Bowling Gears Up for the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University bowling team prepares to compete in the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships (ITC) in Addison, Illinois, from April 20-23.

The Green Wave earned points throughout the regular collegiate season to finish in the top 64 which qualified the team for a placement at one of the four sectional locations. The Green Wave was picked to attend the sectional at USA Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The format of the tournament was 64 baker games over two days and the top four teams with the highest total pinfall advanced to the ITC. The Green Wave performed consistently and was in 3^rd position after 60 baker games. With a big last block, the Green Wave was able to pass Stephen F. Austin to claim the runner-up position behind another Southland league opponent Sam Houston. Tulane posted a qualifying pinfall of 12,616 pins over 64 baker games totaling a 197 average. The 4th team to qualify from the Dallas sectional was Wichita State.

The day prior to the ITC sectional was the Intercollegiate Singles Championship which saw all eight bowlers for Tulane take to the lanes against 122 total bowlers in the Dallas sectional. The Wave performed very strong with six bowlers in the top 50 and five of them landing in the top 25.

Senior Madison McCall paced Tulane with a top-five finish landing second in the qualifier to punch her ticket to the USBC Singles Championships. McCall posted a total pinfall of 1,304 across six games to finish just 32 pins behind the top spot. After a slow start, the Myrtle Beach, S.C., native knocked down at least 224 pins in each of her last four games including 257 in her third game.

Amelia Vasquez and Yarelis Alvarez each landed in the top 10 at the end of the competition. Vasquez finished with a total pinfall of 1,227 to finish ninth while Alvarez followed right behind with a total pinfall of 1,219 to land 10^th. Rounding out the group to post top-25 finishes for the Wave were Morgan Gitlitz and Jenica Baron who each knocked down 1,131 pins across six games to finish 25^th overall.

McCall will now compete for a singles National Championship in Addison, Illinois, April 19-20 where she will be one of 24 female collegiate bowlers who qualified through the four different sectionals to go for the title.

To round out a hectic March for the Green Wave, Tulane played host to the Southland Conference Tournament.

The Green Wave finished with a 1-2 record in the Southland Conference Tournament played at Colonial Lanes in Harahan, Louisiana. After falling to second-seeded Vanderbilt in the first round of the tournament the seventh-seeded Wave defeated six seed Stephen F. Austin before being eliminated by No. 3 seed Arkansas State.

Against Vanderbilt, Tulane fought hard but dropped both the traditional match (1,016-974) and the baker match (1,084-1,007) to the Commodores to land in the loser's bracket of the tournament. The Green Wave bounced back in the next round winning the traditional match against Stephen F. Austin 1,066-1,003 before closing out the Lumberjacks with a pinfall advantage of 1,012-954 in the baker match to stay alive in the tournament. Tulane's run would end the following morning in the next round, however, as the Wave lost the traditional match (1,102-1068) and the baker match (1,124-1054) to Arkansas State.

Stand out performances for traditional games were Katharina Mente who averaged 243 and Amelia Vasquez who averaged 227.5. Morgan Gitlitz and Veronica Petrinec also performed above average with 208.3 and 204 respectively.

Up next, Madison McCall will compete solo in the ISC in a field of 24 female collegiate bowlers at Stardust Bowl from April 19-20. Tulane will follow as a team in their first attempt at a National Championship at the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships. In the ITC the Wave will compete against the top 16 women's teams in the country. The teams will play 24 qualifying baker games on Wednesday morning, April 21, with match play following in the afternoon. The ITC will be held at Stardust Bowl in Addison, Illinois, from April 21-23. The semifinals and finals that take place on April 23 which will be televised at a later date. For the latest information on these events visit bowl.com.

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Bowling Gears Up for the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships

Players Mentioned

Yarelis Alvarez

Jenica Baron

Morgan Gitlitz

Madison McCall

Katharina Mente

Veronica Petrinec

Amelia Vasquez

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