FLOWOOD, Miss. – The No. 9 Louisiana Tech women's bowling team finished second at the Jackson State-hosted Sonic Boom Invitational this weekend. LA Tech finished the weekend with a total pin count of 11,261 and a 10-1 mark in the qualifiers.
 
LA Tech was an undefeated 5-0 in Friday's Baker matches. Tech opened the day with a 1,049-937 win over Alabama State, followed by a 987-809 win against Jackson State. LA Tech posted a 1,065-998 victory over Texas Southern. Louisiana Tech then defeated No. 16 Tulane, 1,011-954, and Grambling State, 936-600.
 
Louisiana Tech lost its first traditional match to Southern on Saturday, 926-909. The Lady Techsters immediately bounced back to win their next four matches with a 1,084-872 win over Florida A&M, a 1,028-918 victory over Alabama State, a 1,023-1,009 win against Jackson State and a 1,021-972 victory over Texas Southern.
 
LA Tech played in one final traditional qualifier on Sunday morning as the Lady Techsters defeated Tulane, 1,148-1,006, to take the No. 1 seed in the Sunday Championship Bracket. Junior Danielle Jedlicki registered her second perfect 300 game of the season in the traditional match.
 
Tech and Jackson State faced off in the first round of the bracket where LA Tech took the 4-3 victory (194-172, 226-231, 217-171, 196-157, 193-214, 178-199, 255-161). Louisiana Tech then lost Tulane, 4-1 (165-208, 179-276, 227-200, 173-225, 178-223) in the championship to finish second at the Sonic Boom.
 
Junior Allie Leiendecker was named the tournament MVP after placing first individually with a total pin count of 1,153. Junior Patricia Rosales was named to the all-tournament team as she placed third with 1,019 total pins.
 
QUOTABLES 
Head coach Matt Nantais:
"We had a pretty good weekend once again. We had a few hiccups against Southern in the first match on Saturday. We averaged 203 for the event which is the highest we've had this year. We seem to have a problem beating people multiple times in a weekend and then losing in the finals to them. Tulane bowled great today, so we can't take anything away from them. Our spare shooting this weekend was 100 times better than it was last weekend. The team chemistry is great, but, as always, there is room for improvement in all areas. We have two days to work through some things before we head to Montgomery for the Alabama State event. Overall, this weekend was decently okay."

NOTABLES

• Louisiana Tech finished as the runner-up for the second time in the 2021-22 season.
• Junior Danielle Jedlicki registered her second perfect game of her career (and this season) in Sunday's lone traditional match. Jedlicki remains the only Lady Techster in program history to have bowled a perfect game.
• Junior Allie Leiendecker earned her first MVP nod and second all-tournament team selection of the season after placing first with 1,153 total pins.
• Leiendecker has been named to 12 all-tournament teams during her LA Tech career.
• Junior Patricia Rosales earned her second all-tournament selection of the 2021-22 season after finishing third with 1,009 total pins.
• Senior Averi Brown also finished in the top-10 with 943 total pins to place ninth.

 
UP NEXT
No. 9 LA Tech bowling wraps up its fall schedule next week at the Alabama State-hosted ISTAP Hornet Classic from Nov. 19-21.
 
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