MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RESULTS

Jackson, Mich. — The Aquinas bowling teams kicked off the 2023-24 season with both squads competing at the Dirty Bird Classic on Saturday (Sept. 23) at JAX 60 in Jackson, Mich. The final result was the same for each program with the men and women both finishing fifth out 11 teams and bowing out in the semifinals of the match play portion of the tournament.

The teams final scores were determined by three individual series of games and five sets of baker games.

The Saints competed with 14 underclassmen (eight men, six women) out of 21 bowlers.

MEN

The Saints knocked down 6,578 pins to finish inside the Top 5. Hosts Concordia took home the win with 7,115 pins, followed by Lawrence Tech (7,068), Spring Arbor (6,922) and Madonna (6,578).

Aquinas fielded a varsity and junior varsity squad at the event.

Here is how everyone performed individually:
 

Place	Name	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total Pins	Average
18th	Abery Thomas III	142	240	181	563	187.67
20th	Riley Devereaux (JV)	178	191	191	560	186.67
42nd	Kyle Cameon (JV)	177	148	186	511	170.33
48th	Dylan Maurer	187	177	142	506	168.67
61st	Bradyn Curtis (JV)	146	146	143	435	145.00
72nd	Joshua Boersma		195	183	378	189.00
76th	Nathan Kozminski (JV)	147	110	116	373	124.33
77th	Anthony Deluccia		174	186	360	180.00
82nd	Michael Deming	127		206	333	166.50
84th	Dylan Vermilyea	175	157		332	166.00
100th	Brendan Madej (JV)	101		175	276	138.00
120th	Jack Wicker	153			153	153.00
125th	Mark Musgrave (JV)		97		97	97.00

In the baker games, AQ put together totals of 716, 782, 723, 767 and 960.

Aquinas was defeated by eventual champions Concordia in the match play semifinals, 2-0.

WOMEN

AQ toppled 5,764 pins to slot into fifth place overall. Spring Arbor ran away with competition with 6,419 pins with hosts Concordia (6,147), Lourdes (5,978) and Lawrence Tech (5,906) unable to chase them down.

Aquinas only fielded a varsity squad at the event.

Here is how everyone performed individually:
 

Place	Name	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total Pins	Average
7th	Kayla Van Linden	156	193	199	548	182.67
12th	Morgan Jones	183	171	177	531	177.00
28th	Carley Blanchard	168	181	144	493	164.33
71st	Mary Brown	139		168	307	153.50
83rd	Courtney Delaney		148		148	148.00
84th	Chloe Fisk	147			147	147.00
88th	Abbigal Pecynski			131	131	131.00
90th	Avery Burk		124		124	124.00

In the baker games, AQ put together totals of 648, 649, 677, 713 and 648.

Aquinas was defeated by eventual champions Spring Arbor in the match play semifinals, 2-0.

Both squads are back in action next Saturday (Sept. 30) at the Warrior Classic hosted by Rochester. The event will be held at the Richfield Lanes in Flint, Mich.