Huskers Travel to CMU Women's Invitational

The Nebraska women’s bowling team will continue its 2012-13 season this weekend at the Central Missouri Women’s Collegiate Invitational held in the AMF Pro Bowl Lanes in North Kansas City, MO.  The Huskers will be one of 12 teams competing in the talent-rich field, as competition begins Friday and will end Sunday afternoon.

As the season ramps up toward the postseason, Nebraska Head Coach Bill Straub and the team knows that it is time to turn up their competition level. This weekend’s tournament is the second to last tournament of the season.

“Hopefully with this weekend’s competition, we will participate well enough that the committee will select us for the NCAA Championship.” Straub said.

Straub is referring to the NCAA Championship selection process, where a selected committee picks eight teams much like in NCAA basketball, based on RPI points and strength of schedule among other criteria. The NCAA selection show will be on March 27 at 4 p.m.

“We decided to travel the entire team this weekend to give them a chance to gain some experience.” Straub said.

Check back on Huskers.com for updates after each day of competition. Below is the schedule for the entire weekend of competition, as well as the teams competing at the Central Missouri Women’s Collegiate Invitational.

Weekend Schedule:

Friday, March 1^st:  11 a.m. start for Baker game total pinfall matches

Saturday, March 2^nd:  9:35 a.m. start for 5 Team game matches

Sunday, March 3^rd:  8:30 a.m. start for Baker Match Play (Best 4 of 7)

Tournament Field 
Nebraska

Central Missouri

Arkansas State

Vanderbilt

Wisconsin-Whitewater

Sam Houston State

Stephen F. Austin

Valparaiso

UAB

Texas Southern

Louisiana Tech

Elmhurst

Last Time Out:

The Nebraska bowling team finished third out of 28 teams at the James Brown Invitational, hosted by Morgan State University in Towson, Md., on Feb. 15-17 The Huskers finished the three-day event with a 9-3 overall record behind tournament champion Maryland-Eastern Shore.

Head Coach Bill Straub was impressed with the team’s performance throughout the weekend, but would like to see the team be more consistent in competition. Leading the way for NU was sophomore Liz Kuhlkin. Kuhlkin finished 12^th in the individual standings, with a weekend average of 202.