STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- Jalen Pfaff placed 51st out of 400 bowlers to lead the University of St. Francis men's bowling team to a 10th-place team finish at the 54th Annual Midwest Collegiate Championships on Saturday and Sunday.  A total of 51 teams made up the field.

Pfaff authored a 201.2 average, knocking down 1,006 pins over his five individual games on Saturday morning.  Of the five games, three were 200-plus affairs, topped by a 247 effort.

Trevor Anifer and Dylan Holtz were the only other Saints to finish in the top 50 percent of all competitors.  Anifer's three 190-plus games to start Saturday allowed him to average 191.6 for the five games total, good enough for 90th place.  His top performance was a 223.

Holtz finished in 164th place, while averaging a 184.8.  He knocked down 739 pins over four games with a single game-high of 207.

As a team, USF totaled 8,155 pins knocked down between its five team games (4,821) and 16 Baker contests (3,334).

Purdue University (Ind.) earned the team title after knocking down a total of 8,707 pins.  University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's Dawson Peterson gained the individual crown by averaging a 239.4 over his five games.

Up Next
The Saints return to action on Nov. 2 when they travel to Clinton Township, Mich. to compete in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Great Lakes Open.

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