WPU Battles in Las Vegas Tourneys
William Penn University Athletics
Las Vegas, Nev.–The Statesmen men’s bowling team spent part of its holiday break in Sin City competing at two prestigious tournaments last week.
At the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational, William Penn was 11th out of 37 teams with 8,930 pins in nine games; Urbana (Ohio) led qualifying with 9,445 pins. The navy and defeated #6 San Jose State (Calif.) 3-2 in the first round, but bowed out with a 3-0 quarterfinal loss to eventual champion Calumet-St. Joseph (Ind.).
Tyler Woods of Kansas was first with a 230.3 average, while Stian Hoff (Jr., Orkanger, Norway, General Accounting) was 12th in the 246-person field with a 210.1 average.
Nick Walker (Fr., Zeeland, Mich., Business Management), at 201.2, Michael Applegate (Sr., Council Bluffs, Iowa, Secondary Education), at 198.8, and Jacques Kaune (Sr., Anchorage, Alaska, Business Management), at 197.4, also started all nine games.
Travis Scott (Sr., West Saint Paul, Minn., Physical Education) posted a 189.5 clip in six games and Ryan Howard (Jr., King, N.C., Information Technology) tallied a 175.0 mark in three games.
The Statesmen’s second crew was first out of four JV teams with 8,425 pins; WPU lost to Pikeville (Ky.) in the finals.
Curtis Majka (So., Elgin, Ill., Mechanical Engineering) was the best JV roller with a 202.6 clip. Cory Rissman (Sr., Yorkville, Ill., Industrial Technology) started all nine games as well with a 196.2 mark.
Connor Frederick (Sr., Ottumwa, Iowa, History/Government) was next at 179.9 in eight games, while Kevin Wesely (Sr., Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Industrial Technology) recorded a 193.4 average in seven starts. Jason Forsyth (Fr., Weatherford, Texas, Business Management) and Cody Adair (Jr., Kearns, Utah, Industrial Technology) both started four games with identical 166.3 averages. Ryan Racimo (Jr. Olympia, Wash., Exercise Science), with an average of 203.0, and Rylie Reidel (So., Knoxville, Iowa, Business Management), with an average of 153.5, both started two games.
At the Las Vegas Collegiate Shootout, WPU placed 13th out of 38 squads with 10,957 pins in six games and four rounds of Bakers. Calumet-St. Joseph collected the team title with 12,443 pins, while Ramon Hilferink of Webber International (Fla.) led qualifying with a 252.7 average.
Kaune was WPU’s top varsity competitor, placing 25th at 214.7. He was joined by four other teammates who also averaged over 200, including Quincy Bruce (So., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, General Accounting) at 203.2. Applegate was next at 201.8, while Walker and Hoff wrapped it up at 200.7 and 200.3, respectively.
William Penn’s JV was again first out of four JV teams with 9,635 pins. Frederick (215.8) and Majka (208.7) both started six games, while Adair (200.0, five games) was also over 200. Forsyth averaged 191.0 in four games, while the trio of Rissman (190.0), Racimo (185.3), and Reidel (160.7) each started three rounds.
Next Up: William Penn travels to Addison, Ill. on January 9-10 to compete at the Roto Grip Eagles Baker Challenge.
