Vegas trip in a couple weeks to round out the first half of our season.”
Next Up: William Penn will take two weeks off before traveling to Las Vegas, Nev. December 18-19 to compete in the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational.
