VALLEY PARK, Mo. --- The Tusculum University women's bowling team finished seventh at the 2023 Columbia 300 Saints Invite. The three-day, 12-team tournament was held at the Bowlero Lakeside and hosted by Maryville-St. Louis.

The Pioneers closed out the traditional round on Sunday morning with a 902-827 win over Upper Iowa. TU's Allison Robbins led the charge for the Pioneers as she bowled a 256. Savannah Price added a 186 while Alexa Tieto bowled 171.

Tusculum squared off against No. 22 Lincoln Memorial in the first round of bracket play where the Railsplitters held off a late TU rallied to win 4-3 in a Best-of-7 Baker Playoff format. The Pioneers won the first game 213-201, before LMU won the next three games to take a 3-1 advantage. TU bounced back with a 202-185 win in the fifth game and forced a deciding game with a 210-162 win in the sixth. But LMU closed out the match with a 188-170 decision to advance.

Tusculum squared off against Wright State in the seventh place game as the Pioneers prevailed 4 ½ -1 ½. TU won the first two games before the Pioneers and the Raiders tied 179-179 in the third game. WSU captured the fourth game 167-141, but TU won the final two games to secure the seventh place finish.

Robbins was Tusculum's top finisher in the tournament individual standings as she posted a six-game pin-fall of 1,157 for a 13^th place showing. Emilee Horton finished 19^th with 1,132 pins. Alexa Tieto had a pin-fall of 1,029 for 31^st place, followed by Savannah Price (907 - 38^th) and Shanya Long (826 - 43^rd).

The Pioneers went 6-7 on the weekend to move to 18-31 on the year. Tusculum returns to action Feb. 17-19 for the Mid-Winter Invitational in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Columbia 300 Saints Invite Standings

Tusculum Individual Standings (Final)