GREENSBORO, N.C. --- The Tusculum University women's bowling team went 2-2 on Saturday and remains in ninth place after day two of the 2022 Stallings Invitational. The three-day, 15-team tournament is being held at the AMF All-Star Lanes and hosted by North Carolina A&T.

The Pioneers finished Saturday with a five traditional game total 4,194 pins to move their tournament total to 8,526.

In their bye game to open day two play, the Pioneers bowled a team score of 845. In the second round, TU square off against No .12 Fairleigh Dickinson as they defeated the Black & Orange 945-851. The Pioneers followed with an 856-849 win over Texas Southern and a 773-650 victory against fellow Conference Carolinas foe Belmont Abbey. TU closed out the traditional round against host and sixth-ranked North Carolina A&T as the Aggies came away with a 1,063-869 win.

Tusculum's Erin Burkart was the Pioneers top bowler in the individual standings as she bowled a five-game total of 902 which was 35^th. Samantha England finished 36^th with 900, while Allison Robbins was 37^th with 898. Alexa Tieto placed 40^th with 865, while Shayna Long rounded out the scoring for the Pioneers. (629 – 65^th).

Vanderbilt continues to lead the team competition as the Commodores have a total pinfall of 10,411. North Carolina A&T is second with 10,224, followed by Delaware State (9780), Sam Houston State (9778), Mount St. Mary's (9761), Fairleigh Dickinson (9702), Lincoln Memorial (9690), Maryland Eastern Shore (9589), Tusculum (8526), Florida A&M (8469), Texas Southern (9391), Coppin State (8147), Norfolk State (8130), Howard (7732) and Belmont Abbey (7325).

North Carolina A&T's Ericka Quesada was the individual champion with a five-game total 1,133 pins, winning by 15 pins over runner-up Amanda Chrzanowski of Fairleigh Dickinson.

Tusculum is seeded ninth heading into Sunday's Best-of-7 Bracket play and will open against No. 10 seed Florida A&M. The winner will face the loser of the match-up between LMU and Maryland Eastern Shore as TU could finish as high as seventh in a tournament which features eight programs listed in the latest NTCA Top-25.

The Pioneers have gone 4-5 this weekend to move their seasonal record to 41-30 overall.

Tusculum Individual Results