Iowa Western's Brundage Wins NJCAA Men's Bowling Singles Title

Iowa Western's Brundage Wins NJCAA Men's Bowling Singles Title

Men's:

In the NJCAA Men's Bowling Championship, three teams scored high enough to make the top 5.  The reigning champions, Hawkeye, took 5th place.  Just ahead of them in 4th place is Iowa Western and taking 2nd place is Iowa Central. 

Iowa Central fell just short of taking the championship over Rock Valley.  The Tritons were led by Jacob Kraft who finished second in the men's all event after scoring 2645 points.  Derek Rucker (644) and Mason Stokes (639) joined Kraft (650) in the top 10 during the singles event.   Dale Weaver and Kraft took 2nd place in the doubles event after combining for 1268 points. 

Iowa Western finished 4th place with a well-rounded performance from all their bowlers.  In the singles event, Cameron Brundage takes 1st place after scoring 720, with a game high of 268.  Kaleb Anderson (18th) and Brundage (19th) take back-to-back spot in Men's All Event after scoring 2361 and 2359.  Taking 15th in doubles, Reece Kelly and Brundage scored a combined 1144 points. 

The 2021 champions Hawkeye take 5th place by 150 points.  Leading the RedTails is Chris Little, who took 3rd place in Men's all Event after scoring 2515 points.  Alex Sturbaum takes 14th place in the singles event with 627 points.  Jacob Butcher and Sturbaum combine for 1178 points which earns them 11th in doubles. 

 

Complete Championship Results

 

Men Team Scores:

1.     Rock Valley (14065)

2.     Iowa Central (13946)

3.     Erie (13665)

4.     Iowa Western (12976)

5.     Hawkeye (12913)

  

Top 5 Men All Event:

1. James Stewart, Rock Valley (2808)

2. Jacob Kraft, Iowa Central (2645)

3. Chris Little, Hawkeye (2515)

6. Derek Rucker, Iowa Central (2471)

8. Mason Stokes, Iowa Central (2455)

14. Braedon Gehrke, Iowa Central (2388)

 

Top 5 Men Singles:

1.     Cameron Brundrage, Iowa Western (720)

3.     Derek Baucom, Iowa Western (677)

7.     Jacob Kraft, Iowa Central (650)

9.     Derek Rucker, Iowa Central (644)

10.     Mason Stokes, Iowa Central (639)

 

Top 5 Men Doubles:

1. Zach Joiner, James Stewart – Rock valley (1456)

2. Dale Weaver, Jacob Kraft – Iowa Central (1268)

5. Braedon Gehrke, Mason Will – Iowa Central (1229)

7. Justin Graves, Marcus Yamada – Iowa Central (1196)

9. Derek Rucker, Mason Stokes – Iowa Central (1194)

11. Jacob Butcher, Alex Sturbaum – Hawkeye (1178)

 

Women's:

The three teams from the ICCAC find their way in the top 5 in the Women's NJCAA Bowling Championship.  Iowa Western takes 5th place, right behind Hawkeye.  Iowa Central finds their way to 2nd place.  

Iowa Central scored a total of 12895 points, led by Abigail Price.  Price takes 2nd place in the Women's All Event after scoring 2373 points.  Samantha Wangen is right behind her with 2356 points.  Price takes 2nd in the singles also, scoring 603 points over 3 games with a high of 231 points.  Price and Olivia Nolte won the doubles portion of the meet after combining for 1214 points. 

Hawkeye finished 4th with a total of 12322 points.  The Redtails had three bowlers take three straight spots in the Women's All Event.  Whittney Morse (2205), Hanna Axline (2192), and Kimberly Hendricks (2170) take 11th-13th place.  Axline takes 13th place in singles through three games bowled, scoring 550.  Braley Bogart and Madison Shontz finished at the 6th after scoring a combined 1119 points. 

Iowa Western finished 5th place after scoring 11895 points.  Jerika Koopmeiners led the Reivers  after taking 4th place in Women's All Event with 2347 points.  Koopmeiners ended up in 3rd place in the singles after bowling 601 through the three games, with a high score of 231.  Koopmeiners and Maddy Addleman take 5th in the doubles with a score of 1124 points. 

 

Complete Championship Results

 

Women Team Scores:

1.     Rock Valley (13148)

2.     Iowa Central (12895)

3.     Jackson College (12499)

4.     Hawkeye (12322)

5.     Iowa Western (11895)

 

Top 5 Women All Event:

1. Tegan Peterson, Rock Valley (2409)

2. Abigail Price, Iowa Central (2373)

3. Samantha Wangen, Iowa Central (2356)

4. Jerika Koopmeiners, Iowa Western (2347)

9.Olivia Nolte, Iowa Central (2239)

11. Whittney Morse, Hawkeye (2205)

 

Top 5 Women Singles:

1.     Tegan Peterson, Rock Valley (655)

2.     Abigail Price, Iowa Central (603)

3.     Jerika Koopmeiners, Iowa Western (601)

5.     Samantha Wangen, Iowa Central (591)

9.     Abigayle Clark, Iowa Central (559)

10.   Leah Sanck, Iowa Central (556)

 

Top 5 Women Doubles:

1.     Olivia Nolte, Abigail Price – Iowa Central (1214)

5.     Jerkia Koopmeiners, Maddy Addleman – Iowa Western (1124)

6.     Braley Bogart, Madison Shontz – Hawkeye (1119)

10.     Samantha Wangen, Madisyn Gerdts – Iowa Central (1096)

11.     Kimberly Hendricks, Whittney Morse – Hawkeye (1091)