ARLINGTON, Texas- The Louisiana Tech women's bowling team finished ninth in the Prairie View Invitational on Sunday afternoon. 
 
During day one of the invitational, LA Tech competed in five Baker matches where they finished 1-4. In match one, the Lady Techsters went up against North Carolina A&T and fell 985-904. In match two, Tech was faced with a hard 1,059-986 loss to No.1 McKendree followed by another loss to No. 10 Mt. St. Mary's 996-866 and SFA 1.070-1.052. The Lady Techsters finished the day on a high note with a 930-924 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson and totaling 4.728 pins.
 
Lady Tech began day two of traditional play falling to No. 3 Vanderbilt 1.013-958 before their 961-869 loss to No. 5 Arkansas State. The Lady Techsters couldn't find their groove and found themselves down 0-3 after a 974-937 loss to Sam Houston and a 1.009-995 loss to Youngstown. Tech capped off the day with a 994-817 over Prairie View A&M. 
 
As the No.9 seed heading into day three, the Lady Techsters knocked out Prairie View A&M 4-6 (177-198, 191-182, 171-158, 200-155, 199-136) in match one. Tech was able to earn a 4-0 (257-161, 176-158, 214-144, 200-171) sweep over Fairleigh Dickinson to claim 9th place in the invitational. 
 
QUOTEABLES
Head Coach Matt Nantais
"This event is definitely the hardest of the year. We had ups and downs but overall did not bowl. terrible. In this field, the luck of the draw is sometimes in your favor and sometimes it's not. We finished the event on a high note going undefeated today and have a lot to work on before our home event in Dallas in two weeks."
 
NOTABLES
• With 1,283 total pins and a 213.83 average, Allie Leiendecker finished 6th individually placing her on the All-Tournament team.
 
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