Huskers bowlers take second in Houston
No. 1 Nebraska bowling team placed second over the weekend at the Stormin’ Ladyjack Classic in Houston,TX. The Huskers were just one of 17 teams in the three day tournament. All the bowlers faced the challenge of both Baker and traditional formats during competition.
Huskers collected victories against No. 16 UAB, Prairie View A&M, Southern and Texas Southern during Day 1 competition. In the final Baker match of the day, the Huskers faced a larger task against the host team, No. 5 Stephen F. Austin. Big Red lost the first game 241-212, but rebounded to win the second game 268-224. SFA came back to win games three and four to tie the match at 870. A 5th game was required to break the tie. The Huskers lost the game 215-200 and lost the match 1,085-1,070. At the end of Day 1, the Huskers led the field with a total score of 6,581, followed by Stephen F. Austin in second place with 6,303.
Husker Bowling shoes (courtesy Liz Kuhlkin)
Day 2 brought mixed results for the Huskers. In the first match, NU faced Stephen F. Austin again and went down in defeat 1,038-997. The Huskers won their next 2 matches against Maryland-Eastern Shore 991-943, and No 15. Long Island University 1,090-902, respectively. However, Nebraska lost its 3rd match of the tournament to No. 12 Sacred Heart University, 951-896.
Hoping to finish Day 2 with victories, the Huskers moved on to score a victory against No. 13 St. Francis Brooklyn. For the third time in two days, Nebraska would score less than 1,000 but out-bowled their opponent 997-978. In the final traditional match, No. 1 Nebraska faced No. 5 Stephen F. Austin for the third time. This time the Huskers prevailed with 1,023-851 victory over the host team. At the end of day 2, No. 1 Nebraska clinched the No. 1 seed for Sunday’s Championship Bracket with No. 5 Stephen F. Austin earning the No. 2 seed.
Nebraska advancing to Championship match!
— queen b. 🐝 (@liz_kuhlkin24) February 15, 2015
Championship Sunday began with the No.1 seed taking on the No.2 seed. The Huskers battled SFA in a seven game match, winning 4-3 with a 249-212 victory. Taking a rest with a second round bye, they prepared for the championship match. NO. 15 Long Island University won the right to face No. 1 Nebraska in the championship match. In the back and forth best-of-seven series, the Huskers fell to LIU 233-203 to place second in the Stormin’ Ladyjack Classic.
Came up a bit short. LIU bowled a great match, congratulations to them! Second place and onto working till next week
— queen b. 🐝 (@liz_kuhlkin24) February 15, 2015
“We had some shots in the last match that were the difference. The team realizes when they are in April, in order for them to get where they want to go, they need to hit the shots,” NU bowling assistant coach Paul Klempa said. “They are a good team, and I feel really confident they can build from this weekend.”
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Top performer of the weekend for Nebraska was senior Liz Kuhlkin. She lead the team with a 213 game average and finished 10th in the individual standings. She was particularly amazing considering that she was battling strep throat. Other members of the squad were also under the weather. A good bowling performance indeed by the health-challenged No.1 ranked team.
literally have the best team mates ever 💗
— Beth Hedley🌻 (@bethanyhedleyxx) February 15, 2015
Huskers go on the road next weekend to the Inaugural Hawk Flight Invite in Egg Harbor, N.J. The three-day event begins on Friday Feb. 20. Good Luck from Husker Nation!! Stay tuned for further updates and as always, GO BIG RED!!