DALLAS, Texas -- The Louisiana Tech women's bowling team claims third place in their host Lady Techsters Classic on Sunday. 
 
LA Tech competed in five Baker matches on Friday during day one of the competition, finishing 3-2. The Lady Techsters began the day with a hard 1,025-857 loss against No. 19, Tulane. Tech was able to bounce back with back-to-back wins over Saint Anselm (890-715) and Southern (989-934). The Lady Techsters then fell in match four to No. 4 Sam Houston 1,130-988 before taking down No. 3 Vanderbilt 1.091-981 to conclude the day. The Lady Techsters finished day one with 4,815 total pins resting in fourth place. 
 
Tech competed in two Baker matches on Saturday, along with three traditional matches. In the first Baker match, the Lady Techsters defeated neighbors, Grambling, 951-626 followed by another victory over Adelphi (932-874) to end Baker play in the tournament. Tech began their traditional play with a 976-986 loss to Tulane before starting their back-to-back wins on day two. In the second traditional match, the Lady Techsters defeated Saint Anselm 865-795 followed by a 984-911 win over Southern. With 9,515 total pins, Tech finished the day still resting at fourth. 
 
Day three began with three traditional matches and ended with one best 4-of-7. The Lady Techsters started with a 1,084-994 win over No. 4 Same Houston. Vanderbilt came into game two seeking revenge from day one and the Commodores were able to defeat the Lady Techsters 998-927. Tech was paired up against Grambling once again and came out on top with a 989-644 win before defeating Adelphi 928-7783 to place them as the No. 4 seed in a best 4-of-7 match for compete for 3rd place. After falling to Tulane on day one, the Lady Techsters had a chance to come back and take third with a win over the Green Wave. In a thrilling match, the two teams were forced into a game seven that ended with a LA Tech 4-3 (206-182, 195-199, 213-159, 163-213, 169-202, 182-158, 179-178) victory that came down to one pin in the 10th frame. 
 
QUOTABLES
Head Coach Matt Nantais
"Overall, the weekend was an improvement over our last event. We still have a lot of work to do as a team. We need to cut out some of the mistakes that are within our control. Overall, the team chemistry was better for the weekend and to go 500 with some of the top teams in the country isn't a bad thing. We will hit practice hard this week and hopefully get better but we bowl Arkansas State next weekend."
 
NOTABLES
• LA Tech totaled 13,443 pins with a 193.0 average.
• Two Lady Techsters landed on the all-tournament team. Placing 3rd individually, Danielle Jedlicki totaled 1,491 pins with a 213.0 average. Place 4th, Lindsay Manning totaled 1,468 pins with a 209.71 average.