Wichita State men lead in Vegas

LAS VEGAS - Fresh off a runner-up finish at the Sam's Town Collegiate Shoot Out this weekend, the Wichita State University men found their way into the early lead at the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational across town at the South Point Bowling Center on Monday.

The Shockers finished the day's six traditional games with a 6,123 total, 172 pins ahead of Calumet (5,951). Arizona State-Haugen is third with 5,876.

On the women's side, Pikeville College-A, the women's champion at the Collegiate Shoot Out, pulled ahead of the pack with a 6,100 six-game total. Wichita State is 479 pins back with 5,621, while Fresno State is third with 5,522.

The tournament field includes 45 men's teams and 18 women's team, which all will return for three additional games Tuesday morning. The top 16 teams on the men's side and the top eight on the women's side then will advance to the match-play portion of the event. Teams will be seeded into single-elimination brackets for best two-out-of-three Baker matches.

Competition resumes Tuesday at 8 a.m. PST. Live streaming will continue for the duration of the event.

2009 GLENN CARLSON LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL
At South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas
Monday's Results
(Six games)

MEN

1, Wichita State, 6123
2, Calumet, 5951
3, Arizona State Haugen, 5876
4, Fresno State - Red, 5833
5, SIU-Edwardsville, 5832
6, Missouri Baptist, 5761
7, Univ of Nebraska Lincoln, 5757
8, Fresno State -Blue, 5733
9, Pikeville College (c), 5715
10, San Jose State (Blue), 5709
11, Univ of North Texas, 5697
12, West Texas A&M (A), 5670
13, UNLV (Black), 5635
14, Univ. Nebraska Omaha, 5612
15, Washington State, 5602
16, U.C. Davis (A), 5598
17, Florida State, 5594
18, Univ of Houston, 5584
19, Pikeville College (b), 5581
20, Weber State, 5558
21, Missouri State, 5521
22, Univ of Arizona, 5518
23, South Dakota State, 5517
24, San Jose State (Gold), 5513
25, CSU Long Beach, 5499
26, Pikeville College (a), 5499
27, Louisiana State, 5404
28, Minnesota State Mankato, 5391
29, Illinois State, 5386
30, Central Washington, 5375
31, North Dakota State, 5327
32, Martin Methodist College, 5315
33, UNLV (Red), 5285
34, Univ of Notre Dame, 5262
35, U.C. Santa Barbara, 5141
36, U.C. Davis (B), 5134
37, Arizona State Red, 5133
38, Cal Poly, 5090
39, West Texas A&M (B), 5026
40, Univ of Florida, 5017
41, Texas A&M, 4903
42, Colorado State, 4731
43, Univ. Of New Mexico, 4626
44, Utah State, 4625
45, Utah State - Mixed, 3946

WOMEN

1, Pikeville College (A), 6100
2, Wichita State, 5621
3, Fresno State, 5522
4, Florida State, 5473
5, Pikeville College (B), 5413
6, Calumet College, 5406
7, West Texas A&M, 5327
8, U.C. Davis, 5251
9, Missouri Baptist, 5049
10, South Dakota State, 5026
11, Univ of Houston, 4967
12, Missouri State, 4642
13, Univ of New Mexico, 4577
14, Univ of Arizona, 4519
15, Colorado State, 4437
16, Washington State, 4393
17, Texas A&M, 4367
18, Notre Dame, 4189