Trailblazers finished regular season with 6th place finish at McKendree Baker Challenge
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – The Vincennes University Bowling team finished their 2024-25 regular season over the weekend with a very nice showing in the 2025 McKendree Baker Challenge hosted by McKendree University.
The unique two-day tournament consisted of 40 baker games broken down into 10 sets of four baker games.
The Trailblazers closed out the regular season strong with a sixth place finish in the tournament.
Vincennes got off to a great start Saturday morning with the first set of baker games, finishing the first flight of four games with 704 pins and 672 in the second set.
VU would turn their game up to close out the opening day of the tournament with 856 pins in the third flight, 746 in the fourth, a team-high 906 pins in the fifth set and 888 pins in the sixth set.
After the first 24 baker games, the Trailblazers found themselves in fourth place overall, which would have earned them a spot in the knockout round of the tournament.
The Trailblazers came back to the lanes Sunday morning for the final four flights of the baker challenge and finished with 687 pins, 702 pins, 676 pins and 758 pins over the last four flights.
Vincennes finished the 40 baker game tournament with 7,595 pins overall, dropping two spots to finish sixth overall, just five pins behind fifth place.
The Trailblazer Junior Varsity team was also in action over the weekend, finishing their 40 baker games with 6,736 pins to finish seventh in the junior varsity field.
Vincennes will look to build on this useful knowledge gained over the weekend as they get set to hear where they will be placed for the 2025 postseason.
VU has earned a spot in one of four USBC Sectional tournaments and will wait to see where they will be travelling between Allen Park, Mich., Smyrna, Tenn., Addison, Ill. or Fort Worth, Tex.
The USBC Sectional selection show will be held Wednesday, Feb. 19, with the 2025 USBC Intercollegiate Team Sectionals being hosted March 7 through March 9.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
VARSITY RESULTS
VU (6th) – 7595
FLIGHT RESULTS
1) 194, 164, 154, 192 – 704
2) 201, 147, 187, 137 – 672
3) 189, 189, 212, 266 – 856
4) 133, 189, 191, 233 – 746
5) 245, 217, 225, 219 – 906
6) 225, 244, 208, 211 – 888
7) 223, 114, 168, 182 – 687
8) 155, 218, 174, 155 – 702
9) 143, 138, 175, 220 – 676
10) 223, 178, 166, 181 – 758
JUNIOR VARSITY RESULTS
VU (7th) – 6736
