Bowling Teams Prepare for Sectionals
William Penn University Athletics
Oskaloosa–The William Penn bowling teams return to postseason action next weekend when they compete at the XBowling Intercollegiate Team Sectionals.
The men and women, ranked #35 and #42 respectively on the collegebowling.com website, will travel to Addison, Ill. next Saturday and Sunday for the event at Stardust Bowl. The tournament is a Baker format consisting of 64 total games–32 each day.
The other sectionals will be held at Stratford, N.J., Fort Worth, Texas, and Smyrna, Tenn.
For the men, it is their fifth sectionals trip in six years on the lanes, while the women are making their fourth appearance in the postseason.
#2 McKendree (Ill.) is the best men’s team in the Smyrna group, while #3 Webber International (Fla.) is the highest-ranked program going to Stratford. #4 San Jose State (Calif.) will lead the Forth Worth sectional.
#1 Robert Morris (Ill.) will lead the way in Addison, while fellow top-10 program Wisconsin-Whitewater (#7) joins them there. It is easily the largest of the four sectionals.
In addition to WPU and the two top-10 squads, others in the men’s 23-team field include (alphabetically):
#82 AIB
#40 Ashford
#33 Clarke
#30 Davenport (Mich.)
#57 Highland CC (Ill.)
#21 Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
#49 Michigan State
#59 Minnesota State
#55 Mount Mercy
#22 Nebraska
#62 North Dakota State
#15 Saginaw Valley State (Mich.)
#13 St. Ambrose
#29 St. Francis (Ill.)
#70 Wisconsin-Green Bay
#50 Wisconsin
#43 Wisconsin-Milwaukee
#68 Wisconsin-Oshkosh
#80 Wisconsin-Platteville
#74 Wisconsin-Stout.
Jacques Kaune (Jr., Anchorage, Alaska, Business Management) headlines the William Penn men with a 201.6 average.
#1 Wichita State (Kan.) will go to the women’s Fort Worth sectional, while #2 Pikeville (Ky.) will be in Smyrna. #3 Webber International travels to Stratford and #4 Robert Morris will be the top-rated team in Addison. #8 St. Francis (Ill.) is the other top-10 team in the Addison group.
Others in the 19-program tourney include (alphabetically):
#64 AIB
#12 Ashford
#14 Bowling Green (Ohio)
#63 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)
#32 Clarke
#57 Davenport
#65 Highland CC
#41 Lawrence Tech
#66 Minnesota State
#27 Mount Mercy
#18 Robert Morris-Springfield (Ill.)
#50 Saginaw Valley State
#33 St. Ambrose
#61 Viterbo (Wis.)
#44 Wisconsin-Milwaukee
#26 Wisconsin-Whitewater
Stephanie Adams (So., Souris, Manitoba, Business Management) is WPU’s best female roller at 193.7.
Sectional assignments are based on Team Ranking System points. Fields are determined by taking geographic distance, economics, and field size into consideration. To sort teams evenly throughout each sectional, the USBC attempts to place no more than two of the top eight schools and no more than four of the top 16 schools in a sectional based on final TRS totals.
The top four teams from each of the four sectionals advance to the XBowling Intercollegiate Team Championships, which will be held April 15-18 at Northrock Lanes in Wichita, Kan.
In addition, the four sites will also host the XBowling Intercollegiate Singles Sectionals on March 14 with individuals bowling six games.
The top 24 men and the top 16 women–top four from each sectional plus eight additional men based on size of field at each location–advance to the national singles championship on April 14 and 18 in Wichita.
