William Penn Women Place 12th Twice in Nevada

William Penn Women’s Athletics

Las Vegas, Nev.–The Statesmen women’s bowling team ended its pre-holiday slate with two tournaments in Nevada last week.

At the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational, William Penn was 12th out of 18 teams with 8,043 pins in nine games; Wichita State (Kan.) led qualifying with 8,961 pins. #3 seed Pikeville (Ky.) eventually won the bracket crown.

Katelyn Hull of Urbana (Ohio) was first with a 209.1 average, while Stephanie Adams (Jr., Souris, Manitoba, Business Management) guided the Statesmen in eighth at 201.7. Montana Pence (Sr., Stronghurst, Ill., Elementary Education) also rolled all nine games with a 187.4 average.

Amber Ovel (Fr., Waterloo, Iowa, Business Management) averaged 168.0 pins in eight games and Briell Newberry (So., Holland, Mich., Secondary Education) had a 164.9 clip in seven games. MacKenzie Boyd (Jr., Knoxville, Iowa, Human Services/Sociology) (186.2, six games), Audra Farley (So., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Education) (161.4, five games), and Emily Braga (Sr., Newton, Iowa, Communications) (119, one game) finished the varsity’s efforts.

At the Las Vegas Collegiate Shootout, WPU placed 12th out of 19 squads with 9,739 pins in six games and four rounds of Bakers. Wichita State took the team title with 12,616 pins, while WSU’s Dasha Kovalova led qualifying with a 233.7 average.

Adams again paced WPU in 17th place at 206.5, while Boyd (188.0), Pence (185.5), and Newberry (181.7) also started all six games.

Farley averaged 184.8 pins in four games and Ovel averaged 163.0 in two starts.

Next Up: William Penn travels to Addison, Ill. on January 9-10 to compete at the Roto Grip Eagles Baker Challenge.