National champions crowned at 2025 Intercollegiate Team and Singles Championships in Las Vegas
April 20, 2025
NOTE: If you do not want to know who won titles at the 2025 Intercollegiate Team Championships and Intercollegiate Singles Championships, do not scroll down in this story.
The finals were taped for broadcast Saturday, April 19, with air dates on CBS Sports Network scheduled through April and May. The TV broadcast dates for each event is as follows:
Tuesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. Eastern: Women's ISC finals
Tuesday, April 29 at 8 p.m. Eastern: Men's ISC finals
Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern: Women's ITC finals
Tuesday, May 13 at 7 p.m. Eastern: Men's ITC finals
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LAS VEGAS – The Wisconsin-Whitewater men and Jacksonville State women captured team championships, and freshmen Blake Walsh of Mount Mercy and Erin Klemencic of Jacksonville State claimed singles titles during Saturday’s final day of competition at the 2025 Intercollegiate Team and Singles Championships, which were contested at South Point Bowling Plaza inside the South Point Hotel Casino & Spa in Las Vegas.
The championship rounds in the men’s and women’s divisions in each event were taped for broadcast and will air on Tuesdays in April and May on CBS Sports Network.
The ISC women’s finals will air Tuesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. Eastern, followed by the ISC men’s finals on April 29 at 8 p.m. Eastern, the ITC women’s title match on May 6 at 7 p.m. Eastern and the ITC men’s final on May 13 at 7 p.m. Eastern.
Many memorable moments have taken place during ITC and ISC championship rounds over the years, and Saturday’s title matches only bolstered that legacy.
2025 ITC men's national champion - Wisconsin-Whitewater
The ITC men’s championship bout wrapped up the evening’s program at South Point Bowling Plaza and saw Wisconsin-Whitewater defeat Wichita state 3-0 in the best-of-five Baker final to give the Warhawks their second ITC men’s title in program history while denying the Shockers’ bid to extend their own record by collecting their 14th.
It took both teams a moment to get comfortable under the TV lights on Saturday, as was exemplified by the fact that Wichita State suffered three opens during the first seven frames while Wisconsin-Whitewater incurred two over that same stretch.
Nevertheless, the game was still close with the Warhawks leading the Shockers by just 10 pins heading into the final three frames.
Wichita shook off the sting of back-to-back single-pin misses in the sixth and seventh by striking out in the eighth, ninth and 10th frames thanks to single strikes from Carter Street and Brandon Bonta and a finishing turkey from senior anchor bowler Spencer Robarge.
Whitewater answered back with a double of its own in the eighth and ninth, however, with those strikes coming courtesy of Hunter Pomije and Dawson Peterson.
That meant that if Warhawks’ anchor Garrett Meadows could post a double during the 10th frame, Wisconsin-Whitewater would hold off the Wichita State charge and win Game 1.
And post a double Meadows did, delivering a picturesque strike on the first shot in the 10th and then taking advantage of a Brooklyn on shot No. 2. to give the Warhawks a 213-205 opening-game victory.
Unbeknownst to the capacity crowd in attendance at South Point Bowling Plaza, that was as close as things would get.
Wisconsin-Whitewater used a five-bagger and six strikes during the first eight frames to breeze past Wichita State by a final score of 236-158 during Game 2.
Despite a lineup change by the Shockers, Game 3 brought more of the same as Wichita State managed just three strikes while recording three opens during the first nine frames.
Whitewater, meanwhile, stayed clean during the early stages and then came up with a clutch four-bagger in frames five through eight to secure the game, the match and the 2025 ITC men’s national title.
Although Wisconsin-Whitewater Head Coach Brandon Mooney enjoyed hoisting the Helmer Cup during the post-match celebration, his joy was derived from the happiness of his players more than for himself.
“I’m so happy for my guys because they’re the ones who put in the work all year,” Mooney said. “I try my best to provide them with the best college experience I can, so to see them do it for the program and for themselves is just an awesome feeling. I don’t think it’s sunk in yet.”
While a certain segment of the capacity crowd inside South Point Bowling Plaza may have been surprised by the way the men’s title match played out, Mooney knew going in that you have to expect the unexpected once the TV lights come on.
“You never know how the pattern is going to play on the TV pair,” Mooney said. “Because of the lights and everything, it’s a totally different scenario. In the end, today’s match was a little bit lower scoring than I thought it was going to be, but at the end of the day we made the adjustments we needed to, made some good shots and came away with the win.”
The 2025 Wisconsin-Whitewater championship team included Meadows, Kyle Muth, Peterson, Pomije, James Stewart, Nate VanderBeek, Leo Voss and Luke Winter.
In addition to a first-place medal and his share of the Helmer Cup, Meadows also walked away with a spot on the 2025 ITC Men’s All-Tournament Team. He was joined on the squad by Pikeville’s Bryce Oliver, Hayden Hale of Trine, Mount Mercy’s Keaton Ostrowski and Robarge, who was named the ITC Men’s Most Valuable Player.
The Chris Stoehr Sportsmanship award in the men’s division went to C.J. Petrin of Oklahoma Christian.
2025 ITC women's national champion - Jacksonville State
During the women’s ITC final earlier in the day, Jacksonville State was stellar, sweeping Mount Mercy 3-0 in best-of-five Baker action to cap off a dominant week of bowling at South Point by capturing the first USBC Collegiate national title in program history.
After her team punched its ticket to the women’s title match on Friday evening, Jacksonville State Head Coach Shannon O’Keefe said that she wouldn’t have wanted to bowl her girls this week as they were clearly fueled by some additional motivation after having fallen just short of capturing the 2025 NCAA Bowling Championship one week earlier – The Gamecocks lost a hard-fought battle for the NCAA national title to Youngstown State by a final score of 4-3 on April 12.
Once the TV lights came on for Saturday’s ITC women’s title match, however, it was clear that Jacksonville State was not about to come up short again.
The Gamecocks came out swinging from the start of Game 1, opening with a four-bagger to immediately put Mount Mercy on the defensive and open up a 44-pin lead through five frames.
The Mustangs kept battling and struck three times during the second half of the game, but two early opens were all the opening Jacksonville State needed to take Game 1 by a final score of 218-192.
The early stages of Game 2 played out in a similar fashion with the Gamecocks recording three strikes through the first five frames while Mount Mercy was saddled with two opens over that same stretch.
At that point, it looked like Jacksonville State would win the game going away, but back-to-back opens in the seventh and eighth frames suddenly narrowed the gap and gave Mount Mercy hopes of completing a rally to square the match.
However, after Klemencic converted the tricky 8-9 baby split in the ninth frame, anchor bowler Annalise OBryant stepped up and delivered a spare and strike during the 10th to hold the Mustangs off, 183-180, and give Jacksonville State a 2-0 lead, which put the Gamecocks just one win away from bringing home the national title.
For a moment, it looked as if the Jacksonville State celebration would be put on hold as Mount Mercy stayed clean and used a pair of strikes to take a 12-pin lead at the halfway mark in Game 3; however, opens by the Mustangs in the sixth and ninth frames combined with strikes in the sixth, eighth and ninth for Jacksonville State quickly turned the tide back in the Gamecocks’ favor.
National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association First Team All-American and Women’s Player of the Year Brooke Salzman struck out in the 10th frame to help Mount Mercy put up as much resistance as possible; nevertheless, OBryant only needed nine pins on her first ball in the 10th to officially lock up the win for Jacksonville State.
The talented right-hander delivered a pocket shot that left a 10-pin, which was enough to give the Gamecocks a 194-182 victory, the sweep and the 2025 ITC women’s national title.
Even though O’Keefe-led teams have reached the winner’s circle multiple times over the years, Saturday’s win was very special for the Jacksonville State Head Coach.
“I don’t care what tournament it is, it always feels good to win,” O’Keefe said. “To be able to cap off this season with a national championship and send these seniors out with another title is very special. Those ladies have won two NCAA Championships and two ITC titles, so they’ve won a national championship all four years they’ve been in school.”
One of those seniors, Anna Warkel, was named to the 2025 ITC Women’s All-Tournament Team as was Gamecocks’ sophomore Dannielle Henderson, who was honored as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
Henderson and Warkel were joined on the ITC Women’s All-Tournament team by Aliza Shirk from Mount St. Mary’s, Mount Mercy’s Salzman and Kristina Catoe of Pikeville.
The Chris Stoehr Sportsmanship award in the women’s division went to Lara Kurt of Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah.
With all that Jacksonville State bowlers accomplished during the week at South Point, the question had to be asked: Could anything have stopped the Gamecocks from emerging with this year’s national title?
O’Keefe isn’t so sure.
“Sometimes I think destiny is destiny, and I think any of the hardships that we faced throughout the season, we just kept reminding ourselves that nobody is exempt from that,” O’Keefe said. “You have to learn how to fight and battle back from that in order to achieve your dreams. Our players really held onto that. They wanted this, so I’m not sure anything could’ve stopped them.”
Jacksonville State’s 2025 championship team featured Keyla Covarrubias, Henderson, Klemencic, Keira Magsam, Melia Mitskavich, OBryant, Warkel and Emma Yoder.
2025 ISC women's national champion - Erin Klemencic, Jacksonville State
Roughly three hours after Jacksonville State won the first ITC national title in program history, Klemencic secured its first ISC women’s crown thanks to a thrilling 245-236 victory over Kylee Trexler of Louisiana Tech.
Both players started strong during the title match with Trexler opening with a six-bagger and Klemencic starting with a turkey and three consecutive spares.
Everything changed in the seventh and eighth frames, however, as after Trexler converted a tricky 9-10 baby split in the seventh, she was unable to run down the 4-pin in the eighth.
Klemencic, meanwhile, made a savvy ball change in the seventh frame, and that allowed her to break her string of spares by recording strikes in the seventh, eighth and ninth.
Undaunted by the open frame, Trexler rebounded with a spare in the ninth frame before going strike-spare in the 10th to post a final score of 236.
That meant that Klemencic would have to extend her string of strikes by at least one more to start the 10th frame or else she would lose the match and title.
But just as she had during the ITC championship match earlier in the day and for most of the week, Klemencic delivered the shot she needed when she needed it.
Her first ball in the 10th frame finished flush in the 1-3 pocket and struck, securing the win and the Jacksonville State freshman’s second national title in a little more than three hours.
According to Klemencic, she knew the clinching shot had a chance the moment she let it go.
“I knew it was good out of my hand, so I was just waiting and hoping for it to hook,” Klemencic said. “I actually thought I needed to strike out in the 10th, so I was trying to stay calm to throw two more. Then, I caught sight of the score, and I realized I’d won.”
Klemencic did win, and even though the championship match against Trexler went down to the wire, Klemencic’s performance would still have to be categorized as dominant.
That’s because one match before putting up seven strikes against Trexler, Klemencic started with the front six and finished with 10 strikes overall during a 274-202 semifinal victory over Monmouth’s Jenna Lehrer.
During her two games on the TV pair on Saturday, Klemencic struck 17 times in 23 attempts and averaged just under 260.
That sort of performance is impressive no matter who authors it, but it’s even more noteworthy when you consider the fact that Klemencic is only a freshman.
When asked how it felt to become the 2025 ISC women’s national champion, Klemencic offered a simple response.
“It was really fun out there today” Klemencic said. “I wasn’t sure what to expect, so this is beyond what I expected. I was just grateful to have had this opportunity.
And she certainly made the most of it.
Trexler earned her place in the title by taking down Youngstown State’s Amanda Granata by a final score of 235-213 during the first ISC women’s semifinal.
2025 ISC men's national champion - Blake Walsh, Mount Mercy
The first trophy of the day was given out on Saturday morning, and it went to Mount Mercy super freshman Walsh.
The NCBCA First Team All-American and Rookie of the Year capped off a remarkable debut season by defeating McKendree’s Nicholas Blagojevic by a final score of 235-190 to become the 2025 ISC men’s national champion.
Despite admittedly waking up with nerves Saturday morning, Walsh was all business once the TV lights came on at South Point.
He peppered the pocket throughout his two matches on the TV pair, striking on all 12 shots on the left lane and 17 times overall during two clean games.
He started the day with a 237-180 win over Concordia’s Conner Lackey before taking down Blagojevic for the title.
Blagojevic earned his place in the championship match thanks to a 222-187 victory over Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah’s Gael Egana during Semifinal No. 2.
According to Walsh, the key to Saturday’s stellar performance was the support of his teammates and simply sticking to his process.
“Waking up this morning, I definitely felt the wave of nerves come on as it sank in that I was bowling on the TV show,” Walsh said. “That feeling stayed with me on the warmup lanes, but, funny enough, once I got on the set for TV, the nerves sort of went away and it just turned into bowling.”
Walsh certainly proved just how much bowling skill he has throughout his first season at Mount Mercy, a place that has come to feel like home despite being halfway around the world from his true home in Australia.
“It’s been such an incredible year, and this team is so good,” Walsh said. “I feel so connected and close to these guys that I genuinely consider them my family, and that’s made all these feats easier because I feel like I’m trusted and believed in.”
Walsh also knows how much his family back home in Australia believes in him, so, understandably, he was looking forward to celebrating Saturday’s triumph with them later in the day via video chat.
“I’m definitely looking forward to that call even though it’s really early in the morning back there,” Walsh said. “As much as this is for my teammates with me today, it’s also for my family back home who I know is going to be so proud.”
Teams and individuals competing at South Point Bowling Plaza this week earned their spots at the ITC and ISC through four sectional qualifiers held throughout the country in March.
BowlTV.com provided live coverage of all qualifying and match-play rounds of the Intercollegiate Team and Singles Championships leading up to the televised finals.
CLICK HERE for more information on the Intercollegiate Team Championships and CLICK HERE for information on the Intercollegiate Singles Championships.
The finals were taped for broadcast Saturday, April 19, with air dates on CBS Sports Network scheduled through April and May. The TV broadcast dates for each event is as follows:
Tuesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. Eastern: Women's ISC finals
Tuesday, April 29 at 8 p.m. Eastern: Men's ISC finals
Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern: Women's ITC finals
Tuesday, May 13 at 7 p.m. Eastern: Men's ITC finals
ITC QUALIFYING I ITC MEN'S BRACKET I ITC WOMEN'S BRACKET
ISC QUALIFYING I ISC MEN'S BRACKET I ISC WOMEN'S BRACKET
LAS VEGAS – The Wisconsin-Whitewater men and Jacksonville State women captured team championships, and freshmen Blake Walsh of Mount Mercy and Erin Klemencic of Jacksonville State claimed singles titles during Saturday’s final day of competition at the 2025 Intercollegiate Team and Singles Championships, which were contested at South Point Bowling Plaza inside the South Point Hotel Casino & Spa in Las Vegas.
The championship rounds in the men’s and women’s divisions in each event were taped for broadcast and will air on Tuesdays in April and May on CBS Sports Network.
The ISC women’s finals will air Tuesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. Eastern, followed by the ISC men’s finals on April 29 at 8 p.m. Eastern, the ITC women’s title match on May 6 at 7 p.m. Eastern and the ITC men’s final on May 13 at 7 p.m. Eastern.
Many memorable moments have taken place during ITC and ISC championship rounds over the years, and Saturday’s title matches only bolstered that legacy.
2025 ITC men's national champion - Wisconsin-Whitewater
The ITC men’s championship bout wrapped up the evening’s program at South Point Bowling Plaza and saw Wisconsin-Whitewater defeat Wichita state 3-0 in the best-of-five Baker final to give the Warhawks their second ITC men’s title in program history while denying the Shockers’ bid to extend their own record by collecting their 14th.
It took both teams a moment to get comfortable under the TV lights on Saturday, as was exemplified by the fact that Wichita State suffered three opens during the first seven frames while Wisconsin-Whitewater incurred two over that same stretch.
Nevertheless, the game was still close with the Warhawks leading the Shockers by just 10 pins heading into the final three frames.
Wichita shook off the sting of back-to-back single-pin misses in the sixth and seventh by striking out in the eighth, ninth and 10th frames thanks to single strikes from Carter Street and Brandon Bonta and a finishing turkey from senior anchor bowler Spencer Robarge.
Whitewater answered back with a double of its own in the eighth and ninth, however, with those strikes coming courtesy of Hunter Pomije and Dawson Peterson.
That meant that if Warhawks’ anchor Garrett Meadows could post a double during the 10th frame, Wisconsin-Whitewater would hold off the Wichita State charge and win Game 1.
And post a double Meadows did, delivering a picturesque strike on the first shot in the 10th and then taking advantage of a Brooklyn on shot No. 2. to give the Warhawks a 213-205 opening-game victory.
Unbeknownst to the capacity crowd in attendance at South Point Bowling Plaza, that was as close as things would get.
Wisconsin-Whitewater used a five-bagger and six strikes during the first eight frames to breeze past Wichita State by a final score of 236-158 during Game 2.
Despite a lineup change by the Shockers, Game 3 brought more of the same as Wichita State managed just three strikes while recording three opens during the first nine frames.
Whitewater, meanwhile, stayed clean during the early stages and then came up with a clutch four-bagger in frames five through eight to secure the game, the match and the 2025 ITC men’s national title.
Although Wisconsin-Whitewater Head Coach Brandon Mooney enjoyed hoisting the Helmer Cup during the post-match celebration, his joy was derived from the happiness of his players more than for himself.
“I’m so happy for my guys because they’re the ones who put in the work all year,” Mooney said. “I try my best to provide them with the best college experience I can, so to see them do it for the program and for themselves is just an awesome feeling. I don’t think it’s sunk in yet.”
While a certain segment of the capacity crowd inside South Point Bowling Plaza may have been surprised by the way the men’s title match played out, Mooney knew going in that you have to expect the unexpected once the TV lights come on.
“You never know how the pattern is going to play on the TV pair,” Mooney said. “Because of the lights and everything, it’s a totally different scenario. In the end, today’s match was a little bit lower scoring than I thought it was going to be, but at the end of the day we made the adjustments we needed to, made some good shots and came away with the win.”
The 2025 Wisconsin-Whitewater championship team included Meadows, Kyle Muth, Peterson, Pomije, James Stewart, Nate VanderBeek, Leo Voss and Luke Winter.
In addition to a first-place medal and his share of the Helmer Cup, Meadows also walked away with a spot on the 2025 ITC Men’s All-Tournament Team. He was joined on the squad by Pikeville’s Bryce Oliver, Hayden Hale of Trine, Mount Mercy’s Keaton Ostrowski and Robarge, who was named the ITC Men’s Most Valuable Player.
The Chris Stoehr Sportsmanship award in the men’s division went to C.J. Petrin of Oklahoma Christian.
2025 ITC women's national champion - Jacksonville State
During the women’s ITC final earlier in the day, Jacksonville State was stellar, sweeping Mount Mercy 3-0 in best-of-five Baker action to cap off a dominant week of bowling at South Point by capturing the first USBC Collegiate national title in program history.
After her team punched its ticket to the women’s title match on Friday evening, Jacksonville State Head Coach Shannon O’Keefe said that she wouldn’t have wanted to bowl her girls this week as they were clearly fueled by some additional motivation after having fallen just short of capturing the 2025 NCAA Bowling Championship one week earlier – The Gamecocks lost a hard-fought battle for the NCAA national title to Youngstown State by a final score of 4-3 on April 12.
Once the TV lights came on for Saturday’s ITC women’s title match, however, it was clear that Jacksonville State was not about to come up short again.
The Gamecocks came out swinging from the start of Game 1, opening with a four-bagger to immediately put Mount Mercy on the defensive and open up a 44-pin lead through five frames.
The Mustangs kept battling and struck three times during the second half of the game, but two early opens were all the opening Jacksonville State needed to take Game 1 by a final score of 218-192.
The early stages of Game 2 played out in a similar fashion with the Gamecocks recording three strikes through the first five frames while Mount Mercy was saddled with two opens over that same stretch.
At that point, it looked like Jacksonville State would win the game going away, but back-to-back opens in the seventh and eighth frames suddenly narrowed the gap and gave Mount Mercy hopes of completing a rally to square the match.
However, after Klemencic converted the tricky 8-9 baby split in the ninth frame, anchor bowler Annalise OBryant stepped up and delivered a spare and strike during the 10th to hold the Mustangs off, 183-180, and give Jacksonville State a 2-0 lead, which put the Gamecocks just one win away from bringing home the national title.
For a moment, it looked as if the Jacksonville State celebration would be put on hold as Mount Mercy stayed clean and used a pair of strikes to take a 12-pin lead at the halfway mark in Game 3; however, opens by the Mustangs in the sixth and ninth frames combined with strikes in the sixth, eighth and ninth for Jacksonville State quickly turned the tide back in the Gamecocks’ favor.
National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association First Team All-American and Women’s Player of the Year Brooke Salzman struck out in the 10th frame to help Mount Mercy put up as much resistance as possible; nevertheless, OBryant only needed nine pins on her first ball in the 10th to officially lock up the win for Jacksonville State.
The talented right-hander delivered a pocket shot that left a 10-pin, which was enough to give the Gamecocks a 194-182 victory, the sweep and the 2025 ITC women’s national title.
Even though O’Keefe-led teams have reached the winner’s circle multiple times over the years, Saturday’s win was very special for the Jacksonville State Head Coach.
“I don’t care what tournament it is, it always feels good to win,” O’Keefe said. “To be able to cap off this season with a national championship and send these seniors out with another title is very special. Those ladies have won two NCAA Championships and two ITC titles, so they’ve won a national championship all four years they’ve been in school.”
One of those seniors, Anna Warkel, was named to the 2025 ITC Women’s All-Tournament Team as was Gamecocks’ sophomore Dannielle Henderson, who was honored as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
Henderson and Warkel were joined on the ITC Women’s All-Tournament team by Aliza Shirk from Mount St. Mary’s, Mount Mercy’s Salzman and Kristina Catoe of Pikeville.
The Chris Stoehr Sportsmanship award in the women’s division went to Lara Kurt of Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah.
With all that Jacksonville State bowlers accomplished during the week at South Point, the question had to be asked: Could anything have stopped the Gamecocks from emerging with this year’s national title?
O’Keefe isn’t so sure.
“Sometimes I think destiny is destiny, and I think any of the hardships that we faced throughout the season, we just kept reminding ourselves that nobody is exempt from that,” O’Keefe said. “You have to learn how to fight and battle back from that in order to achieve your dreams. Our players really held onto that. They wanted this, so I’m not sure anything could’ve stopped them.”
Jacksonville State’s 2025 championship team featured Keyla Covarrubias, Henderson, Klemencic, Keira Magsam, Melia Mitskavich, OBryant, Warkel and Emma Yoder.
2025 ISC women's national champion - Erin Klemencic, Jacksonville State
Roughly three hours after Jacksonville State won the first ITC national title in program history, Klemencic secured its first ISC women’s crown thanks to a thrilling 245-236 victory over Kylee Trexler of Louisiana Tech.
Both players started strong during the title match with Trexler opening with a six-bagger and Klemencic starting with a turkey and three consecutive spares.
Everything changed in the seventh and eighth frames, however, as after Trexler converted a tricky 9-10 baby split in the seventh, she was unable to run down the 4-pin in the eighth.
Klemencic, meanwhile, made a savvy ball change in the seventh frame, and that allowed her to break her string of spares by recording strikes in the seventh, eighth and ninth.
Undaunted by the open frame, Trexler rebounded with a spare in the ninth frame before going strike-spare in the 10th to post a final score of 236.
That meant that Klemencic would have to extend her string of strikes by at least one more to start the 10th frame or else she would lose the match and title.
But just as she had during the ITC championship match earlier in the day and for most of the week, Klemencic delivered the shot she needed when she needed it.
Her first ball in the 10th frame finished flush in the 1-3 pocket and struck, securing the win and the Jacksonville State freshman’s second national title in a little more than three hours.
According to Klemencic, she knew the clinching shot had a chance the moment she let it go.
“I knew it was good out of my hand, so I was just waiting and hoping for it to hook,” Klemencic said. “I actually thought I needed to strike out in the 10th, so I was trying to stay calm to throw two more. Then, I caught sight of the score, and I realized I’d won.”
Klemencic did win, and even though the championship match against Trexler went down to the wire, Klemencic’s performance would still have to be categorized as dominant.
That’s because one match before putting up seven strikes against Trexler, Klemencic started with the front six and finished with 10 strikes overall during a 274-202 semifinal victory over Monmouth’s Jenna Lehrer.
During her two games on the TV pair on Saturday, Klemencic struck 17 times in 23 attempts and averaged just under 260.
That sort of performance is impressive no matter who authors it, but it’s even more noteworthy when you consider the fact that Klemencic is only a freshman.
When asked how it felt to become the 2025 ISC women’s national champion, Klemencic offered a simple response.
“It was really fun out there today” Klemencic said. “I wasn’t sure what to expect, so this is beyond what I expected. I was just grateful to have had this opportunity.
And she certainly made the most of it.
Trexler earned her place in the title by taking down Youngstown State’s Amanda Granata by a final score of 235-213 during the first ISC women’s semifinal.
2025 ISC men's national champion - Blake Walsh, Mount Mercy
The first trophy of the day was given out on Saturday morning, and it went to Mount Mercy super freshman Walsh.
The NCBCA First Team All-American and Rookie of the Year capped off a remarkable debut season by defeating McKendree’s Nicholas Blagojevic by a final score of 235-190 to become the 2025 ISC men’s national champion.
Despite admittedly waking up with nerves Saturday morning, Walsh was all business once the TV lights came on at South Point.
He peppered the pocket throughout his two matches on the TV pair, striking on all 12 shots on the left lane and 17 times overall during two clean games.
He started the day with a 237-180 win over Concordia’s Conner Lackey before taking down Blagojevic for the title.
Blagojevic earned his place in the championship match thanks to a 222-187 victory over Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah’s Gael Egana during Semifinal No. 2.
According to Walsh, the key to Saturday’s stellar performance was the support of his teammates and simply sticking to his process.
“Waking up this morning, I definitely felt the wave of nerves come on as it sank in that I was bowling on the TV show,” Walsh said. “That feeling stayed with me on the warmup lanes, but, funny enough, once I got on the set for TV, the nerves sort of went away and it just turned into bowling.”
Walsh certainly proved just how much bowling skill he has throughout his first season at Mount Mercy, a place that has come to feel like home despite being halfway around the world from his true home in Australia.
“It’s been such an incredible year, and this team is so good,” Walsh said. “I feel so connected and close to these guys that I genuinely consider them my family, and that’s made all these feats easier because I feel like I’m trusted and believed in.”
Walsh also knows how much his family back home in Australia believes in him, so, understandably, he was looking forward to celebrating Saturday’s triumph with them later in the day via video chat.
“I’m definitely looking forward to that call even though it’s really early in the morning back there,” Walsh said. “As much as this is for my teammates with me today, it’s also for my family back home who I know is going to be so proud.”
Teams and individuals competing at South Point Bowling Plaza this week earned their spots at the ITC and ISC through four sectional qualifiers held throughout the country in March.
BowlTV.com provided live coverage of all qualifying and match-play rounds of the Intercollegiate Team and Singles Championships leading up to the televised finals.
CLICK HERE for more information on the Intercollegiate Team Championships and CLICK HERE for information on the Intercollegiate Singles Championships.