Huskers Finish Seventh at Prairie View A&M Invitational

Arlington, Texas- The top ranked Nebraska Bowling Team finished in seventh place at the Prairie View A&M Invitational after defeating Fairleigh Dickinson in the best-of-seven Baker format championship tournament Sunday at the International Training and Research Center.

The Cornhuskers finished the weekend with a total pinfall of 11,092 and a record of 8-5.

Senior Kelly Belzeski finished in eighth place overall in the individual standings with a strong average of 220.2. Junior Meghan Straub finished 20th overall with her average of 212.5.

The Huskers played one traditional match Sunday morning against No. 25 Prairie View A&M, which the Huskers won, 976-790. The victory put them in sixth-place overall going in to Sunday’s bracket-play championship tournament, in which each team played best-of-seven Baker matches.

In their first tournament match, Huskers fell to Stephen F. Austin, 4-2, sending Nebraska to play No. 10 Farleigh Dickinson for seventh place.

The Huskers swept Farleigh Dickenson 4-0 (245-217, 221-210, 267-163, 195-183) for the seventh-place finish.

The Huskers will return to the lanes next Friday through Sunday at the Crusader Classic in Chicago, Ill.

 

Prairie View A&M Invitational Final Standings

1. McKendree
2. Arkansas State 
3. Sam Houston State 
4. Vanderbilt  5.
5. Stephen F. Austin
6.  Sacred Heart 
7. Nebraska
8. Fairleigh Dickinson 
9. North Carolina A&T 
10. Prairie View A&M 
11.  Maryland Eastern Shore 
12.  Louisiana Tech