Addison, Ill. – The Saint Xavier University women's bowling team qualified for the eight-team tournament championship on Sunday, finishing in eighth place, at the NAIA-BCA (Bowling Coaches Association) Fall Invite this weekend at Stardust Bowl in Addison, Ill. The Cougars were ninth out of 18 teams in total pins after individual competition on Friday with 4,301. Redshirt junior Lida Burgos (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East) was sixth overall with 968 pins in five games, bowling an average score of 193.6. She struck a high of 257 pins in game five. SXU was seventh in tournament scoring with a total score of 47.5. In 25 Baker Games on Saturday, Saint Xavier collected 4,510 pins for a two-day total of 8,811, and their tournament score was 97.5 to earn the No. 6 seed for the eight-team tournament bracket finals on Sunday.

The Cougars faced No. 7 Judson University (Ill.) in the quarterfinals, losing in four games (170-188, 217-241, 171-152, 142-184). In the seventh-place match, SXU competed against No. 5 Morningside University (Iowa) but were swept by the Mustangs. Top-seeded University of Pikeville (Ky.) won the tournament by defeating No. 2 SCAD-Savannah (Ga.).

• For the 25 Baker Games on Saturday, Saint Xavier had seven bowlers feature in the lineup. Burgos, primarily bowling from the anchor position, along with senior Breanna Pimentel (Northlake, Ill./West Leyden) and sophomore Brianna Merner (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) competed in all 25 games. Senior Abigail Miller (Lockport, Ill./Joliet JC/Lockport Township), junior Jade Gabor (Newark, Ohio/Newark) and junior Elizabeth Voss (Joliet, Ill./Joliet West) each rotated into action.
• The Cougars averaged a score of 180.4, surpassing 200 or more pins six times (234 in game four, 203 in game nine, 202 in game 10, a high of 242 in game 11, 226 in game 16 and 212 in game 17).
• Also doing well in individual play, Pimentel was 19^th with a five-game tally of 917 pins. She rolled an average mark of 183.4, hitting a high of 191 pins in game two.
• Gabor competed in four games, collecting 692 pins for an average of 173.0. She struck a high of 219 pins in game five.
• Miller bowled in the first three games, toppling 173 pins in game one, 196 pins in game two and 126 pins in game three.
• Merner also rolled the first three games, hitting 166 pins, 160 pins and 144 pins, respectively.
• Voss hit 148 pins in game four and 168 pins in game five.
• Sophomore Hadley Clark (Shelby Township, Mich./Mount Mercy/Utica) struck 160 pins and 137 pins in games four and five as well.
• Freshman Hailey Hostetter (Hebron, Ind./Chesterton) bowled pin place of Gabor, striking 146 pins in game three.

Saint Xavier prepares for the two-day Leatherneck Classic that begins on November 14 at Cherry Bowl in Rockford, Ill.