Statesmen Finish 14th at Leatherneck Classic
Davenport — The ISYL Leatherneck Classic took place over the weekend as the women’s bowling team of William Penn University competed against 34 other schools. Featuring many Heart of America Athletic Conference teams, the Statesmen put up good numbers but ended up finishing 14th over the two-day event. Their score of 8251 total pins were two shy of 13th place Baker University. Midland University won the event with 8939 total pins. Brittney Schnicke of Midland was first of 264 bowlers, winning the individual event with a final average of 229.5.
The Statesmen were led by Gabi Evans (Fr., West Liberty, Iowa, Business Management), who put down an average of 182.8 over six games. With 1,097 total pins collected, she finished 54th in the individual standings. She put up her best score of 227 in the second game, which set a season high. Just a few places below her was Bailey Palmer (Sr., Ottumwa, Iowa, Biology), who turned in an average of 179.7 over six games. She knocked down 1,078 total pins and put up an event-high 214 in her first game.
Alexis Lake (Fr., Kaysville, Utah, Business Management) was next up for the navy and gold with an average of 175.3 over six games. She put up a 200 and a 201 as her high scores for the event, nailing 1,052 pins overall. Nicole Craft (Sr., Wakefield, Neb., Sports Management) netted an average of 170. 2 over six games. She posted a high of 185 and knocked down 1,021 total pins.
Rounding out the six bowlers for WPU were Kayla Gifford (Sr., Camanche, Iowa, Biology) and Jade Klinefelter (So., Cedar Rapids, Iowa). Gifford participated in four games and posted an average of 180.0, with an event high of 190, while Klinefelter rolled the first two games for the navy and gold, putting down an average of 158.5.
“The women’s team was tested as much as they have been so far this year,” said head coach Brandon Brooks. “While we are not totally satisfied with the results I think we showed a lot of progress as the tournament went on. We ended Sunday with two really good sets including one against Wichita state on the live stream where we bested their games 3/4 of the time.”
“I really continue to see a lot of progress in this group and believe they have a lot of success ahead of them. We will take advantage of the next few weekends off and be ready to go for the Warhawk in Addison next month.”
Up Next: The teams are off for about a month before they travel to Addison, Ill., for the Ebonite Warhawk Open on December 7-8.
