RUSTON — The 11th-ranked Louisiana Tech bowling team will close out the regular season with the Music City Classic hosted by No. 3 Vanderbilt at the Smyrna Bowling Center in Smyrna, Tennessee Starting on March 14.
 
TOURNAMENT DETAILS
Tournament: Music City Classic
Host: No. 3 Vanderbilt
Location: Smyrna, Tenn. (Smyrna Bowling Center)
Participating Teams: Alabama A&M, No. 6 Arkansas State, Aurora, Belmont Abbey, No. 25 Emmanuel, No. 16 Farleigh Dickinson, Howard, Illinois Wesleyan, Indianapolis, Jackson State, No. 2 Jacksonville State, Lewis, No. 11 LA Tech, No. 18 Maryland-Eastern Shore, Marian (Wis.) Maryville, McKendree, Newman, North Carolina A&T, Oklahoma Christian, Quincy, o. 12 Sacred Heart, No. 7 Sam Houston State, No. 9 Stephen F. Austin, No. 19 UAB, No. 3 Vanderbilt, No. 5 Wichita State, William Smith, No. 13 Wisconsin-Whitewater, No. 21 Wright State and No. 4 Youngstown State
Format: Friday: Five 5-game Baker matches
   Saturday: Five traditional matches
   Sunday: Three best-of-seven Baker matches/bracket play
Stream: YouTube
 
ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH (73-41)
Louisiana Tech took second place at the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championship Sectional last weekend at Stardust Bowl in Addison, Illinois. The finish secured the team's fifth consecutive trip to the USBC ITC championships in Las Vegas starting on April 16.
 
Kylee Trexler led a group of six Bulldogs to finish in the top 50 in the singles sectional. The left-hander qualified for her second USBC ISC championship by throwing a 1,335 for the six games to finish second out of the 215-person field.
 
The lone senior for Tech, Allyson Sand, made a run at the top seven. Sand finished with a 1,279 for 11th, just 31 pins back. She would throw every game over 190. Starting with a 256, Sand would finish with 223, 194, 191, 192 and 223.
 
Arianna Araujo, Abbie Leiendecker, and Rachel Ong finished in the top 30 and the plus. Araujo shot 224, 181, 197, 140, 235 and 246 for a 1,223 to finish 23rd. Leiendecker rolled 209, 213, 168, 226, 191 and 213 for a 1,220, while Ong had 144, 213, 177, 224, 247 and 212 for a 1,217 to finish 27th and 29th, respectively.
 
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