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Webber Intl Warrior Bowlers Open Season in the Milwaukee Suburbs this Weekend

Men Return to Defend Championship

9/29/2011 9:06:00 PM

Wauwatosa, WI - Webber International University bowling joins forty colleges and universities who will invade the Milwaukee suburbs this weekend.  Webber International opens it's season at the 41st Annual Midwest Collegiate, a major Tier I event.  The men won the tournament last year and return as defending champions.

Webber International men enter their 4th season in program history coming-off their most successful season where they were the concensus #1 team throughout the season (BWAA, NCBCA).  The men lost in the 2011 National Championship final in Columbus, Georgia.

MBA student Miguel Diaz (Puerto Rico) and Seniors Marcelo Suartz (Brazil), Javier Diaz (Puerto Rico), Cruise Webster (Maine) and Jon Trzcinski (New York) are joined by Sophomores Brandon Hott (Florida), Kristis Sergejevas (Lithuania) and Colin Champion (Florida).

On the women's team, who begin their 3rd season of competition, MBA student Yoselin Leon Garcia (Puerto Rico) is joined by Junior Katie Thornton (Virginia), and Sophomores Kaitlin Mayall (California), 2010 NCBCA Rookie of the Year Diana Zavjalova (Latvia), Anneli Blomqvist (Sweden), Valerie Ruiz (Puerto Rico), Alexa Anderson (Florida) and Nicole Sussman (New Jersey).

Webber International University women were the 2010 National Champions in El Paso, Texas.

The colleges and universities in this TIER I major tournament include:
  • Ashford University
  • Ball State
  • Calument College of St Joseph
  • Clarke University
  • Grand View University
  • Illinois State
  • Lindenwood University
  • McKendree University
  • Michigan State
  • Midland University
  • Minnesota State Mankato
  • Mt Mercy University
  • Newman University
  • North Dakota State University
  • Purdue University
  • Robert Morris University Peoria
  • Robert Morris University Illinois
  • Robert Morris University Lake County
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rock Valley College
  • Saginaw Valley State University
  • St Ambrose
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
  • University of Kansas
  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • University of Toledo
  • UW Eau Claire
  • UW Madison
  • UW Milwaukee
  • UW Oshkosh
  • UW Stout
  • UW Whitewater
  • Vincennes University
  • Viterbo University
  • Webber International University
  • Western Illinois University
  • William Penn
  • Winona State University
  • Wright State
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