BELTON, MISSOURI - On January 27th and 28th, the men's Grand View Bowling Team traveled to Belton, MO., to compete in the Avila Eagles Invitational.
On Day One, the men bowled five individual team games for a total of 25 games. Leading the team were
Nicholas Prochnow (SR) 1032/206.4 ave,
Johnathan Hemmingsen (SR) 972/195 ave,
Lucas Kramer (SR) 870/171 ave. Contributing additional games were
Andru Wilder (SO),
Brandon Nakaoka (SO),
Xander Pickett (SO), and
Camrey Cavan (JR) for a team total of 4534/182 ave for day one and putting the men in 8
th place. Day Two was 16 Baker games. The men started strong and continued to close the gap between 8
th and 7
th with a 16-Baker game total of 3,044/190.2 Ave. The men finished 8/13 with a two-day team total of 7518/184 ave. The men missed moving up to 7
th by 44 pins and 6
th by 72 pins.
Nicholas Prochnow gave a run for ATT, finishing 9/70 and missing by 32 pins.
The men also made the after-tournament match play for the top 8 teams for the second time in a row this season. This is a chance to compete head-to-head best of
three bakers in single elimination to take home the tournament trophy. The men's first match was against number-one seed Ottawa University. The men competed hard but lost the first two matches.160/217 173/212.
FROM COACH FELTON
"This was the first tournament back since winter break and a different lineup after graduating two varsity starters in December. I was very pleased with how the team came together on the second day of the competition after some players struggled in individual play on the first day. We are all confident it is only going to get better."
UP NEXT?
The next tournament is the NAIA West 1 & 2, held in Lawrence and Topeka, KS. Two tournaments with two different bowling formats will be held in two days.
