LAS VEGAS -- For the third tournament in a row, Jalen Pfaff led the University of St. Francis men's bowling team and gained All-Tournament Team status at the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational on Thursday and Friday.  As a team, the Fighting Saints placed third overall out of 61 squads.

Pfaff hit the 229.3 mark over the two-day span for his third-place performance.  Seven of his eight games went above the 200-pin threshold topped by a 276 with another 253-game included.  He amassed 1,834 pins in total, falling just 36 pins shy of first place.

Also finishing among the Top 20 of all 364 bowlers was Christopher Bald with his 217.4 average and 20th-place overall mark.  He dropped 1,739 pins over the eight games, including a high game of 247.

Gabriel Mejia Wick placed 41st overall with a 1,676-pin total after averaging 209.5 in his eight games.

USF recorded a total pin knockdown of 8,621 following the eight team games and 16 Baker contests.  Mount Mercy University (Iowa) led the way at 8,811 pins.  The rest of the top four had Wichita State University (Kan.) in second place at 8,703 and St. Ambrose University (Iowa) in fourth at 8,453.

In bracket play, the Saints fell in the first round to No.14-seeded McKendree University in three games.

Mount Mercy went on to defeat Wichita State in the championship match for the team title.  University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's Louis Pisano claimed the individual crown with his 233.8 average.

Next Up
The Saints continue play in Las Vegas competing in the Collegiate Shoot-Out on Saturday and Sunday.

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