Stephen F. Austin
Northeast Classic
SFA Bowling Travels to Delaware for the Northeast Classic
1/16/2025 1:00:00 PM | Women's Bowling
New Castle, DE - The sixth-ranked Ladyjacks bowling team travels to Delaware this weekend, competing at the Northeast Classic, hosted by No. 11 Sacred Heart at Bowlerama.
Last season at the Northeast Classic, the Ladyjacks finished in 7th place overall. The 34-team competition ended with the Ladyjacks bringing home eight wins and two losses in their qualifying rounds and capturing a win over #2 Vanderbilt to claim 7th place overall.
The 39-team tournament begins Friday, January 17, at 9:30 a.m. (CT) with five sets of five-game baker matches. The Classic will follow the standard 13-match rotation this weekend at the Northeast Classic in New Castle, Delaware. Total pinfall will determine the winners of each head-to-head match. Five traditional matches will follow on Saturday, January 18 with pinfall again determining the winners. The total pins from the first 10 matches of the tournament will determine seeding for bracket play on Sunday beginning at 7:25 am (CT).
Conference USA Teams Competing: #1 Vanderbilt, #4 Youngstown State, #5 Arkansas State, #6 Stephen F. Austin, #7 Wichita State, #8 Sam Houston, #12 Louisiana Tech, #15 Tulane
Other Teams Competing: #3 Nebraska, #9 Maryville, #10 North Carolina A&T, #11 Sacred Heart, #13 McKendree, #14 Duquesne, #17 Mount St. Mary's, #18 UMES, #19 Merrimack, #21 UAB, #22 Delaware State, #23 Felician, #24 Mercyhurst, Kutztown, Niagara, Wright State, Adelphi, Bryant, Chestnut Hill, Dominican U of New York, Holy Family, Howard, Jacksonville, Long Island, Molloy, Morgan State, NCAT, Norfolk State, Valparaiso, Central Missouri, Wagner, William Smith, Youngstown
Last Time Out
The Ladyjacks won the Colonial Lanes Classic, hosted by CUSA foe Tulane. On the first two days, the Ladyjacks went 7-3, defeating #4 Vanderbilt and #6 North Carolina A&T in the process. On the final day, SFA had an unfortunate loss to #1 seed Vanderbilt but made quick work of #4 seed Sacred Heart to make it to the championship match against Vanderbilt. The Ladyjacks and Commodores went back and forth the entire match and eventually forced a 5 frame roll-off. The Ladyjacks struck four times in the roll-off to walk away as the 2024 Colonial Lanes Classic Champions.
Head Coach Amber Lemke's Countdown to 1,000 Career Wins
With the Ladyjacks win over Vanderbilt, Head Bowling Coach Amber Lemke has 976 career wins at SFA.
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