HU women win inaugural Crossroads League Tournament

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio - The HU women's bowling team brought home the team title and landed two players on the All-Tournament Team at the first ever Crossroads League tournament this past weekend at Colonial City Lanes. The format of the one-day event included four team games and 16 Baker games.

The Foresters earned the crown by posting a total score of 6387, edging out a talented Spring Arbor crew for the title by six pins. Shockey's crew snatched two of the three top spots individually behind junior Amber Elliott's second place finish. The Northwood (Ohio) native tallied a four-game average of 199.0 for a total pin count of 796.

Sophomore Katie Fraser finished third with her 189.75 four-game average for a 759 total. The pair were both named to the inaugural CL All-Tournament Team. Rounding out Huntington's other top finishes included Paige New (9th, 182.0 average), Kayli Iorio (25th, 151.0 average) and Jessica Fraser (43rd, 142.3 average).

The Forester JV squad was also in action to finish third in the reserve tourney. Bailey Wright paced her team by finishing 11th overall with a 170.5/four-game average that totaled 682 pins.

"The girls learned a lot from the tournament last weekend and went to work to start correcting things," said Coach Mike Shockey. "We took some huge steps in getting to be the team we can be this weekend.

"It was a whole team victory. There was an intensity and drive to both the varsity and JV teams that propelled them to the win."

Six teams competed on Saturday with HU topping the field followed by Spring Arbor (6381), Marian (6284), Mount Vernon (5188), IWU (4876) and Bethel (4484).

Next up for Huntington is the Western Shootout in Indianapolis on October 16-17.

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 17 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 106 NAIA All-America honors and 421 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest.