Eagles Strike For 2nd Place Finish At Baker

Addison, IL - This past weekend the Judson Eagles competed at the Storm Baker Challenge in Addison, IL.  

For the first time in school History all 4 teams that entered the tournament made bracket matchplay!

On the Ladies Varsity side, we finished with a 2^nd place finish!  With high games of 229, 220 and high 4 game set of 763 the Lady Eagles were able to make bracket matchplay sitting in 2^nd place. 

Facing Lewis University in the 1^st round of the best of 5 baker match was tied 2-2 and went to a deciding 5^th game.  The Lady Eagles stepped up big with a huge 259 game which included 6 straight strikes in the victory.  This took us to the finals against the number 1 seed Calumet College.  In a close match the ladies came up short and lost 3-1 to finish 2^nd.  The margin was just 53 pins seperating the two teams.

Junior Chloe Siezega was 87% on single pins and 79% in multipins and struck 45% of the time.  Senior Tina Tindall was 90% on single pins, Sophomore Paige Carpenter was 89% in single pins, Junior Brandy Stewart was 86% on single pins and 74% on multipins for the weekend at struck 40% of the time. 

Junior Michele Chancey was 75% on multipins, Sophomore Demi Kontos was 69% on mulitpins, and Senior Neena Dingillo struck 31% of the time on the weekend.

The is the Eagles sixth top-10 finish in eight events this season. 

On the JV Ladies side we finished with a 2^nd place finish!   With high games of 216 and 200 the team was able to maintain the 2 seed and face off in the finals against Calumet College. 

The Lady Eagles were able to take it to the 3rd game of the 3 game baker rolloff but came up short and ended in 2^nd place.  Senior Alicia Anton had her best statistical tournament of the season in which she was 78% on single pins and 71% on multipins. 

Junior Isabell Cooley was solid at 73% on single pins, Junior Kaylee Mann was 61% on multipins and struck 31% of the time.  Sophomore Darian Mobley added a 49% multipin percentage, Freshman Hailey Anderson was 62% on single pins and Freshman Kaitlyn Kiefer was 58% on single pins.

All teams are off this weekend before we head to the Kohawk Invite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa the weekend of Feb 3^rd and 4^th.