SHSU Bowling Takes the Trophy at Wildcat Invitational _ The Houstonian
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SHSU Bowling Takes the
Trophy at Wildcat
Invitational
BY CHRISTINA NICHOLS • OCTOBER 25, 2016
The Sam Houston State University bowling team
traveled to Orlando, Florida over the weekend to
participate in the Wildcat Invitational, where
they took home first place.
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Last weekend’s victory was a historic win for the
Bearkats. While it was the first official win of the
season, it was also the second consecutive
tournament win for the 2016-17 schedule and the
first time the team has taken first place in two
separate tournaments back to back.
“It’s pretty exciting to win two [tournaments] in
row,” Head Coach Brad Hagen said. “Mentally,
that is a huge uplift.”
Starting Sunday as the number two seed, the
Bearkats began the day with a loss against the Arkansas State Red
Wolves. Following the defeat, the Bearkats matched up against
Stephen F. Austin and defeated the Lumberjacks, which set the
team back up against the Red Wolves for the title match.
In the title match, the Bearkats and Red Wolves split the first two
wins, but SHSU went on to take the last three victories to defeat
the third ranked team in the country in a best of seven series.
“On Sunday, we were back to our original game plan, which was
super beneficial for us,” Hagen said. “It definitely helped with
confidence a lot when the official plan was back in play.”
On Saturday, the Bearkats went 4-1. The team started the day with
two wins against Monmouth and Bethune-Cookman University.
The only loss of the day was against the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore, but the day ended with two more victories against
Tulane University and Texas A&M Prairie View.
“The field dictated how we played the lanes on Saturday,” Hagen
said. “We had to change on the fly and we didn’t execute as well
given there was some hesitation on what worked the day before
but didn’t work on Saturday.”
The Bearkats completed the first day of the tournament as the
number one seed with a record of 3-1. Over Friday’s four matches,
the team averaged a score of 202 and defeated North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical State University, ASU and Alabama
State University.
To prepare for the Fairleigh Dickson University Jamboree next
weekend, Hagen says the team took a much-needed mental break
on Monday, but will jump back into a regular practice schedule as
the week progresses.
“This past weekend was mentally exhausting for us, travel wise,”
Hagen said. “On Tuesday, we will get back to work and on
Wednesday we will tighten up the screws so we can head out the
door for New Jersey on Thursday.”
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This weekend the Bearkats will be in Elmwood, New Jersey for the
FDU Jamboree. The team will be going against many Division two
powerhouse teams such as FDU, Valparaiso and Wisconsin
Whitewater University.
“We’ll be ready for this weekend,” Hagen said. “It’s all about
execution and learning as we go, and if we do that, we are going to
be where we need to be by the end of the year.”
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Last weekend’s victory was a historic win for the
Bearkats. While it was the first official win of the
season, it was also the second consecutive
tournament win for the 2016-17 schedule and the
first time the team has taken first place in two
separate tournaments back to back.
“It’s pretty exciting to win two [tournaments] in
row,” Head Coach Brad Hagen said. “Mentally,
that is a huge uplift.”
Starting Sunday as the number two seed, the
Bearkats began the day with a loss against the Arkansas State Red
Wolves. Following the defeat, the Bearkats matched up against
Stephen F. Austin and defeated the Lumberjacks, which set the
team back up against the Red Wolves for the title match.
In the title match, the Bearkats and Red Wolves split the first two
wins, but SHSU went on to take the last three victories to defeat
the third ranked team in the country in a best of seven series.
“On Sunday, we were back to our original game plan, which was
super beneficial for us,” Hagen said. “It definitely helped with
confidence a lot when the official plan was back in play.”
On Saturday, the Bearkats went 4-1. The team started the day with
two wins against Monmouth and Bethune-Cookman University.
The only loss of the day was against the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore, but the day ended with two more victories against
Tulane University and Texas A&M Prairie View.
“The field dictated how we played the lanes on Saturday,” Hagen
said. “We had to change on the fly and we didn’t execute as well
given there was some hesitation on what worked the day before
but didn’t work on Saturday.”
The Bearkats completed the first day of the tournament as the
number one seed with a record of 3-1. Over Friday’s four matches,
the team averaged a score of 202 and defeated North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical State University, ASU and Alabama
State University.
To prepare for the Fairleigh Dickson University Jamboree next
weekend, Hagen says the team took a much-needed mental break
on Monday, but will jump back into a regular practice schedule as
the week progresses.
“This past weekend was mentally exhausting for us, travel wise,”
Hagen said. “On Tuesday, we will get back to work and on
Wednesday we will tighten up the screws so we can head out the
door for New Jersey on Thursday.”](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)