Allentown, PA – Men's bowling wrapped up a successful week in Pennsylvania on Thursday, winning the LeHigh Valley Classic after finishing fourth in the Keystone Quaker Classic earlier in the week.

Roto Grip Keystone Quaker Classic
Results

The tournament consisted of five team games and 20 baker games over the course of two days. The Bears totaled 8718 pins, tying with Marian (Wis.).

UPIKE stood in fourth with 1963 pins in team play, led by Chris LeSueur who recorded scores of 194 and 204. After five team games, the Bears were in tenth with 4826 pins.

Baker play saw the Bears get off to a slow start, sitting eighth on the leaderboard after four Baker games. After 12 baker games the Bears had climbed to fourth with 7191 pins, just 11 pins behind third-place Northwestern Ohio. After 16 Baker games, UPIKE had clinched the top spot with 8060 pins. After 20 games played, the Bears remained in the top five with 8718 pins.

Individually, the Bears were led by Matteo Cittadino with a 1008 pin total to finish 21^st. Dylan Mishak finished 35^th with 963.

LeHigh Valley Classic

The 23-team LeHigh Valley Classic saw the Bears dominate the competition, finishing first overall with 9324 pins. The tournament followed the same format of five team games and 20 baker games.

The Bears held the team play lead from the beginning, leading by 21 pins after two games played. Bryce Oliver was at the forefront of the effort, coming one pin shy of another perfect 300 game. After five games, the Bears held the first-place spot by 138 pins.

Oliver checked in at second overall in the individual standings, totaling 1141 pins for the Bears. Oliver earned all-tournament honors for the fifth time this season. Oliver was recognized for having the high-game of the tournament with a 299. Also earning an all-tournament was Wesley Yazell who bowled a 1111 to finish tied for fifth.

After eight baker games, the Bears had extended their lead to 247 pins over second place Muskingum with a total of 7000. As William Patterson rose to take the second spot, the Bears continued to lead the event, finishing first overall with 9324 pins.

UPIKE men's bowling returns to the lanes on Saturday, January 14^th as they head to Addison, Ill. for the Kegel/ISBPA Collegiate.