Collegiate Ticker - Oct. 8, 2025
October 08, 2025
The first Tier I event of the 2025-2026 United States Bowling Congress Collegiate season took place last weekend in the Detroit area, with the Midwest Collegiate Championships serving as the first big test for teams in attendance.
There were 51 men’s varsity teams and 42 women’s varsity teams competing for eight match-play positions, which were determined after five individual games and 16 Baker games. In the best-of-three match-play bracket, the St. Ambrose men and Savannah College of Art and Design-Savannah women were the last ones standing in their respective divisions.
St. Ambrose qualified as the No. 6 seed in the bracket and faced No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater, the defending Intercollegiate Team Championships winner. The Fighting Bees made quick work of the Warhawks in 2-0 sweep, advancing to the semifinals and squaring off against No. 2 Webber International.
Another 2-0 sweep for St. Ambrose put them in the championship match against No. 1 Purdue, where the Fighting Bees closed out with games of 204 and 260 for their third straight sweep and the tournament win.
Individually, Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Dawson Peterson led all men with a five-game total of 1,197 while Muskingum’s Jacob Lehn was second with 1,156. Northwestern Ohio’s Bryce Massingill (1,109), Purdue’s Jack Konrad (1,107) and Saint Xavier’s Jason Laba (1,106) close out the top five.
On the women’s side, SCAD-Savannah qualified as the No. 4 seed and opened the match-play bracket against No. 5 Pikeville. After a Game 1 loss, the Bees took the next two to advance to the semifinals against No. 8 St. Ambrose.
In a battle of the Bees and Fighting Bees, it was SCAD-Savannah stinging St. Ambrose with games of 232 and 267 to sweep the semifinals to face No. 7 Cumberland in the finals.
After a Game 1 win shooting 286, SCAD-Savannah couldn’t complete the sweep after a 166 in Game 2 to Cumberland’s 184, forcing a deciding Game 3. A 192-144 match in favor of SCAD-Savannah put the Bees on top for the tournament win.
Marian-Indiana’s Paige Richards led all women during the individual block with a five-game total of 1,064, followed by Milligan’s Emily Cheesman with 1,045. Cumberland’s Mary Grace Connelly (1,036), Aquinas’ Tayler Mohney (1,031) and Pikeville’s Victoria Hines (1,025) rounded out the top five.
In other collegiate action:
- The first two Southwest Intercollegiate Bowling Conference (SWIBC) events took place in Fort Worth, Texas. SWIBC I saw the Oklahoma Christian men and Louisiana Tech women win, while the Newman men won SWIBC II and Louisiana Tech women completed a weekend sweep.
- At the Mercyhurst Invitational in Erie, Pennsylvania, the Niagara women defeated Wright State in bracket play to win the event.
- At the Knightro Open in Hackensack, New Jersey, the Fairleigh Dickenson women earned a narrow four-pin win over Sacred Heart.
- At the Pioneer Invite in Platteville, Wisconsin, the Wisconsin-Platteville men and Viterbo women collected bracket wins.
The season continues with eight events on the docket for the weekend.
For the full schedule of collegiate events, results and more, visit BOWL.com/Collegiate and CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.
There were 51 men’s varsity teams and 42 women’s varsity teams competing for eight match-play positions, which were determined after five individual games and 16 Baker games. In the best-of-three match-play bracket, the St. Ambrose men and Savannah College of Art and Design-Savannah women were the last ones standing in their respective divisions.
St. Ambrose qualified as the No. 6 seed in the bracket and faced No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater, the defending Intercollegiate Team Championships winner. The Fighting Bees made quick work of the Warhawks in 2-0 sweep, advancing to the semifinals and squaring off against No. 2 Webber International.
Another 2-0 sweep for St. Ambrose put them in the championship match against No. 1 Purdue, where the Fighting Bees closed out with games of 204 and 260 for their third straight sweep and the tournament win.
Individually, Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Dawson Peterson led all men with a five-game total of 1,197 while Muskingum’s Jacob Lehn was second with 1,156. Northwestern Ohio’s Bryce Massingill (1,109), Purdue’s Jack Konrad (1,107) and Saint Xavier’s Jason Laba (1,106) close out the top five.
On the women’s side, SCAD-Savannah qualified as the No. 4 seed and opened the match-play bracket against No. 5 Pikeville. After a Game 1 loss, the Bees took the next two to advance to the semifinals against No. 8 St. Ambrose.
In a battle of the Bees and Fighting Bees, it was SCAD-Savannah stinging St. Ambrose with games of 232 and 267 to sweep the semifinals to face No. 7 Cumberland in the finals.
After a Game 1 win shooting 286, SCAD-Savannah couldn’t complete the sweep after a 166 in Game 2 to Cumberland’s 184, forcing a deciding Game 3. A 192-144 match in favor of SCAD-Savannah put the Bees on top for the tournament win.
Marian-Indiana’s Paige Richards led all women during the individual block with a five-game total of 1,064, followed by Milligan’s Emily Cheesman with 1,045. Cumberland’s Mary Grace Connelly (1,036), Aquinas’ Tayler Mohney (1,031) and Pikeville’s Victoria Hines (1,025) rounded out the top five.
In other collegiate action:
- The first two Southwest Intercollegiate Bowling Conference (SWIBC) events took place in Fort Worth, Texas. SWIBC I saw the Oklahoma Christian men and Louisiana Tech women win, while the Newman men won SWIBC II and Louisiana Tech women completed a weekend sweep.
- At the Mercyhurst Invitational in Erie, Pennsylvania, the Niagara women defeated Wright State in bracket play to win the event.
- At the Knightro Open in Hackensack, New Jersey, the Fairleigh Dickenson women earned a narrow four-pin win over Sacred Heart.
- At the Pioneer Invite in Platteville, Wisconsin, the Wisconsin-Platteville men and Viterbo women collected bracket wins.
The season continues with eight events on the docket for the weekend.
For the full schedule of collegiate events, results and more, visit BOWL.com/Collegiate and CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.