VU Bowling looks to build on good weekend at Midwest Championships

WAUWATOSA, Wis. – The Vincennes University Bowling season rolled on over the weekend as the Trailblazers headed up to Wisconsin for the 2024 Midwest Collegiate Championships Saturday and Sunday.

Vincennes came away with a 34th place finish in a loaded field after five traditional games Saturday and 16 baker games on Sunday.

The Trailblazers were led in the traditional games by sophomore Dakota Waskom (Louisville, Ky.) who finished with a total of 1,082 pins, including a team-leading game of 262 to begin the weekend and would place 26th overall.

Freshman Colton Martin (Breese, Ill.) was the next VU scorer, using a 254 in game three to finish with 1,032 pins and finish 57th overall on the weekend.

Senior Brighton Lucas (Salem, Ill.) got his weekend started out strong as well with a 243 in his first game, bowling four games to finish with a total of 746 pins.

Sophomore Dylan Lewis (Louisville, Ky.) and freshman Ryan Webber (Evansville, Ind.) each bowled three games on Saturday, with Lewis getting 532 pins and Webber finishing with a score of 524 pins.

Freshman Carter Martin (Breese, Ill.) and sophomore Nick Gregg (Salem, Ill.) bowled two games each with Martin coming away with 348 pins and Gregg finishing with a score of 324.

Sophomore Ethan Ennis (Kokomo, Ind.) closed out the day for the Trailblazers by posting a score of 144 in his one game Saturday.

The Blazers as a team were in 32nd place overall after Saturday's traditional games, finishing with a total of 4,732 pins on the day.

VU then returned to the lanes Sunday for the final day of competition and 16 baker games.

Vincennes would close out the weekend with a total of 2,996 pins, giving them a weekend total of 7,728 pins and a 34th place finish overall.

The Trailblazers will look to continue to improve and build on these early season tournaments as VU now prepares for the 2024 Western Shootout Saturday, Oct. 12 and Sunday, Oct. 13 in Indianapolis, Ind.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

TEAM RESULTS

VU (34th) – 1012, 943, 999, 945, 833 – 4732. Baker – 2996. Total – 7728.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Dakota Waskom (26) – 262, 215, 215, 211, 179 – 1082

Colton Martin (57) – 195, 203, 254, 211, 169 – 1032

Brighton Lucas (203) – 243, 177, 154, 172, x – 746

Dylan Lewis (278) – x, 151, 224, 157, x – 532

Ryan Webber (283) – 175, 197, 152, x, x – 524

Carter Martin (335) – x, x, x, 194, 154 – 348

Nick Gregg (345) – 137, x, x, x, 187 – 324

Ethan Ennis (391) – x, x, x, x, 144