Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
CORAM, NEW YORK — The Louisiana Tech women’s bowling team brought home first place in the Dezy Strong Classic this weekend with a strong performance in a strong field.
On championship Sunday, the Lady Techsters fell to Youngstown before rallying to defeat both Vanderbilt and Youngstown, in a rematch of the meeting earlier in day.
“I think this weekend shows how resilient our team is,” said Tech head coach Matt Nantais. “When we struggled, they worked their way out of it to finish the tournament with the championship. It was a total team effort, and I couldn’t be prouder of them. We still have a lot to work on and we’ll try to do some of that in next two days before we head to our next event.”
Lindsay Manning (1,091 pins) and Allie Leiendecker (1,045 pins) both earned a spot on the all-tournament team while teammate Danielle Jedlicki (1,008 pins) finished in the top 10 of total pin count.
DAY 1
LA Tech competed in five Baker games on Friday to start their weekend. They began the day defeating Mount St. Mary 1,098-1,028, followed by a 926-865 victory over Long Island. The Lady Techsters then fell in game three to Sacred Heart 987-970, but were able to redeem themselves in the final two games against Fairleigh Dickenson 994-896, and St. Francis -Pa. 951-949.
DAY 2
The Lady Techsters began traditional play on Saturday with a their first of three match-ups with Youngstown throughout the weekend. Youngstown came out hot and defeated LA Tech 1,028-971 before the Lady Techsters were able to gain a 1.069-044 victory over Marrimack. The Lady Techsters continued the winning streak by defeating St. Francis-Brooklyn 991-778, Adelphi 1,104-886, and Molloy 942-775 to give them the top-seeded spot going into Sunday’s match with 9,975 total pins.
DAY 3
For the second time over the weekend, the Lady Techsters were set to face the No. 2 seeded team, Youngstown. LA Tech started off 2-0 on the game before Youngstown gained momentum to defeat the Lady Techsters 4-2 (171-203, 182-244, 170-150, 189-156, 223-149). The Lady Techsters didn’t settle and came back in match two ready to play. Starting match two by falling in the first two games but a 4-0 come back to take down Vanderbilt 4-2 (166-205, 150-258, 223-195, 219-200, 234-169- 236-197) to bring earn a spot in the Championship game.
Set to face Youngstown for the final time, the Lady Techsters were out for revenge. In a back-and-forth match Youngstown didn’t make things easy for LA Tech. The Penguins began the match with a 225-192 win. The Lady Techsters bounced right back winning by four pins, 172-168, in game two. Youngstown didn’t back down and took the next game 174-156. The Lady Techsters weren’t going to hand the match over though. With a 52-pin lead, LA Tech defeated the Penguins 208-156. Game six was taken by Youngstown with a 220-202 win to force game seven. The Lady Techsters turned it on and were able to claim the tournament title after beating the Penguins 227-222 in the final game.
