LINCOLN, Neb. (2/23/25) – The fourth-ranked Arkansas State women’s bowling team finished third among eight teams at the penultimate event of the regular season, the Big Red Invitational.

A-State (70-31) split a pair of bracket matches, falling to No. 7 Wichita State 4-0 and defeating No. 13 McKendree 4-1. The Shockers earned the sweep 237-204, 216-168, 230-167 and 228-168. Against McKendree, the Red Wolves won the first two games, 183-168 and 204-165, but fell 172-152 in game three. A-State closed out the win with tallies of 215-179 and 212-152.

The Red Wolves finished third with 10,772 pins over 11 matches for an average of 199.5 per game. Nebraska won the event with 12,234 pins, an average of 218.5, while Wichita State finished runner-up with 11,476 for an average of 208.7

A-State closes out the regular season March 14-16 at the Music City Classic in Smyrna, Tenn. The Conference USA Championship March 20-23 at Colonial Bowling Lanes in Harahan, La.

Big Red Invitational
Baker Matches
No. 4 Arkansas State – 1,120 (222-220-266-203-209)
Central Missouri – 953 (203-164-195-134-257)

No. 4 Arkansas State – 1,025 (235-188-223-189-190)
Elmhurst – 926 (191-218-166-160-191)

No. 4 Arkansas State – 1,073 (209-212-236-192-224)
Quincy – 562 (115-114-96-129-107)

No. 4 Arkansas State – 1,052 (211-230-194-206-211)
No. 25 Valparaiso – 966 (208-236-166-189-167)

No. 4 Arkansas State – 1,000 (199-221-206-193-181)
Elmhurst – 811 (165-179-149-174-149)

Traditional Matches
No. 4 Arkansas State – 941
No. 13 McKendree – 855

No. 4 Arkansas State – 953
No.  7 Wichita State – 1,052

No. 4 Arkansas State – 909
No. 1 Nebraska – 960

No. 4 Arkansas State – 1,026
Quincy – 663

Individual Traditional Totals
15 Karli VanDuinen – 800 (193-199-207-201)
16 Maggie Thoma – 791 (192-192-202-200)
18 Saralyne Nassberg – 783 (193-206-193-191)
34 Katie Ruszczak – 404 (170-234)
37 Amanda Lang – 374 (194-180)
41 Kaylee Back – 340 (169-171)
45 Alex-Anne Auclair – 200 (200)
52 Malaya Chavez – 137 (137)

Bracket Matches
No. 4 Arkansas State 0 (204-168-167-168)
No. 7 Wichita State 4 (237-216-230-228)

No. 4 Arkansas State 4 (183-204-152-215-212)
No. 13 McKendree 1 (168-165-172-179-152)