MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The No. 9 Louisiana Tech women's bowling earned its first tournament victory of the season after registering an undefeated 11-0 mark and 11,905 total pins at the Alabama State-hosted ISTAP Hornet Classic this weekend.
 
Louisiana Tech was a combined 29-2 in qualifiers coming into the Alabama State tournament but had fallen short in the Sunday Championship Brackets with a pair of second-place finishes and a fourth place finish.
 
LA Tech went an undefeated 9-0 in Friday and Saturday's qualifiers this weekend at the Hornet Classic and won both of its bracket matches on Sunday to earn the tournament title.
 
Tech competed in five Baker matches on Friday, opening the day with a 972-871 victory over Jackson State. The Lady Techsters then defeated Alabama A&M, 928-860, Tusculum, 930-839, Southern, 1,095-836, and Alabama State, 893-827.
 
LA Tech opened Saturday's traditional matches with back-to-back wins over Emmanuel College (1,010-932; 917-890). Louisiana Tech then had a bye in the third match of the day. Tech ended with a 1,042-725 win over Grambling State and a 967-952 victory against UAB.
 
Louisiana Tech entered Sunday's championship bracket as the top seed for the second-straight tournament. The Lady Techsters defeated Emmanuel College, 4-1 (158-182, 202-181, 210-181, 197-177, 219-166), in the first round of the bracket. Tech then had a bye before facing Alabama State in the championship contest.
 
Tech won the first two games, 220-133, 190-144, before Alabama State bounced back to win the next two, 191-189, 221-164. The Lady Techsters responded with 233-195 win to take a 3-2 lead heading into game six. The final game was decided by just three pins as Louisiana Tech won it, 169-166, to earn the tournament title.
 
QUOTABLES
Head coach Matt Nantais:
"We continue to improve as a team. Every person that traveled this weekend contributed to this win. We have a long break before our next event, so we will have time to work on some of our issues in our physical game. Overall, I loved the team chemistry this weekend. Even when we were down, they found a way to win every match. It's not easy going undefeated in any event so this weekend shows the growth in the team. We are also looking for some time off for a mental break. Right now, we are at an 88 win percentage which I believe is the highest that the program has ever had during the first half of the season."
 
NOTABLES

• Louisiana Tech earned its second event win and first tournament victory of the 2021-22 season.
• LA Tech is now in 38-2 in qualifying matches.
• Three Lady Techsters were named to the all-tournament team in junior Allie Leiendecker (1,062, 2nd), senior Lindsay Manning (1,056, 3rd) and junior Danielle Jedlicki (968, 5th).
• Leiendecker has made three all-tournament teams this season and 13 in her career.
• Manning earned her second all-tournament selection of the season and her career.
• Jedlicki earned her second all-tournament selection of the season and fifth of her career.

 
UP NEXT
No. 9 LA Tech bowling will be on a two-month break before returning to the lanes for the Prairie View A&M Invitational from Jan. 28-30.
 
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