Men's Bowling breaks 6-game school record, finishes 22nd of 29 at Columbia 300 Western Shootout

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Ohio Northern men's bowling team broke the 6-game series school record and finished 22nd of 29 teams at the Columbia 300 Western Shootout on Saturday and Sunday.

The Basics

• Ohio Northern was 22nd of 29 teams with 8,954 pins for six regular games and 16 baker games.
• Venue: Royal Pin Western - Indianapolis, Ind.
• The tournament consisted of 6 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 60th overall with a 6-game score of 1,203 - an average of 200.5 pins per game.
• He had two games in the 200s, including a 259 in the fourth game.
• Sophomore Jake Manbevers (Greenfield/Miami Trace) had a 1,045 for five games with a high of 277, an average of 209.0 pins per game.
• Freshman Tanner Iles (Cincinnati/Oak Hills) had a 938 for five games with a high of 226, an average of 187.6 pins per game.

Notables

• The Polar Bears were 24th in the team standings with a school record 5,678 pins for six games on Saturday, averaging 189.3 pins per game.
• ONU's previous 6-game team record was 5,542 set last season.
• ONU averaged 204.88 pins per game in its 16 baker games on Sunday.
• Crouch's 6-game total of 1203 is the second-best all-time, just six pins shy of the record 1209 set by Andrew Knight last season.
• Manbevers' 277 is the second-best single game in ONU history.
• Marian (Ind.) won the team title with 9827 pins, McKendree (Tenn.) was second with 9653 pins and Trine (Ind.) was third with 9630 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.