St. Charles, Mo. – The Columbia College women's bowling competed in their third tournament of the season, as they traveled to St. Charles, Mo. to compete in the Lindenwood Lions Classic on Oct. 23-24.

The varsity team placed fourth out of 10 teams, while the reserve team finished fourth of four.

The Cougars shot a 986 in game one of team competition and finished 7-3 in the round-robin baker play on the varsity side. The record earned them the No. 3-seed entering the double elimination best of three bracket play.

In the first round of bracket play, the Cougars defeated McKendree (Ill.) in three games, falling in game one and rallying to take games two and three.

After a bye in round two, the Cougars fell to host Lindenwood (Mo.) in two games and then dropped an elimination game to McKendree in a five-ball roll-off.

Katyn Fischer led the varsity squad with a 12th-place finish, while Jordyn Czerw placed 14th.

The Reserve team went 1-8-1 in the round-robin baker round, losing the opening round to Newman (2-0) and 2-1 to Lindenwood 3 on the backside of the bracket.

Individually, Lindsay Tribble finished eighth in the field and was named the top JV/Reserve Bowler of the weekend. Brianna Accord added a top-25 finish, placing 22nd.

Varsity Individual Results:
12th - Katyn Fischer (191-179-176—546/182.0 average)
14th - Jordyn Czerw (212-140-192—544/181.3 average)
26th - Mollie Lynn Goodwin (210-155-149—514/171.3 average)
27th - Grace Kowalski – (183-181-149—513/171 average)
51st - Katie Leonard (190-146-128—464/154.7average)

Reserve Individual Results:
8th - Lindsay Tribble (177-196-181—561/187.0 average)
22nd - Brianna Acord (194-144-191—529/176.3 average)
36th - Breanne West (186-133-178—497/165.7 average)
55th - Claire Sandstrom (169-122-139—430/143.3 average)
62nd - Trinity Hileman (111-103-132—346/115.3 average)

Head Coach Damon Helgevold
"This was by far the best weekend we had collectively. I couldn't have been happier with how this weekend went. Everyone showed moments of great and more times than not; it was all at the same time. We saw the Silver group shoot 233 in one baker, which is our high for the year. We shot a 128 but answered right back with a 209 and 202 to end the first day. Our Navy team had bumps in the road to overcome, and they did that. Everyone shot well this weekend, and we finally see the work we put in pay off."

"Obviously, we are disappointed in the way the final match-play round turned out. We had chances to shut McKendree out and didn't take advantage of those. That happens, and we will battle back stronger next time."

"This weekend gives me so much excitement and hope moving forward. I see great things from this team in practice, and now I'm happy that it's translating to competition."

Up Next: 
The Cougars travel to St. Louis, Mo. on Nov. 20 and 21 to compete in the Clash of the Spartans, hosted by Missouri Baptist University.