No. 1 Huskers Heading Back to Texas

The NTCA No. 1-rated Nebraska women’s bowling team continues its 2015 season this weekend at the 17-team SFA Stormin’ Ladyjack Classic, held at Palace Lanes in Houston. The three-day-event begins Friday morning at 9:35 a.m. with six sets of 5-Game Baker Matches and will conclude Sunday morning with best four-out-of-seven Baker Matches at 8:30 am.

NU will face off with an extremely talented 17-team field while in Houston, as assistant coach Paul Klempa mentioned, the Huskers will just try to keep doing what they have been doing while at the Ladyjack Classic.

“We are going to keep on going. Over the last five tournaments we have gauged who we are, the best five, and who is the best off the bench, and really it is just the same plan of attack we have had,” Klempa said. “It is hard to plan everything out before you get down there, deciding who is going to play and who is not but we will see.”

Nebraska Head Coach Bill Straub added that the team has been really competing hard lately, which should boost the team during competition this weekend.

“They are real good right now, they are playing really well and are highly motivated,” Straub said.

The weekend’s tournament also serves as a homecoming for Husker junior Melanie Crawford. Crawford is in her first year with NU after being a two-time letter winner at host school Stephen F. Austin University.

A Plano, Texas native and Allen High School graduate, Crawford produced a decorated high school career in Texas, as she compiled a 224 average as a senior in 2011-12 - the highest average of any high school bowler in Texas. Crawford led Allen to a state championship in 2009 and runner-up finish in 2010.

Check back at Huskers.com for updates throughout the weekend as the NTCA No.1-rated Nebraska women’s bowling team looks to continue its dominating season at the SFA Jacks Invite.

Teams competing:

Central Missouri

Long Island

Louisiana Tech

Monmouth

Nebraska

Prairie View A&M

Sacred Heart

Sam Houston State

Southern

St. Francis Brooklyn

Stephen F. Austin

Texas Southern

Tulane

Alabama-Birmingham

Maryland Eastern Shore

Wisconsin-Whitewater

Vanderbilt

Travelers:

Julia Bond

Melanie Crawford

Beth Hedley

Liz Kuhlkin

Gazmine Mason

Andrea Ruiz

Briana Zabierek

Location:

Palace Lanes, 4191 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX

February 13th:                    9:35 am                6 sets of 5 Baker Game matches

February 14th:                    9:25 am                6 traditional team game matches

February 15th:                    8:30 am                Best 4 of 7 Baker matchplay  (3 matches)

 

Huskers Ranked No. 1 in Latest NTCA Poll

The National Tenpin Coaches Association released its latest women’s collegiate bowling rankings Wednesday afternoon, as Nebraska again was rated No. 1 over second place Farleigh Dickinson University.

NU topped FDU at January’s Prairie View Invitational and that victory was probably the deciding factor as the Huskers edged the Knights by only six poll points.  The two schools received all the first-place votes.

Arkansas State, Central Missouri maintained their poll positions at No. 3 and 4 while Stephen F. Austin jumped from eighth to fifth since the last poll in late December.

2014-2015 NTCA FEBURARY POLL

		Season Record W - L	1st Place Votes	Adjusted Point Standing	Previously Ranked
1.	University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE	56-12	14	735	1
2.	Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ	66-14	12	729	2
3.	Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR	68-27		634	3
4.	University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO	56-27		608	4
5.	Stephen F. Austin, Nacogdoches, TX	64-29		526	8
6.	Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN	64-33		460	6
7.	Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX	64-29		458	5
8.	University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD	62-26		446	9
9.	University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI	44-23		380	7
10.	North Carolina A&T, Greensboro, NC	53-33		316	10
11.	McKendree University, Lebanon, IL	34-22		254	13
12.	Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT	43-23		217	12
13.	St. Francis University, Loretto, PA	50-31		174	11
14.	Saint Francis Brooklyn College, Brooklyn Hieghts, NY	47-29		159	14
15.	LIU Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY	40-32		121	17
16.	UAB, Birmingham AL	43-24		98	NR
17.	Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN	38-44		83	15
18.	Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA	47-35		80	18
19.	Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA	52-29		75	19
20.	Delaware State University, Dover, DE	48-40		52	16

Also receiving points:
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX; Alma College, Alma, MI; Bethune Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL; Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

Point system:
NTCA voters rank the top 20 teams on their ballot. Each position has a designated point value, ranging from 32 points for first place and one point for twentieth place. Teams are ranked using the adjusted total point standings, after the highest and lowest votes are dropped. The specific point values follow:

                1st place = 32 points, 2nd = 29, 3rd = 27, 4th = 25, 5th = 23, 6th = 21, 7th = 19, 8th = 17, 9th = 15, 10th = 13, 11th = 11, 12th = 9, 13th = 8, 14th = 7, 15th = 6, 16th = 5, 17th = 4, 18th = 3, 19th = 2, 20th = 1.