Youngstown State University
Mid-Winter Invitational
Bowling Wins Twice on Sunday, Finishes Mid-Winter Invitational in Eighth
2/16/2020 12:00:00 AM | Bowling
The Youngstown State bowling team went 2-1 in best-of-seven bracket play on Sunday and finished the Mid-Winter Invitational in eighth place.
The Penguins began the day in ninth place and were able to move up one spot behind wins over Tulane and UAB. Youngstown State's lone loss on Sunday was in seven games to Louisiana Tech.
"I'm extremely proud of how well the ladies competed. Two of our three matches went seven games, and the other went six, and I love how well the ladies handled each situation independent of the score," YSU head coach Doug Kuberski said.
"A lot of the notes we took from our last two tournaments helped tremendously this weekend, we'll look over the information we gained from this weekend and work hard to prepare ourselves for our event in two weeks. We are having a lot of fun out there working and competing."
The Penguins strung together consecutive games of 245, 244 and 260 to take a 3-1 lead on No. 16 Tulane, and they won game six by posting a 212. YSU then built another 3-1 lead on No. 21 UAB and held on to win with a 211-174 victory in game seven. Youngstown State was in the opposite situation in its third match as it trailed No. 11 Louisiana Tech, and it won the next two games before falling 247-216 in the finale.
Youngstown State will be idle next week before competing at the Big Red Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., on Feb. 28 through March 1.
