Collegiate Ticker - Feb. 19, 2025
February 19, 2025
The Hoosier Classic in Indianapolis, the final Tier I event of the season, helped to close out the 2024-2025 United States Bowling Congress Collegiate regular season this past weekend, with teams now turning their attention to the postseason.
In Indianapolis, 78 men’s varsity teams and 65 women’s varsity teams completed five individual games and 15 Baker games before the top eight in each division advanced to a best-of-three Baker bracket.
The top eight men’s teams in qualifying order were Webber International, Mount Mercy, Wichita State, Muskingum, Concordia, Newman, McKendree and Savannah College of Art and Design-Savannah.
An opening round upset of No. 1 Webber by No. 8 SCAD-Savannah set the tone early, with No. 3 Wichita State also falling to No. 6 Newman. No. 2 Mount Mercy and No. 4 Muskingum avoided upsets and advanced to the semifinals. SCAD-Savannah continued to win, knocking off Muskingum to set up a final match with Mount Mercy.
The title match was best of five, and it went the distance as SCAD-Savannah knocked off the Mount Mercy for their first win at the Hoosier Classic win.
A pair of Mount Mercy teammates took the top two spots in the individual standings. Keegan Alexander led with a five-game total of 1,193, while Zach Andresen was right behind at 1,183. Webber’s Brett Lloyd fired a 300 in Game 4 on his way to placing third at 1,175. Wichita State’s Brandon Bonta (1,173) and Muskingum’s Evan Thro (1,170) rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth, respectively. McKendree’s Darren Zombro also had a 300 in Game 3.
The women’s bracket, in order of qualifying position, included SCAD-Savannah, Calumet, Milligan, Mount Mercy, Pikeville, Judson, Lindenwood and Oklahoma Christian.
No. 1 SCAD-Savannah defeated No. 8 Oklahoma Christian, No. 4 Mount Mercy defeated No. 5 Pikeville, No. 2 Calumet took down No. 7 Lindenwood, with lone upset delivered by No. 6 Judson beating out No. 3 Milligan. The underdog story continued for Judson as they defeated Calumet, advancing to the best-of-five finals against SCAD-Savannah.
Just like the men’s title match, Judson and SCAD-Savannah went the full five games. Judson came out on top for the women’s title at the Hoosier Classic.
Calumet’s Piper Plautz had the highest five-game total for the weekend during the individual block with 1,198, good for nearly a 240 average, while SCAD-Savannah’s Yumi Yuzuriha was second with 1,160. Culver-Stockton’s Rachel Moore placed third with 1,136, St. Francis-Illinois’ Allison Nape was fourth with 1,121 and Milligan’s Emily Cheesman closed out the top five with 1,111.
In other collegiate action:
- At the Wildcat DII-DIII Invitational in New Castle, Delaware, the Saint Vincent women defeated Newman four games to three in the title match.
- At the second Northeast Conference (NEC) meeting in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the Monmouth and Fairleigh Dickinson women went 9-3 for the weekend. Fairleigh Dickinson claimed the regular season title with a combined record of 17-7. The Knights will have the No. 1 seed for the NEC Championship that begins March 21.
- At the James Brown Invitational in Fort Meade, Maryland, the Sacred Heart women defeated Maryland Eastern Shore in the final match, four games to one.
- At the Mid-Winter Invitational in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the Wichita State women defeated Jacksonville State four games to one for the win.
- At the Viking Classic in Milan, Illinois, the Lewis women won the event for the second straight year, taking down Central Missouri in seven games.
- At the Viterbo Invitational in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the Marian-Indiana men and Viterbo women came away with decisive wins.
The Intercollegiate Team Championships Sectionals assignment show airs on Feb. 19 beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern on BowlTV.
For the full schedule of collegiate events, results and more, visit BOWL.com/Collegiate and CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.
In Indianapolis, 78 men’s varsity teams and 65 women’s varsity teams completed five individual games and 15 Baker games before the top eight in each division advanced to a best-of-three Baker bracket.
The top eight men’s teams in qualifying order were Webber International, Mount Mercy, Wichita State, Muskingum, Concordia, Newman, McKendree and Savannah College of Art and Design-Savannah.
An opening round upset of No. 1 Webber by No. 8 SCAD-Savannah set the tone early, with No. 3 Wichita State also falling to No. 6 Newman. No. 2 Mount Mercy and No. 4 Muskingum avoided upsets and advanced to the semifinals. SCAD-Savannah continued to win, knocking off Muskingum to set up a final match with Mount Mercy.
The title match was best of five, and it went the distance as SCAD-Savannah knocked off the Mount Mercy for their first win at the Hoosier Classic win.
A pair of Mount Mercy teammates took the top two spots in the individual standings. Keegan Alexander led with a five-game total of 1,193, while Zach Andresen was right behind at 1,183. Webber’s Brett Lloyd fired a 300 in Game 4 on his way to placing third at 1,175. Wichita State’s Brandon Bonta (1,173) and Muskingum’s Evan Thro (1,170) rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth, respectively. McKendree’s Darren Zombro also had a 300 in Game 3.
The women’s bracket, in order of qualifying position, included SCAD-Savannah, Calumet, Milligan, Mount Mercy, Pikeville, Judson, Lindenwood and Oklahoma Christian.
No. 1 SCAD-Savannah defeated No. 8 Oklahoma Christian, No. 4 Mount Mercy defeated No. 5 Pikeville, No. 2 Calumet took down No. 7 Lindenwood, with lone upset delivered by No. 6 Judson beating out No. 3 Milligan. The underdog story continued for Judson as they defeated Calumet, advancing to the best-of-five finals against SCAD-Savannah.
Just like the men’s title match, Judson and SCAD-Savannah went the full five games. Judson came out on top for the women’s title at the Hoosier Classic.
Calumet’s Piper Plautz had the highest five-game total for the weekend during the individual block with 1,198, good for nearly a 240 average, while SCAD-Savannah’s Yumi Yuzuriha was second with 1,160. Culver-Stockton’s Rachel Moore placed third with 1,136, St. Francis-Illinois’ Allison Nape was fourth with 1,121 and Milligan’s Emily Cheesman closed out the top five with 1,111.
In other collegiate action:
- At the Wildcat DII-DIII Invitational in New Castle, Delaware, the Saint Vincent women defeated Newman four games to three in the title match.
- At the second Northeast Conference (NEC) meeting in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the Monmouth and Fairleigh Dickinson women went 9-3 for the weekend. Fairleigh Dickinson claimed the regular season title with a combined record of 17-7. The Knights will have the No. 1 seed for the NEC Championship that begins March 21.
- At the James Brown Invitational in Fort Meade, Maryland, the Sacred Heart women defeated Maryland Eastern Shore in the final match, four games to one.
- At the Mid-Winter Invitational in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the Wichita State women defeated Jacksonville State four games to one for the win.
- At the Viking Classic in Milan, Illinois, the Lewis women won the event for the second straight year, taking down Central Missouri in seven games.
- At the Viterbo Invitational in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the Marian-Indiana men and Viterbo women came away with decisive wins.
The Intercollegiate Team Championships Sectionals assignment show airs on Feb. 19 beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern on BowlTV.
For the full schedule of collegiate events, results and more, visit BOWL.com/Collegiate and CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.