Bowling Places Eighth at USBC Intercollegiate Sectionals

Friday, March 10

Smyrna, Tenn.

Tulane University

USBC Intercollegiate Sectionals

Photo by: Parker Waters

Bowling Places Eighth at USBC Intercollegiate Sectionals

Mar 12, 2017 | Women's Bowling

Final Results

SMYRNA, Tenn. – Tulane bowling placed eighth at the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championships Sectional Qualifier this weekend at the Smyrna Bowling Center.

The Green Wave finished with 11,660 total pins, just 154 pins shy of fourth place across 64 games this weekend. The top four teams advance from the sectional qualifier to the USBC national championship tournament.

"I am disappointed in the outcome," Tulane head coach Hayley Veitch said. "We are such a talented team, but we just didn't pull it together today."

Teams competed in 64 Baker games, grouped into four blocks of four-game matches, with team standings calculated by total pinfall. On Saturday, the Green Wave posted a big second-session score of 3,167 pins – its session high for the weekend – to combine with its 2,800 from the first block to post a total of 5,967 and a third-place standing halfway through the tournament.

Sunday, Tulane posted scores of 2,799 and 2,894 for a second-day total of 5,693, falling shy of a coveted top-four spot in the standings.

On Friday, Tulane athletes competed in the USBC Intercollegiate Singles Championships Sectional Qualifier, in which the top six individuals earned a spot in the national championship. Freshman Isabelle Lee was Tulane's top finisher at 16^th, posting a six-game pin total of 1,150, including a high score of 232 in the fifth game. Sophomore Tiera Gulum posted a 1,111 pin total, and senior Angela Falgoust posted a 1,101 pin total to place 38^th and 41^st, respectively.

This was the second straight year the Green Wave competed in the USBC sectional qualifier. In 2016, Tulane finished eighth in its first-ever appearance in the USBC sectional qualifier.

The Green Wave will be back in Smyrna next weekend, March 17-19, for the Music City Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt. Following that tournament, Tulane will compete for the Southland Bowling League Championship, March 25-26, in Jonesboro, Ark.

Final Team USBC Sectional Qualifier Standings:
1. McKendree – 12,834
2. Savannah College of Art and Design – 11,957
3. Lindenwood – 11,832
4. Pikeville – 11,814
5. Marian – 11,698
6. Urbana – 11,682
7. Martin Methodist – 11,673
8. Tulane – 11,660
9. Calumet – 11,472
10. Cumberlands – 11,391
11. Aquinas College – 11,225
12. Siena Heights – 11,215
13. Florida State – 11,038
14. Bellarmine – 10,765
15. Alma College – 10,672
16. Ball State – 10,539

Tulane Individual USBC Sectional Qualifier Rankings:
16. Isabelle Lee (1,150)
38. Tiera Gulum (1,111)
41. Angela Falgoust (1,101)
57. Kierstyn Rush (1,050)
60. Sarah Forton (1,046)
68. Joanna Hackett (1,039)
87. Michelle Ng (1,000)
100. Claire Turner (977)
135. Hailee Hammond (711)