Spring Arbor captures league title

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Spring Arbor University women's bowling team made history Saturday by claiming the program's first-ever Crossroads League championship.

Spring Arbor, which entered ranked second in points in the conference standings, took second-place in Saturday's final regular season Crossroads League Tournament with 7,130 total pins. The Cougars' second place finish created a three-way tie with Huntington and Marian at the top of the standings, but SAU broke the tie by combined total pins over all four conference tournaments to claim the league crown.

Freshman Alivia Kuch was the top individual Saturday knocking down 857 pins over four games while fellow freshman Kassidy Alexander finished second overall with 842 pins. Tanneill DeJongh also landed on the All-Tournament Team grabbing fifth place with 819 pins.

By winning the Crossroads League, Spring Arbor has secured the league's automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship set for Mar. 24-26 at Five Star Lanes in Sterling Heights, Michigan.


THE BASICS
EVENT: Crossroads League Tournament #4
TEAM FINISH: 2nd/6
LOCATION: MVP Lanes | Fort Wayne, Ind.


TEAM HIGHLIGHTS

• Spring Arbor recorded 3852 pins over four team games, including game scores of 976, 856, 1011 and 1009.
• The Cougars posted the highest Baker total of any team with 3278 pins.

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Kuch finished first overall out of 45 bowlers with 857 pins. The freshman from Mason, Michigan registered game scores of 201, 247, 226 and 183.
• Alexander followed in second place with 842 pins, including a high-game score of 842. DeJongh was not too far behind in fifth place with 819 pins, averaging a 204.75 over four games.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

• Marian held on to win by just 31 pins over Spring Arbor, 7161-7130.
• Huntington finished in third place with 6740 pins.

FINAL CL POINTS STANDINGS

UP NEXT
Spring Arbor will compete in the Alma College Scotty Classic held at JAX 60 on Saturday, Feb. 12.