ADDISON, Ill. —  Needing to finish in the Top 4 of the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Sectional Qualifier and in the Top 8 of the Singles Qualifier, Tiger and Lady Tiger bowling came up just short.

At each of the four sectionals Friday, participants bowled six games, with the top four men and top four women guaranteed to advance. The eight additional men and eight additional women who advanced were determined based on the number of entries at each sectional.

In the singles competition, Crystal Land led the Lady Tigers with a 26^th place finish with 1149 pins – 63 pins short of qualifying for the ITC Singles Championship. On the men's side, it was Andrew Lissik placing 37^th with 1230 pins – 88 short of qualifying.
 
The teams advancing to the ITC were determined through four sectionals across the country - Allentown, Pennsylvania; Smyrna, Tennessee; Addison, Illinois; and Dallas - with the top four women's teams and top four men's teams from each sectional punching their tickets to Baton Rouge.

Each sectional consisted of 64 Baker games over two days, with total pinfall determining the top four in each division.

The Lady Tigers placed seventh, while the Tigers finished 13^th. In addition to CU, University of Pikeville's men's and women's teams and the Lindenwood-Belleville men's bowling team advanced in postseason play, Scott Hill from Lindenwood-Belleville finished in the top four in singles action to earn a bid to compete at the Intercollegiate Singles Championships in Baton Rouge.
 
In the Baker games, the Lady Tigers finished the first 16 games in eight place and eventually moved up to No. 6 in games 17-48. But CU dropped to seventh in games 49-64.
 
For the men's side, Campbellsville also made up ground after finishing the first 16 games in 19^th place. The Tigers turned the tides in games 17-33 by upping their pinfall to over 300 (2829 to 3136).
 
CU fell off the pace in the third session, dropping to 14^th in games 33-48, but the Tigers came right back with a strong 13^th place finish.
 
The Wisconsin-Whitewater women earned the top spot in Addison, finishing with a 12,621 total. Mount Mercy (12,561), Grand View (12,462) and St. Francis-Illinois (12,353) also earned spots in Baton Rouge.
 
On the men's side in Addison, Robert Morris-Illinois recorded the win with a 13,183 total. Morehead State (12,967), Wisconsin-Whitewater (12,847) and William Penn (12,817) earned the final three spots.

Defending ISC champion Daniel Hanson (1,373) of Robert Morris-Illinois finished three pins behind top-qualifier Joshua Schneider (1,376) of Wisconsin-Whitewater at the Addison, Illinois, sectional, where nine men advanced from the field of 260.
 
Also advancing in Addison were: Mitchell Zierer of Wisconsin-Madison, Dustin Zehner of Purdue, Nick Kross of Robert Morris-Illinois, William Mateffy of Minnesota State-Mankato, Drew Fakler of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Tyler Scott of Saginaw Valley State and Aaron Turner of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
 
Kelly Belzeski of Nebraska led the 196-player women's field at Addison with a 1,284 total and was followed by Grand View's Hannah Munson (1,264) and Delaware State's Alexis Neuer (1,262). The other qualifiers from the sectional are Mattie Brandos of Robert Morris-Illinois, Haley Cummings of Sinclair Community College, Abby Ragsdale of St. Francis-Illinois, Nebraska's Alexandra Mosquera, Brooklyn Greene of Robert Morris-Illinois and Hastings' Samantha Laird.
 
Go to BOWL.com/ISC for complete results from all sectionals and more information about the Intercollegiate Single Championships. 
 
The year is over for the men's squad but the Lady Tigers, who won the MSC Tournament Championship, will now compete in the NAIA Invitational in Lexington, Ky. on March 30-April 2.