(Ann Arbor, MI) - The Concordia Cardinals Men's Bowling team will compete this upcoming weekend at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Championships. This will be the second straight year the Cardinals have made the National Championship since the event was elevated from Invitational status.
This will be the fourth overall appearance with two previous in 2018 and 2019, when the Cardinals finished as National Runner-Up.
MATCH INFORMATION
NAIA Championships
March 20-22 | 8 AM Each Day | 5 Star Lanes | Sterling Heights, Michigan
ABOUT THE CARDINALS
The Cardinals make their appearance as an at-large bid at this year's Championship.
The eight Cardinals that will compete on the team for the Championships will be Conner Lackey, Conner Rogus, David Schaberg, Hunter Fletcher, Kaden Salts, Kenji London, Nicholas Schaberg, and Tyler Koehn.
Bowler | Season Average | Games Bowled
Conner Lackey | 206.81 | 42
Conner Rogus | 211.68 | 68
David Schaberg | 209.92 | 61
Hunter Fletcher | 194.00 | 55
Kaden Salts | 193.57 | 44
Kenji London | 190.98 | 49
Nicholas Schaberg | 204.60 | 43
Tyler Koehn | 186.33 | 27
NAIA PREVIEW
The 11 other teams that will make their way to Sterling Heights, Michigan will be six conference champions and five other at-large teams.
The Conference Champions teams include Culver-Stockton (Heart of American Athletic Conference), Kansas Wesleyan (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference), Marian (Crossroads League), Pikeville (Mid-South Conference), SCAD Savannah (South States Athletic Conference), and St. Francis (IL) (Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference).
The five other at-large teams are Cumberland, Hastings, Indiana Tech, Lawrence Tech, and Milligan.
CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT
The first day of the event features all 12 teams competing in six baker sets. Following the baker sets, the 6-12 seeds will face off in match play in a best-of-seven game series. Bracket play will consist of a double-elimination tournament.
Friday will feature Rounds 2-6 of match play as teams will battle through the winner's bracket and the second-chance bracket.
Championship Saturday will feature the final game of the second-chance bracket followed by the two remaining teams battling for the title.
