WARRENSBURG, Mo. – The No. 5 seed Lewis University women's bowling team made an unprecedented run to the final day of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament before bowing out 2-1 to eventual champion and top-seeded Maryville Sunday (March 24) in the semifinal match at Alley Cats. The Flyers advanced to the final day for the first time in program history and became the first non-top three seed to advance to Sunday in the GLVC Tournament.
The tournament consisted of six GLVC programs with the winner awarded an automatic berth to NCAA Regionals. The format was double elimination mega matches, which consists of a traditional game and five game baker set. If both teams win one game, it goes to a best-of-seven to determine the winner. Lewis matched Maryville with the most mega match wins in the tournament (3).
Carolina Alvarado (Metepec, Mexico) earned All-Tournament Team honors.
FRIDAY RESULTS
No. 5 Lewis 2, No. 4 Central Missouri 1
Traditional game: Lewis 1,010, UCM 982
Baker match: UCM 889, Lewis 812
Best of Seven: Lewis 4, UCM 1 (228-192, 175-156, 222-225, 238-204, 232-181)
No. 1 Maryville 2, Lewis 0
Traditional game: Maryville 966, Lewis 892
Baker match: Maryville 1,056, Lewis 954
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
No. 5 Lewis 2, No. 3 McKendree 1
Traditional game: Lewis 984, McKendree 951
Baker match: McKendree 988, Lewis 902
Best of Seven: Lewis 4, McKendree 3 (188-172, 189-191, 171-173, 229-161, 129-168, 179-171, 212-180)
No. 5 Lewis 2, No. 4 UCM 0
Traditional game: Lewis 922, UCM 902
Baker match: Lewis 1,015, UCM 1,009
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
No. 1 Maryville 2, Lewis 1
Traditional game: Lewis 1,009, Maryville 869
Baker match: Maryville 971, Lewis 924
Best of Seven: Maryville 4.5, Lewis .5 (201-175, 207-167, 236-187, 227-227, 193-188
FLYER RESULTS
Alyson Young (Romeoville, Ill./Romeoville) 236-236-205-168-188—1,033
DeAlani Fishbeck (Lawton, Okla./Lawton) 234-171-222-194-182—1,003
Alvarado 156-135-237-205-256—989
Erica Lohr (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie) 188-194-186-173-171—912
Savanna Jourdan (Oswego, ILL./Oswego) 196-156-134-182-212—880
