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Crouch breaks school record as Men's Bowling opens season with 28th place finish at 51-team Midwest Collegiate Championships

Crouch breaks school record as Men's Bowling opens season with 28th place finish at 51-team Midwest Collegiate Championships
October 5, 2025

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The Ohio Northern men's bowling team opened its 2025-26 season with a record-breaking 28th place finish at ther 51-team Midwest Collegiate Championships Saturday and Sunday.

The Basics

  • Ohio Northern was 27th of 51 teams with 7,727 pins for five regular games and 16 baker games.
  • Venue: Imperial Lanes - Clinton Township, Mich.
  • The tournament consisted of 5 games on Saturday, then 16 baker games on Sunday.
  • The top eight finishers advanced to match play series for the title.

ONU Individuals

  • Sophomore Zander Crouch (DeGraff/Riverside) led the Polar Bears by finishing 32nd overall with a school record 5-game score of 1,034 - an average of 206.8 pins per game.
  • He had two games in the 200s, including a 261 in the fifth game.
  • Freshman Tanner Iles (Cincinnati/Oak Hills) was 81st with a 968 - an average of 193.6 pins per game.
  • Sophomore Giovanni Scanio (Corpus Christi, Tex./London) was 108th with 923 pins.

Notables

  • The Polar Bears were 26th in the team standings with a school record 4,724 pins for five games on Saturday, averaging 188.96 pins per game.
  • ONU's previous 5-game team record was 4,390 set last season.
  • ONU averaged 187.69 pins per game in its 16 baker games on Sunday.
  • Crouch broke the previous 5-game school record of 1,031 set by sophomore Sam King (DeGraff/Riverside) last season, by three pins.
  • Iles' 968 series is the 8th-best in ONU history.
  • Sciano's 923 series is the 10th-best in ONU history.
  • Crouch's 261 is the third-best single game in ONU history and his 242 game in the fourth round is the 10th-best in ONU history.
  • Purdue won the team title with 8707 pins, Webber International (Fla.) was second with 8556 pins and Wisconsin-Whitewater was third with 8545 pins.
  • Third-year head coach Jeff Robinson leads the Polar Bears.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action Oct. 11-12 at the Columbia 300 Western Shootout in Indianapolis, Ind.