Bowling Teams Advance to Sectionals
William Penn Women's Athletics
Lady Statesmen Return to Postseason
Oskaloosa–The Penn women’s bowling program will look to accomplish something it failed to do last year when it competes at the USBC Intercollegiate Team Sectionals.
The Lady Statesmen, ranked #23 on the collegebowling.com website, will travel to Euless, Texas for the 13-team tournament that runs from March 12-13 at AMF Euless Lanes. The tournament is a Baker format consisting of 64 total games–32 each day.
Penn earns its second sectionals trip in a row after ending its 2009-2010 season with a very respectable seventh-place finish (out of 15 teams).
The other sectionals will be held at Allentown, Pa., Chattanooga, Tenn., and Peoria, Ill. #2 McKendree (Ill.) and #4 Robert Morris (Ill.) are remaining in their state by traveling to Peoria, while #3 Lindenwood (Mo.) will go east to Chattanooga. Fifth-ranked Central Florida headlines the Allentown sectional.
#1 Wichita State (Kan.) tops the Euless tourney, while #6 Maryland-Eastern Shore and #9 Newman (Kan.) also represent the top ten.
The remainder of the field includes: #13 West Texas A&M, #18 Robert Morris-Peoria, #28 Fresno State (Calif.), #36 Texas A&M, #45 Louisiana State, #46 Bethel (Tenn.), #51 Our Lady of the Lake, #62 California-Davis, and #69 Baker (Kan.).
The Lady Statesmen will be paced by all-Midwest Collegiate Conference players Breanne Underwood (Sr., Treynor, Treynor HS) and Samantha Powell (So., Herriman, Utah, Bingham HS).
Sectional assignments are based on Team Ranking System points. Fields are determined by taking geographic distance, economics, and field size into consideration.
The top four teams from each of the four sectionals advance to the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships, which will be held April 20-23 at AMF Peach Lanes in Columbus, Ga.
In addition, the four sites will also host the USBC Intercollegiate Singles Sectionals on March 11 with individuals bowling six games. The top 16 women and the top 24 men–top four from each sectional plus eight additional men based on size of field at each location–advance to the national singles championship on May 23-24 in Euless.
Statesmen Earn Sectionals Berth
Oskaloosa–The Penn men’s bowling program will begin its trek towards a national crown next month as it takes on a 14-team field at the USBC Intercollegiate Team Sectionals.
Penn, ranked #26 on the collegebowling.com website, will travel to Euless, Texas for the tournament that runs from March 12-13 at AMF Euless Lanes. The tournament is a Baker format consisting of 64 total games—32 each day.
The other sectionals will be held at Allentown, Pa., Chattanooga, Tenn., and Peoria, Ill. Top-ranked Webber International (Fla.) is headed to Chattanooga, while #2 Robert Morris (Ill.) tops the Peoria list. #4 Purdue (Ind.) leads the Allentown group.
#3 Wichita State (Kan.) headlines the Euless tourney, while Fresno State (Calif.) also represents the top ten at #7.
The remainder of the field includes: #14 Nevada-Las Vegas, #16 Newman (Kan.), #18 West Texas A&M, #22 California-Davis, #34 Kansas, #35 Nebraska, #36 North Dakota State, #37 Arizona State, #41 North Texas, #52 Texas A&M, and #60 Weber State (Utah).
The Statesmen will be paced by defending national runner-up Sean Rangel (So., Omaha, Neb., Bellevue East HS), who is currently ranked #13 in the nation.
Sectional assignments are based on Team Ranking System points. Fields are determined by taking geographic distance, economics, and field size into consideration.
The top four teams from each of the four sectionals advance to the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships, which will be held April 20-23 at AMF Peach Lanes in Columbus, Ga.
In addition, the four sites will also host the USBC Intercollegiate Singles Sectionals on March 11 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 May 23-24 in Euless.
