Maia Struble (Anchorage, Alaska/Dimond) finished in the top-10 of the individual standings and Mia Kottke (Niles, Ill./Resurrection) narrowly missed the program's single-game top-10 chart to lead the #21 Valpo bowling team as the Beacons picked up three victories on the second day of the Bearcat Invitational in Fairview Heights, Ill.
 
How It Happened

• Valpo opened the day, contested in the traditional team format, against #3 Wichita State and fell by a 943-882 final despite a 202 game from Payton Rowley (Stewartville, Minn./Stewartville).
• Struble had her biggest game of the day in the second match slot, coming up just one pin shy of her career best as she rolled a 255 to pace Valpo in a 940-815 win over Aurora.
• Despite matching games of 202 from Struble and Rowley, the Beacons narrowly dropped their third match of the day to RV UW-Whitewater, 929-918.
• Valpo bounced back with a 921-886 victory over #23 Central Missouri, paced by a 213 game from Sawyer Jones (Olympia, Wash./Olympia [Sam Houston State]) and a 200 game from Delilah Williams (Dennison, Ohio/Conotton Valley) — the latter the first 200+ effort of her collegiate career.
• The Beacons closed the day on a high note, posting a 1029-934 win over CUSA foe #11 Wright State. Kottke rolled a career-best 267, just one pin shy of cracking the program's single-game top-10 chart, while Struble finished up with a 229 game.
• Struble's average of 207.4 over the day's five matches ranked her 10^th in the individual standings. The senior has averaged 200 or better in traditional action in three of the season's four tournaments.
• Valpo ended the day in sixth place out of the 12 competing teams in the team standings, having accumulated 9,543 pins through the first two days of competition.

 
Next Up
Valpo (27-21) ends the Bearcat Invitational with a trio of matches on Sunday — one final five-game baker match before a pair of best-of-seven baker matches in bracket action.