SAVANNAH, Tenn. – The No. 9 Louisiana Tech women's bowling team placed second at the Lady Techsters Invitational in Savannah, Tenn., on Sunday.

"We finished second for the third straight event," head coach Matt Nantais said. "At this event, there were no give me matches as everybody was highly ranked. We have to get better at closing out matches and not giving teams an opportunity to win like we did today. Overall, it was a good weekend and we continue to show teams that we are one of the best in the nation. On a positive note, our singles fair shooting percentage was over 95 percent for the weekend. We just have to work on a few things mentally to prepare for our next event."
  
The tournament was held at the Savannah Bowling Center which is owned by the parents of senior Lady Techster Ashley Channell. Channell finished third individually with a pin average of 206.40 to earn her a spot on the all-tournament team. Sophomore Danielle Jedlicki was also named to the all-tournament team after finishing sixth individually with an average of 199.00. Junior Lindsay Manning was the third Lady Techster to finish in the top-10 after placing seventh with a pin average of 198.80. Sophomore Allie Leiendecker and senior Kaitlyn Eder finished 15th (185.00) and 21st (177.00), respectively.
 
The Lady Techsters Invitational was split into two events. Saturday and Sunday consisted of a bracket play for the championship with the teams competing in five traditional matches on Saturday.
 
Tech won its first four traditional matches on Saturday. LA Tech first defeated No. 7 Stephen F. Austin, 971-916, followed by a 896-888 victory over No. 3 Arkansas State. The Lady Techsters then defeated No. 23 Lincoln Memorial, 957-880, and No. 5 Sam Houston State, 1,028-959. The day ended with a 1,024-979 loss to No. 2 Vanderbilt, but Louisiana Tech would enter Sunday's bracket at the top position.
 
Louisiana Tech defeated Vanderbilt, 4-3 (186-220, 195-187, 191-181, 234-221, 168-180, 153-161, 231-140), in the first round of the Sunday championship bracket which earned the Lady Techsters an automatic spot in the finals. Tech lost to Stephen F. Austin, 4-1 (172-181,225-171, 190-208, 170-189, 169-176), in a second round contest that held no playoff implications. LA Tech held an early 3-1 lead over Arkansas State in the finals, but dropped the last three games for a 4-3 loss (201-218, 224-190, 204-177, 257-227, 186-192, 189-240, 178-225).
 
No. 3 Arkansas State finished first at the Lady Techsters Invitational. No. 9 Louisiana Tech placed second, No. 23 Lincoln Memorial finished third and No. 2 Vanderbilt was fourth. No. 5 Sam Houston State and No. 7 Stephen F. Austin finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
 
Friday was a single-day event consisting of five Baker games with the winner being determined by total pins. LA Tech won the one-day event with 4,781 total pins. Lincoln Memorial placed second with 4,726 total pins, Arkansas State was third with 4,760, Vanderbilt placed fourth with 4,658, Stephen F. Austin finished fifth at 4,538 and Sam Houston State was sixth with 4,442.
 
Louisiana Tech will next compete at the Prairie View A&M Invitational on Friday, Jan. 29, to Sunday, Jan. 31, in Dallas, Texas.
 
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