Collegiate Ticker - Dec. 27, 2023
December 27, 2023
The 2023 portion of this year’s United States Bowling Congress Collegiate season officially came to an end when the Glenn Carlson Invitational and Collegiate Shootout took place in Las Vegas last week.
The Glenn Carlson Invitational was the first event of the week in Las Vegas with 47 men’s varsity teams and 32 women’s varsity teams competing. All teams bowled nine individual games before a cut to the top 16 men’s teams and top eight women’s teams for single elimination bracket match play. All matches were best-of-five Baker matches.
On the men’s side, the finals would see Webber International and Wichita State face off against each other with Wichita coming out on top with a 3-0 sweep.
The Shockers also had a pair of teammates take home all-tournament team honors as Spencer Robarge placed second with a 1,984 total, and Carter Street was third with 1,956. Jullian Salinas of Savannah College of Art and Design-Savannah led all men with a 2,032 total while SCAD-Savannah teammate Justin Bohn placed fourth at 1,909. Tennessee Wesleyan’s Duane Jones was fifth with 1,900.
Wichita would also take home the team victory on the women’s side as it swept Ottawa- Kansas in the finals.
Wichita’s Mary Orf led all women with a 1,992 total while teammate Ashtyn Woods placed fourth with 1,939. Jaqueline Witura and Linda Himes of Webber placed second and third, respectively, with 1,991 and 1,981, and Calumet’s Savanah Rodriguez was fifth with 1,893.
There was no time to rest for these teams as the Collegiate Shootout came right after the Glenn Carlson, so all the teams came back to bowl six individual games and 16 Baker games before the top eight teams in both the men’s and women’s divisions were split into two pods of four. Each pod bowled four Baker games, and the top two teams in the semi-finals moved on to the final pod.
The first men’s pod had Saint Xavier and Wichita advance while the second had Webber and Purdue move on to the championship pod. Purdue started with a 267, but it wasn’t enough as Webber would take home the victory with an 876 total. Wichita was second with 862, Purdue third with 857 and Saint Xavier placed fourth with 766.
Oklahoma Christian’s C.J. Petrin led all men with a 1,414 total. The remaining spots on the men’s all-tournament team were claimed by Newman’s Noah Akiona (1,406), Wichita’s Ryan Barnes (1,390), Missouri Baptist’s Hunter Jones (1,376), Calumet’s Alexander Linnenbrink and Wichita’s Spencer Robarge (tied for fifth with 1,356) and Webber’s AJ Wolstenholme (1,350) .
On the women’s side of things, the first semifinal pod had Wichita and St. Francis- Illinois advance while the second saw William Penn and Ottawa- Kansas move on. Similar to the men’s final, it was a close battle for the win with William Penn coming out on top with a 707 total while St. Francis placed second with 703.
Olivia Daujatas of Saint Xavier led all women with a 1,313 total while Webber’s Jaqueline Witura (1,303), William Penn’s Gabriella Evans (1,302), Wichita’s Mary Orf (1,278) and St. Francis-Illinois’ Allison Nape (1,263) also collected all-tournament honors.
In other collegiate action
- At the Roto Grip Keystone Quaker Classic in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the Northwestern Ohio men and Pikeville women collected Tier I victories.
- At the Lehigh Valley Collegiate Classic in Whitehall, Pennsylvania, the Indiana Tech men and Trine women left with Tier I wins.
For the full schedule of collegiate events, results and more, visit BOWL.com/Collegiate and CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.
The Glenn Carlson Invitational was the first event of the week in Las Vegas with 47 men’s varsity teams and 32 women’s varsity teams competing. All teams bowled nine individual games before a cut to the top 16 men’s teams and top eight women’s teams for single elimination bracket match play. All matches were best-of-five Baker matches.
On the men’s side, the finals would see Webber International and Wichita State face off against each other with Wichita coming out on top with a 3-0 sweep.
The Shockers also had a pair of teammates take home all-tournament team honors as Spencer Robarge placed second with a 1,984 total, and Carter Street was third with 1,956. Jullian Salinas of Savannah College of Art and Design-Savannah led all men with a 2,032 total while SCAD-Savannah teammate Justin Bohn placed fourth at 1,909. Tennessee Wesleyan’s Duane Jones was fifth with 1,900.
Wichita would also take home the team victory on the women’s side as it swept Ottawa- Kansas in the finals.
Wichita’s Mary Orf led all women with a 1,992 total while teammate Ashtyn Woods placed fourth with 1,939. Jaqueline Witura and Linda Himes of Webber placed second and third, respectively, with 1,991 and 1,981, and Calumet’s Savanah Rodriguez was fifth with 1,893.
There was no time to rest for these teams as the Collegiate Shootout came right after the Glenn Carlson, so all the teams came back to bowl six individual games and 16 Baker games before the top eight teams in both the men’s and women’s divisions were split into two pods of four. Each pod bowled four Baker games, and the top two teams in the semi-finals moved on to the final pod.
The first men’s pod had Saint Xavier and Wichita advance while the second had Webber and Purdue move on to the championship pod. Purdue started with a 267, but it wasn’t enough as Webber would take home the victory with an 876 total. Wichita was second with 862, Purdue third with 857 and Saint Xavier placed fourth with 766.
Oklahoma Christian’s C.J. Petrin led all men with a 1,414 total. The remaining spots on the men’s all-tournament team were claimed by Newman’s Noah Akiona (1,406), Wichita’s Ryan Barnes (1,390), Missouri Baptist’s Hunter Jones (1,376), Calumet’s Alexander Linnenbrink and Wichita’s Spencer Robarge (tied for fifth with 1,356) and Webber’s AJ Wolstenholme (1,350) .
On the women’s side of things, the first semifinal pod had Wichita and St. Francis- Illinois advance while the second saw William Penn and Ottawa- Kansas move on. Similar to the men’s final, it was a close battle for the win with William Penn coming out on top with a 707 total while St. Francis placed second with 703.
Olivia Daujatas of Saint Xavier led all women with a 1,313 total while Webber’s Jaqueline Witura (1,303), William Penn’s Gabriella Evans (1,302), Wichita’s Mary Orf (1,278) and St. Francis-Illinois’ Allison Nape (1,263) also collected all-tournament honors.
In other collegiate action
- At the Roto Grip Keystone Quaker Classic in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the Northwestern Ohio men and Pikeville women collected Tier I victories.
- At the Lehigh Valley Collegiate Classic in Whitehall, Pennsylvania, the Indiana Tech men and Trine women left with Tier I wins.
For the full schedule of collegiate events, results and more, visit BOWL.com/Collegiate and CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.