WPU Going Back to Addison for Sectionals
William Penn University Athletics
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen bowling teams will again cross the Mississippi River in search of a nationals berth as they compete in the Intercollegiate Team Sectionals in two weeks.
The men and women, ranked #14 and #23 respectively on the collegebowling.com website, will travel to Addison, Ill. on March 11-12 for the event at Stardust Bowl. The tournament is a Baker format consisting of 64 total games–32 each day.
The other sectionals will be held at Dallas, Texas, Allentown, Pa., and Smyrna, Tenn.
For the men, it is their seventh sectionals trip in eight years on the lanes, while the women are making their sixth postseason appearance.
#2 Midland (Neb.) will lead the Dallas sectional, while #4 Webber International (Fla.) heads the Allentown sectional. #7 Calumet (Ind.) is the highest-ranked program going to Smyrna.
Leading the way in Addison will be #1 Robert Morris (Ill.), while fellow top-10 programs #5 Wisconsin-Whitewater and #9 Morehead State (Ky.) will join RMU there. William Penn is the fourth-highest seeded program going to Addison.
It is the largest of the four sectionals with 24 teams. In addition to WPU and the three top-10 squads, others in the men’s field include (alphabetically):
#71 Bowling Green (Ohio)
#43 Campbellsville (Ky.)
#48 Concordia (Mich.)
#40 Davenport (Mich.)
#80 Grand Valley State (Mich.)
#20 Grand View
#34 Highland CC (Ind.)
#44 Huntington (Ind.)
#70 Illinois State
#58 Iowa State
#69 Michigan State
#53 Minnesota State-Mankato
#64 Morningside
#36 Mount Mercy
#72 North Dakota State
#26 Purdue (Ind.)
#45 Saginaw Valley State (Mich.)
#17 St. Francis (Ill.)
#52 Waldorf
#55 Wisconsin
Nick Walker (So., Zeeland, Mich., Business Management) headlines the William Penn men with a 204.0 average.
On the women’s side, #1 Wichita State (Kan.) will go to the Dallas sectional, while #2 Webber International is headed to Allentown. #3 Pikeville (Ky.) leads the Smyrna grouping.
#4 St. Francis (Ill.) is the best program going to Addison, while #5 Robert Morris (Ill.) is also headed for Illinois. WPU is the sixth-highest seeded team at Addison. The women’s field in Addison is also the largest of the four sectionals.
Others in the 18-program tourney include (alphabetically):
#42 Bowling Green (Ky.)
#16 Campbellsville (Ky.)
#55 Clarke
#17 Concordia (Mich.)
#65 Culver-Stockton (Mo.)
#38 Delaware State
#12 Grand View
#49 Highland CC (Ill.)
#62 Huntington (Ind.)
#48 Minnesota State-Mankato
#28 Mount Mercy
#54 Saginaw Valley State (Mich.)
#39 Viterbo (Wis.)
#63 Wisconsin
#27 Wisconsin-Whitewater
Bailey Palmer (Fr., Ottumwa, Iowa, Undecided) is WPU’s best female roller at 194.3.
Sectional assignments are based on Team Ranking System points. Fields are determined by taking geographic distance, economics, and field size into consideration. To sort teams evenly throughout each sectional, the USBC attempts to place no more than two of the top eight schools and no more than four of the top 16 schools in a sectional based on final TRS totals.
The top four teams from each of the four sectionals advance to the Intercollegiate Team Championships, which will be held April 19-22 at Raising Cane’s River Center in Baton Rouge, La.
In addition, the four sites will also host the Intercollegiate Singles Sectionals on March 10 with individuals bowling six games.
The top 24 men and the top 24 women–top four from each sectional plus eight additional bowlers based on size of field at each location–advance to the National Singles Championship on April 18-19 and 22 in Baton Rouge.
