SMYRNA, Tenn. – After a 13^th place finish on Saturday on the opening weekend of conference play, the University of Pikeville men's bowling team rallied for a third-place finish on Sunday afternoon.
 
The Bears competed this weekend in the Lynne Jordan Memorial and the Brandon Burns Memorial tournaments. Hosted by the Mid-South Conference, league teams are pulled from the standings to determine league records for the weekend.
 
After the weekend concluded, it appears the Bears are 9-7 in the league, which puts them in third place in the standings. Tennessee Wesleyan is atop the league at 14-2 while Cumberland (Tenn.) is second at 11-5.
 
The Bears are followed by four teams at 8-8.
 
In the 13-team JV division, the two UPike teams finished seventh and ninth on Saturday.
 
A total of 200 men competed in Saturday's Brandon Burns Memorial. Junior Andrew Robitaille led the Bears with a four-game score of 803 to average 200.75 for the day. Senior Aramis Linville followed at 800, with remarkably consistent scores of 201, 200, 199, 199.
 
Freshman Micah Jones finished four games at 738, while freshman Austin Voignier followed at 737.
 
The Bears finished third overall and first among Mid-South teams on Sunday in the Lynne Jordan Memorial. Their score of 6,035 was exactly 200 behind Milligan (Tenn.), which finished first.
 
Among Mid-South teams, Cumberland was second with a score of 6,007.
 
Of the 194 competing on Sunday, Robitaille finished fourth to qualify or the all-tournament team. He finished at 921, easily surpassing 200 in all four games. His average was 230.25.
 
Senior Steven Kelsch came in sixth, finishing at 919 for an average of 229.75. Sophomore Almoustafa El Sayed joined them in the Top 10 with a four-game total of 900.
 
Senor Ryan Marszalek came in tied for 11^th at 899, while junior Carson Shroyer followed at 892 for a 17^th-place finish. Senior Josh Maslanich finished in the Top 50 with a four-game score of 840.
 
The Bears will return to the lanes on Nov. 7-8 when they compete in the Bowlero Southern Collegiate Classic, to be held in Marietta, Ga.