HOUSTON, Texas – The No. 9 Louisiana Tech women's bowling team finished fourth at the Sam Houston-hosted Track Kat Klash this weekend.
 
LA Tech finished with an undefeated 5-0 mark in its Baker matches on Friday. Tech defeated No. 20 Maryland Eastern Shore, 959-918, and Jackson State, 913-835. The Lady Techsters then took on Alabama A&M, winning 1,007-747. Louisiana Tech rounded out the day with a 1,036-860 win over Texas Southern and a 1,064-989 victory against No. 22 Prairie View A&M.
 
The Lady Techsters had back-to-back victories to start off Saturday's traditional matches with a 1,071-870, win against Alabama State and a 953-926 victory over No. 14 Delaware State. Tech's lone loss in the qualifiers came against No. 5 North Carolina A&T in the third traditional match where LA Tech lost, 1,097-965.
 
Louisiana Tech bounced right back by taking down the No. 1 team in the country and 2021 NCAA champions, Nebraska, 1,119-986. Tech won its final match of the day with a 1,065-861 victory over Valparaiso.
 
Tech had a rough start in the championship bracket on Sunday, losing to No. 6 Sam Houston in the first round, 4-0 (193-205, 182-200, 206-258, 166-203). LA Tech then defeated No. 15 Maryville, 4-2 (192-191, 172-144, 203-246, 194-210, 162-157, 245-224) in the second round. Louisiana Tech and No. 5 North Carolina A&T squared off in a battle for third where the Aggies defeated the Lady Techsters, 4-0 (171-225, 180-201, 210-213, 222-256).
 
Junior Patricia Rosales led Louisiana Tech after finishing just one spot shy of the all-tournament team with 1,057 total pins (222-247-200-215-173, 6th).

QUOTABLES:
Head Coach Matt Nantais:
"This year we have been really good in qualifiers. We had a few struggles in match play today. This whole weekend our spare shooting was off and today it really hurt us. I told the team today that we will be much better than we are now at the end of the year. This is only our second event and we are still learning from each other. We are looking forward to next weekend and improving on what we have done so far this year."

NOTABLES

• Louisiana Tech started off hot at the Track Kat Klash as the Lady Techsters were undefeated through their first seven matches.
• LA Tech defeated the top team in the nation, and reigning NCAA champion, in No. 1 Nebraska with a 1,119-986 win in the fourth traditional match on Saturday.
• Every Lady Techster bowled a 210 or higher against No. 1 Nebraska, led by junior Allie Leiendecker with a 245.
• Tech had the most bowlers finish in the top-10 individually with three in junior Patricia Rosales (222-247-200-216-173=1,057, 6th), senior Averi Brown (233-178-186-210-244=1,051, 8th) and junior Allie Leiendecker (191-189-214-245-209=1,048, 10th).

 
UP NEXT
No. 9 LA Tech bowling will next compete in the Jackson State-hosted Sonic Boom Invitational from Nov. 12-14.
 
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