Men 10th, Women 14th in Final Regular Season Ranking
William Penn University Athletics
by Wade Steinlage
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen bowling teams will be one of the top programs in whatever sectional they are invited to as the final regular season power rankings were released Monday.
The Statesmen men enter the postseason 10th in collegebowling.com’s power ranking with 4,891 points, while the women are 14th nationally with 4,158 points. A total of 184 men’s teams are included in the ranking, while there are 148 women’s teams in the list.
Among the programs that have declared with the NAIA, WPU is second on the men’s side and the women are seventh. Grand View is the top men’s program (5,383 points), while Pikeville (Ky.) is #1 for the women (5,863 points).
Curtis Majka (Sr., Elgin, Ill., Mechanical Engineering) leads the WPU men at 209.7, while three others are also above the 200 mark. Majka ranks 11th nationally as an individual.
Kayla Gifford (Jr., Camanche, Iowa, Biology), with a 187.9 average, heads three Statesmen women who are over the 180 average. The junior ranks 127th nationally.
William Penn will find out its postseason fate Wednesday night. Fans are invited to join the Statesmen at their Selection Show Watch Party, which is currently slated to be held in the Chief Mahaska Room in the Dana Atkins Student Union on campus at 4:30 p.m.
