Collegiate Ticker - Dec. 11, 2024
December 11, 2024
After a short break for Thanksgiving, the 2024-2025 United States Bowling Congress Collegiate season resumed last weekend in Addison, Illinois, with the Warhawk Open.
The men’s varsity field saw 21 teams and the women’s side had 19 teams. They bowled five individual games and 16 Baker games before the top eight in each division advanced to a best-of-three match-play bracket.
Mount Mercy led the men’s field by over 500 pins to earn the No. 1 seed for match play, joined by Calumet, Saint Xavier, Wisconsin-Whitewater, St. Ambrose, Marian-Wisconsin, Purdue and Davenport, respectively.
St. Ambrose came out of the bracket as the winner, sweeping all three schools that stood in their way – Wisconsin-Whitewater, Mount Mercy and Marian-Wisconsin – to win the Warhawk Open.
Mount Mercy teammates Blake Walsh and Zach Andresen led the men’s field, with Walsh having a five-game total of 1,191 and Andresen shooting 1,132. Walsh’s 238.2 average is now the fifth-highest average in the tournament’s history. St. Ambrose’s Kendric Siders had 1,121 for third, while Wisconsin-Whitewater’s James Stewart was not far behind with 1,119. Purdue’s Jake Diaz rounded out the top five with 1,106.
On the women’s side, Mount Mercy qualified as the top seed for match play, with Saint Xavier, Davenport, Governors State, Culver-Stockton, Judson, St. Ambrose and Calumet joining the Mustangs.
The championship match saw Saint Xavier and Calumet face off, with Saint Xavier winning in three games to clinch the tournament victory.
Culver-Stockton’s Rachel Moore led the way during the individual block and set the women’s tournament average record at the event with a five-game total of 1,139 for an average of 227.8. Second belonged to Mount Mercy’s Brooke Salzman with 1,093, while Governors State’s Olivia Daujatas was third at 1,066. Davenport’s Kasey Eaton (1,063) and Marian-Wisconsin’s Jocelynn Eggert (1,046) rounded out the top five.
In other collegiate action:
- At the 51st Annual West Coast Conference Team Championships (WCC) Events 1 and 2 in Fresno, California, the Grand Canyon men took the victory in the first event while California State-Fresno won the second event.
- At the American Heartland Bowling Association (AHBA) Event 4, the Trine men and women had dominating conference wins. Ohio Northern’s Samuel King had the event’s only 300 game in Game 3 of the individual block.
- At the Crossroads League Bowling (CLB) Events 1 and 2 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Spring Arbor men won the first event while the Marian-Indiana men took the second event. The Spring Arbor women swept their side of the field.
- At the Mustang Invitational Events 1 and 2 in Sioux City, Iowa, the Iowa Western CC men swept the weekend while the Hastings women won the first event before Morningside ended the second event with a win.
- At the Northeast Classic in Lodi, New Jersey, the SUNY-Stony Brook men defeated New Jersey Institute of Technology in the best-of-five bracket finals.
- At the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Event 3 in Sterling Heights, Michigan, the Lawrence Tech men and Indiana Tech women left with conference victories.
Collegiate action continues next week with four Tier I events before the holiday season.
For the full schedule of collegiate events, results and more, visit BOWL.com/Collegiate and CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.
The men’s varsity field saw 21 teams and the women’s side had 19 teams. They bowled five individual games and 16 Baker games before the top eight in each division advanced to a best-of-three match-play bracket.
Mount Mercy led the men’s field by over 500 pins to earn the No. 1 seed for match play, joined by Calumet, Saint Xavier, Wisconsin-Whitewater, St. Ambrose, Marian-Wisconsin, Purdue and Davenport, respectively.
St. Ambrose came out of the bracket as the winner, sweeping all three schools that stood in their way – Wisconsin-Whitewater, Mount Mercy and Marian-Wisconsin – to win the Warhawk Open.
Mount Mercy teammates Blake Walsh and Zach Andresen led the men’s field, with Walsh having a five-game total of 1,191 and Andresen shooting 1,132. Walsh’s 238.2 average is now the fifth-highest average in the tournament’s history. St. Ambrose’s Kendric Siders had 1,121 for third, while Wisconsin-Whitewater’s James Stewart was not far behind with 1,119. Purdue’s Jake Diaz rounded out the top five with 1,106.
On the women’s side, Mount Mercy qualified as the top seed for match play, with Saint Xavier, Davenport, Governors State, Culver-Stockton, Judson, St. Ambrose and Calumet joining the Mustangs.
The championship match saw Saint Xavier and Calumet face off, with Saint Xavier winning in three games to clinch the tournament victory.
Culver-Stockton’s Rachel Moore led the way during the individual block and set the women’s tournament average record at the event with a five-game total of 1,139 for an average of 227.8. Second belonged to Mount Mercy’s Brooke Salzman with 1,093, while Governors State’s Olivia Daujatas was third at 1,066. Davenport’s Kasey Eaton (1,063) and Marian-Wisconsin’s Jocelynn Eggert (1,046) rounded out the top five.
In other collegiate action:
- At the 51st Annual West Coast Conference Team Championships (WCC) Events 1 and 2 in Fresno, California, the Grand Canyon men took the victory in the first event while California State-Fresno won the second event.
- At the American Heartland Bowling Association (AHBA) Event 4, the Trine men and women had dominating conference wins. Ohio Northern’s Samuel King had the event’s only 300 game in Game 3 of the individual block.
- At the Crossroads League Bowling (CLB) Events 1 and 2 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Spring Arbor men won the first event while the Marian-Indiana men took the second event. The Spring Arbor women swept their side of the field.
- At the Mustang Invitational Events 1 and 2 in Sioux City, Iowa, the Iowa Western CC men swept the weekend while the Hastings women won the first event before Morningside ended the second event with a win.
- At the Northeast Classic in Lodi, New Jersey, the SUNY-Stony Brook men defeated New Jersey Institute of Technology in the best-of-five bracket finals.
- At the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Event 3 in Sterling Heights, Michigan, the Lawrence Tech men and Indiana Tech women left with conference victories.
Collegiate action continues next week with four Tier I events before the holiday season.
For the full schedule of collegiate events, results and more, visit BOWL.com/Collegiate and CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.