FORT WORTH, Texas -- Needing to be one of four teams to knock down the most pins over a two-day span covering 64 Baker games between Saturday and Sunday, the University of St. Francis women's bowling team fell short of that goal, needing 151 more than its final total of 11,698 to claim the fourth and final bid from the Fort Worth, Texas Sectional to the US Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championships April 13-18 in Las Vegas, Nev.

North Carolina A&T State University (13,109) beat out Louisiana Tech University (12,404) by 705 pins to earn the first two berths.  Newman University (Kan.) claimed third place overall with a 12,327 pin-count, while Tulane University (La.) squeezed past Oklahoma Christian University (11,849-11,789) for the fourth and final position.

Fifteen teams and 137 competitors in all made up the field.

A total of four sectionals across the nation took place this weekend with the top four teams from each tournament advancing to the 16-team USBC Championships at the South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas April 13-18.

Three Saints in all placed among the Top 60 bowlers competing with Katelynn Statz being 25 pins better than teammate Lindsey Prosperi for a tie for 30th place.  Statz dropped 1,174 pins (195.7 avg.) to Prosperi's 1,149 (191.5 avg.).  Prosperi placed 43rd with her high game being a 246.  Statz's high was a 214.

Junior Haley Tobiasz also fared quite well in her final sectional competition.  Tobiasz placed 60th with her 1,115 total (185.8 avg.).  She posted a high game of 207.

Up Next
The NAIA National Championships in Lansing, Mich. await the Saints next from March 19-21.

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