Collegiate Ticker - Dec. 10, 2025
December 10, 2025
The 2025-2026 United States Bowling Congress Collegiate regular season continued this past weekend with six events, including the Starrag Group Warhawk Open in Addison, Illinois.
Twenty-six men’s varsity teams and 19 women’s varsity teams competed for the title, each bowling five individual games and 16 Baker games before the top eight after qualifying advanced to the best-of-three Baker bracket.
The top two seeds in the men’s bracket, Wisconsin-Whitewater and Mount Mercy, made their way through to meet in the finals. The Warhawks took Game 1, 236-225, but the Mustangs came back in a big way in Game 2, 255-191. Mount Mercy closed out with 226 to Whitewater’s 183 for their first win of the season.
Whitewater’s Louis Pisano led all men in the individual block with a five-game total of 1,164 and teammate Dawson Peterson placed third with 1,153. Trine’s Hayden Hale was second with 1,156, while Mount Mercy’s Zach Andresen was fourth with 1,133 and Saint Xavier’s Daniel Esguerra was fifth with 1,128.
The women’s bracket saw No. 5 Saint Xavier and No. 6 Marian-Wisconsin advance through their sides of the bracket to face off in the title match. Saint Xavier won the first game, 203-148, before Marian-Wisconsin evened things up with a 194-171 win in Game 2 to set up a deciding Game 3. Saint Xavier shot 167, its lowest game of the bracket, but it was still enough to top Marian-Wisconsin’s 155 for the win.
Clarke’s Mia Losee led all women with 976 and was followed by Judson’s Kyley Olson at 968, who was joined by teammate Cassidy Davenport in fourth with 950. Mount Mercy’s Tori Franklin was third with 964 while teammate Angelica Blimegger rounded out the top five with 937.
In other collegiate action:
- At the Big Ten Championships in Mount Prospect, Illinois, the Purdue men and women swept the field.
- At the Columbia Cougar Clash in Columbia, Missouri, the Ottawa-Kansas men and women left with wins.
- The first two Crossroads League Bowling (CLB) events took place in Marion, Indiana, and Bluffton, Indiana. The Spring Arbor men and women won CLB 1, while the Marian-Indiana men won CLB 2. The Spring Arbor women completed the weekend sweep.
- At the Mid Missouri Invitational in Glasgow, Missouri, the Central Missouri women won in convincing fashion.
- At the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Michigan Open in Sterling Heights, Michigan, the Indiana Tech men and women swept the event.
The final four events of 2025 take place between Dec. 18-22, all of which are Tier I events – the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational and Collegiate Shoot-Out in Las Vegas, and the Lehigh Valley Collegiate Classic and Roto Grip Keystone Quaker Classic in Pennsylvania.
For the full schedule of collegiate events, results and more, visit BOWL.com/Collegiate and CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.
Twenty-six men’s varsity teams and 19 women’s varsity teams competed for the title, each bowling five individual games and 16 Baker games before the top eight after qualifying advanced to the best-of-three Baker bracket.
The top two seeds in the men’s bracket, Wisconsin-Whitewater and Mount Mercy, made their way through to meet in the finals. The Warhawks took Game 1, 236-225, but the Mustangs came back in a big way in Game 2, 255-191. Mount Mercy closed out with 226 to Whitewater’s 183 for their first win of the season.
Whitewater’s Louis Pisano led all men in the individual block with a five-game total of 1,164 and teammate Dawson Peterson placed third with 1,153. Trine’s Hayden Hale was second with 1,156, while Mount Mercy’s Zach Andresen was fourth with 1,133 and Saint Xavier’s Daniel Esguerra was fifth with 1,128.
The women’s bracket saw No. 5 Saint Xavier and No. 6 Marian-Wisconsin advance through their sides of the bracket to face off in the title match. Saint Xavier won the first game, 203-148, before Marian-Wisconsin evened things up with a 194-171 win in Game 2 to set up a deciding Game 3. Saint Xavier shot 167, its lowest game of the bracket, but it was still enough to top Marian-Wisconsin’s 155 for the win.
Clarke’s Mia Losee led all women with 976 and was followed by Judson’s Kyley Olson at 968, who was joined by teammate Cassidy Davenport in fourth with 950. Mount Mercy’s Tori Franklin was third with 964 while teammate Angelica Blimegger rounded out the top five with 937.
In other collegiate action:
- At the Big Ten Championships in Mount Prospect, Illinois, the Purdue men and women swept the field.
- At the Columbia Cougar Clash in Columbia, Missouri, the Ottawa-Kansas men and women left with wins.
- The first two Crossroads League Bowling (CLB) events took place in Marion, Indiana, and Bluffton, Indiana. The Spring Arbor men and women won CLB 1, while the Marian-Indiana men won CLB 2. The Spring Arbor women completed the weekend sweep.
- At the Mid Missouri Invitational in Glasgow, Missouri, the Central Missouri women won in convincing fashion.
- At the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Michigan Open in Sterling Heights, Michigan, the Indiana Tech men and women swept the event.
The final four events of 2025 take place between Dec. 18-22, all of which are Tier I events – the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational and Collegiate Shoot-Out in Las Vegas, and the Lehigh Valley Collegiate Classic and Roto Grip Keystone Quaker Classic in Pennsylvania.
For the full schedule of collegiate events, results and more, visit BOWL.com/Collegiate and CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.