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JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky.-- The Lawrence Tech men's bowling team will compete for a national title on Saturday in the United State Bowling Congress (USBC) Intercollegiate Team Championships after going undefeated in match play at Kingpin Lanes to emerge as the Blue Bracket winner. LTU will play Red Bracket victor and second-ranked Webber International in tomorrow's 5:45 p.m. winner-take-all match. (Webber came out of the losers' bracket to beat No. 1 Wichita State twice, 4-3 and 4-0.)
The fourth-ranked Blue Devils went 4-0 in the double-elimination bracket, including a sweep of No. 7 Wisconsin-Whitewater on Friday by scores of 4-1 and 4-3. On Thursday, LTU opened the bracket with a 4-0 victory over No. 14 McKendree and wrapped up the afternoon by beating No. 17 Marian-Indiana 4-2.
The ITC, first contested in 1975, is the pinnacle event of the college bowling season. The ITC brings together the top 16 schools in both men's and women's divisions in the country to strive for national titles. For a school to participate in the ITC, it must compete in certified college tournaments and conferences throughout the season. By either winning a conference or being one of the top-ranked teams in the country, schools advance to post season sectional qualifying events. The top four men's teams and top four women's teams from each sectional tournament earned berths into the ITC.
Lawrence Tech began its stay in the Louisville metro area on Monday with junior Nick Clauson as the team's lone representative in the USBC Intercollegiate Singles Championships. He finished 22nd out of 24 bowlers with a 1,123 score, including a 223 high in Game 2, to determine the ISC bracket seeding. Then he fell to Ryan Barnes of Wichita State, 676 to 580, in the first round.
The ISC
, first contested in 2003, features the top 24 male and female collegiate bowlers in the nation vying for national singles titles. Players advance to the ISC through sectional qualifying. At the
Allen Park, Mich., Sectional, Clauson knocked down 1,366 pins over six games to place fifth out of 182 competitors. The top-5 finishers advanced to the ISC Finals here in Kentucky.
Editor's note: All national rankings are by the USBC final regular-season poll
