The Tulane Green Wave women’s bowling team, ranked 17th nationally, is set to compete in the Music City Challenge this weekend. The tournament, hosted by second-ranked Vanderbilt University, will take place at the Smyrna Bowling Center in Smyrna, Tennessee.
The event features a field of 33 teams, including 15 other programs ranked in the top 25. Among the competitors are Jacksonville State (No. 1), Arkansas State (No. 3), Wichita State (No. 4), Louisiana Tech (No. 5), and several others.
Competition begins Friday morning with five sets of Baker matches starting at 9:40 a.m. Saturday’s schedule includes five traditional games beginning at 9:30 a.m., followed by Sunday’s bracket play with three best-of-seven Baker matches starting at 8:55 a.m.
Tulane enters the tournament with a season record of 46-32 and has earned 16 wins against ranked opponents, including seven over top-10 teams. The team averages 189.3 pins per game.
Mia Stolakis leads Tulane with 415 strikes this season and is joined by Sarah Rubi (266) and Valeria Colon (261) as players surpassing the 250-strike mark. Stolakis holds a player composite performance index (PCPI) of 88.919 percent, ranking her 19th in the nation, and she is also ranked 15th for individual strike percentage at 52.7 percent. Stolakis is seventh nationally in both tenth-frame scoring average (21.246) and tenth-frame double percentage (34.3). Linnea Holcomb ranks eighth in the country for split leave percentage in Baker format at 5.6 percent.
In their previous outing at the TNBA Open in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tulane finished fifth out of eight teams, with Stolakis earning all-tournament honors on day two.
After this tournament, Tulane will move into postseason play starting with the USBC Intercollegiate Singles and Team Sectionals in Fort Worth on March 13 for singles competition and March 14–15 for team sectionals. The Conference USA Championship follows from March 18–22 at Colonial Lanes in Harahan, Louisiana.
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