RUSTON — The seventh ranked Louisiana Tech bowling team is looking to defend their title at the Track Kat Klash. The tournament will run from November 1-3 at Emerald Bowl in Houston.

TOURNAMENT DETAILS
Tournament: Track Kat Klash
Host: Sam Houston
Location: Houston, Texas (Emerald Bowl)
Participating Teams: Adelphi, Alabama State, No. 2 Arkansas State, Central Missouri, Jackson State, Lewis, No. 7 Louisiana Tech, No. 9 Maryville, No. 21 McKendree, Newman, No. 24 Oklahoma Christian, Prairie View A&M, No. 8 Sam Houston, Southern, No. 11 Stephen F. Austin, Texas Southern, No. 13 Tulane, No. 16 University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Format: Friday: Five sets of five Baker games
              Saturday: Five traditional team games
              Sunday: Three best-of-seven Baker bracket matches
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ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH (9-4)
The seventh-ranked Bulldogs are coming off a 9-4 record at Destination Orlando, where they finished seventh with six of the top seven teams in the field. Kylee Trexler and Abbie Leiendecker finished inside the top 25 to lead Tech.

Two weeks after winning tournament MVP at the SWIBC II, Trexler was the top Dog again and finished 12th overall with a 1,099 for a 219.8 average. The sophomore has a 20.76 first-ball average through the first three events of the year.

Leiendecker, who won tournament MVP at the SWIBC I, finished 22nd with a 1.039 for a 207.8 average. She is third on the team with a 19.56 average per frame.

Tech will open the tournament against Alabama State, Central Missouri, No. 21 McKendree, Adelphi, and No. 15 Newman for the Baker portion.

The second day will have the Bulldogs open with a position round within their pool before taking on Lewis, No. 9 Maryville, No. 24 Oklahoma Christian, and No. 16 University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

After the first two days, the teams will be seeded based on total pins and will compete in three best-of-seven Baker bracket matches.

QUOTEABLES
Head Coach Matt Nantais

"This event has a lot of the top teams from Conference USA and the GLVC. It's going to be very competitive in a house that traditionally hooks more than others.   I think the scores are going to be high for this event. We just have to keep pace with everybody else and win our matches. After our practice session today, I think we have a pretty good game plan in place for the weekend."

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