William Penn Faces Numerous League Foes at Mount Mercy-Hosted Event
Cedar Rapids, Iowa–The Statesmen men’s bowling team landed in the middle of the pack as it battled at the Five Seasons Classic Saturday and Sunday.
WPU was sixth out of 14 teams with 8,670 pins in five regular games and 20 Baker games. St. Ambrose won the crown with 9,461 pins. A half dozen schools from the Heart of America Athletic Conference were at the Classic.
Each regular game as well as each four-game Baker set featured a head-to-head matchup against another program. In the head-to-head competitions, the Statesmen tied for sixth with a 5-5 record.
Lucas Hersrud of St. Ambrose topped the standings with 1,184 pins (236.8 avg.) over five games.
Mathew Smith (Sr., Mountain Home, Idaho, Sports Management) was WPU’s best bowler, placing 13th at 210.2 in five games (1,051 pins). He was in the 200s on four occasions.
The trio of Ethan Licht (Jr., Victor, Iowa, Sports Management), Gavin Unger (So., Columbus, Neb., Industrial Technology), and Aidan Piet (Sr., Meridian, Idaho, Business Management) also started all five rounds.
Licht led the group with a 199.6 average, while Unger had a 198.0 mark and Piet managed a 197.2 clip.
Leddie Romero (Jr., Carolina, P.R., Secondary Education), with a 160.3 average in three games, and Samuel Strange (Fr., Tacoma, Wash., General Accounting), with a 158.0 average in two rounds, also competed for the navy and gold.
Sullivan Gerleman (Fr., Charles City, Iowa) paced William Penn’s JV squad with a 171.4 average in five games. The reserve crew finished 13th out of 16 teams with 7,025 pins.
“The men showed improvement in several areas over the first tournament,” Assistant Coach Scott Alderson said. “Sunday was an improvement on Saturday, and both were better than our first tournament. We are looking forward to three weeks of improvement in practice before traveling to our next event.”
Next Up: William Penn takes off two weeks before traveling to Rockford, Ill. on Saturday and Sunday, November 14-15 to compete in the ISYL Leatherneck Classic.
