Men’s Bowling competes at SCAD Savannah Shootout

SAVANNAH, Ga. (October 30, 2022) – The Milligan University men's bowling team notched a pair of respectable finishes at the SCAD Savannah Shootout over the weekend.

Both days of the two-day event were played as stand-alone tournaments. Each day featured four games of individual play and 15 baker games

"Having two tournaments back-to-back in one weekend was a marathon, almost nine hours of bowling each day," said head coach Brian Rickert.

SATURDAY

On Saturday, Milligan's men finished fifth in the varsity standings and were fourth in the men's JV team event. The Buffs cleared 6,225 pins in the varsity competition and 5,646 pins in the JV event.

Xander Stephens paced the Buffs in 15th with 746 pins (186.5 average) and a high game of 233. Caleb McDonald led Milligan's JV squad and was the Buffs' second finisher overall (16th) with 736 pins (184 average).

The Buffs packed seven players in the top 25 as Christian Brown was 19th, Aiden Bailey finished 21st, Tristan Crawford placed 23rd, Cameron Shockey was 24th and Jackson McRae slotted 25th.

SUNDAY

In the second day of tournament action, Milligan was sixth in the varsity standings with 6,082 pins and the JV squad cleared 5,828 to finish fourth in the JV standings.

Jameson Whaley had Milligan's top individual four-game series of the weekend as he totaled 803 pins (200.75) with a high game of 256 to finish 10th.

"Jameson Whaley really came on for the JV men today," said Rickert. "We've been working on some tweaks to his game and it came together today. He made a good run at the top 5 but still wound up in the top 10."

Cooper Brackins followed in 19th with 774 pins (193.5 average) and high game of 220.

UP NEXT

The Buffs head to the Bowlero Southern Classic next weekend. It will be the Buffs' first Tier 1 tournament of the 2022-23 season.

"Our young teams got some excellent experience on how to play the lanes when they get extremely broken down by so many games," said Rickert. "We will be ready for the first Tier 1 tournament of the season next weekend in Atlanta."