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WIU Bowlers Are Champions of the Hoosier Classic
2/22/2010 1:29:05 AM
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Indianapolis – On Sunday afternoon, in the 41st annual Hoosier Classic, the Webber International University Men’s bowling team won the most prestigious collegiate tournament of the regular season, defeating 69 other universities. 
 
The tournament featured six games of team bowling on a 37 foot pattern on Saturday and three additional games on Sunday morning on a demanding 41 foot flat pattern.
 
After qualifying, WIU moved to 2nd after finishing 3rd on day one of the event. WIU sat second behind defending champion Wichita State University.
 
In the best-of-five match play Baker finals, the # 2 seeded Warriors were undefeated in three matches to earn the title. In the quarter-finals, WIU faced # 7 seeded Morehead (200-184, 197-184, 228-136). Next, Webber faced # 6 McKendree winning (191-155, 233-163, 202-182). In the final match, WIU faced # 8 seed Robert Morris (IL) and won in straight games (192, 216-168, 187, 161).
 
Watch the replay of the Final Match against Robert Morris
This is the fourth title of the season for Webber International which includes two Tier I wins and two Tier II wins. WIU also had a second place at the Brunswick Coca-Cola Southern Classic, a Tier I.  
 
Andro Simonet and Marcelo Suartz earned All-Tournament honors. Andro averaged 229.3 for the 9 games and Marcelo 226.2.
all tournament hoosier
 
The weekend started off with Javier Diaz winning the sweeper Friday night with Larry Brande second. 160 collegiate bowlers participated in the sweeper.
 
Hoosier Classic Final Qualifying Scores (9 Team Games)
(Top 8 teams advance to Finals)
  1. 9,849 Wichita State
  2. 9,534 Webber International
  3. 9,422 Lindenwood
  4. 9,170 Fresno State
  5. 9,111 Newman
  6. 9,093 McKendree
  7. 9,039 Morehead State
  8. 9,029 Robert Morris (IL)
  9. 8,976 Nebraska-Lincoln
  10. 8,947 Calumet
  11. 8,917 Purdue
  12. 8,910 William Paterson
  13. 8,902 Pikeville
  14. 8,872 Martin Methodist
  15. 8,812 Central Florida
  16. 8,804 Davenport
  17. 8,795 Northern Illinois
  18. 8,765 Saginaw Valley
  19. 8,729 Bellarmine
  20. 8,724 UC Davis
  21. 8,723 Sante Fe College
  22. 8,677 Wright State
  23. 8,670 West Texas A&M
  24. 8,654 San Jose State
  25. 8,644 St. John's
  26. 8,635 Urbana-OH
  27. 8,583 St. Ambrose
  28. 8,553 Arizona State
  29. 8,538 Penn State-Main
  30. 8,522 Illinois
  31. 8,521 Robert Morris (PA)
  32. 8,504 UNLV
  33. 8,492 Vincennes
  34. 8,448 Rochester Institute
  35. 8,434 William Penn
  36. 8,416 Sacred Heart
  37. 8,413 Wisconsin - Whitewater
  38. 8,411 Kansas
  39. 8,401 Western Illinois
  40. 8,400 Florida International
  41. 8,400 Ohio State
  42. 8,386 Indiana
  43. 8,349 Missouri Baptist
  44. 8,347 Florida State
  45. 8,187 North Dakota State
  46. 8,184 Wisconsin - Madison
  47. 8,182 Houston
  48. 8,146 Michigan
  49. 8,134 Rock Valley College
  50. 8,097 Wisconsin - Milwaukee
  51. 8,075 Delaware
  52. 8,029 Wisconsin - Stout
  53. 7,978 Virginia Tech
  54. 7,972 Michigan State
  55. 7,965 Ball State
  56. 7,964 Notre Dame College
  57. 7,935 Illinois State
  58. 7,907 Grand Valley
  59. 7,863 Bowling Green State
  60. 7,805 Southern Indiana
  61. 7,791 George Mason
  62. 7,783 Missouri State
  63. 7,757 Stevens Institute of Tech
  64. 7,665 University of Notre Dame
  65. 7,535 IU South Bend
  66. 7,450 Arkansas
  67. 7,186 Oberlin
  68. 7,032 Campbellsville University
  69. 4,953 Cincinnati