STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- Lindsey Prosperi placed 36th out of 316 bowlers to lead the University of St. Francis women's bowling team to an 18th-place team finish at the 54th Annual Midwest Collegiate Championships on Saturday and Sunday.  A total of 42 teams made up the field.

Prosperi authored a 189.0 average, knocking down 945 pins over her five individual games on Saturday morning.  Of the five games, two were 200-plus affairs, topped by a 217 effort.

Katelynn Statz, Haley Tobiasz and Cassidy Stewart were the only other Saints to finish in the top 50 percent of all competitors.  Statz's three 180-plus games to start Saturday allowed her to average 176.4 for the five games total, good enough for 62nd place.  Her top performance was a 193.

Tobiasz finished in 141tst place, while averaging a 175.0.  Her 216-pin total in the second game was the second-highest showing for St. Francis on the day.  Stewart placed 12 spots below Tobiasz, finishing 153rd overall.  She averaged 166.5 with a single game-high of 185.

As a team, USF totaled 7,153 pins knocked down between its five team games (4,348) and 16 Baker contests (2,805).

Milligan University earned the team title after knocking down a total of 7,816 pins.  Marian University's (Ind.) Paige Richards gained the individual crown by averaging a 212.8 over her five games, which included a tournament-high, single-game score of 268.

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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