Off to the coast!

The Bulldogs travel to Santa Maria, CA for their first Tier 2 tournament of the year!

Riely Chin

11/4/20242 min read

From the Desk of Riely Chin

The Fresno State Bulldogs Varsity and JV bowling teams traveled to Santa Maria, CA for the SloTown Showdown I & II tournaments this past weekend. The Bulldogs had an exciting and successful weekend of bowling, competing on both the challenging PBA Chameleon and Ballard oil patterns.

On Saturday, the team struggled early in the day but eventually found themselves 63 pins behind Arizona State University heading into the position round game. Despite a strong comeback effort in game 6, they fell short by just 22 pins finishing in 2nd place. The Bulldogs were led by freshman Zachary Davis who earned the first tournament win of his collegiate career with an impressive 228 average. Fellow freshman Bryce Nakunz (210 average) and Grad student Spencer Norvell (205 average) also shined, finishing in the top 5 and earning all-tournament team status.

Sunday saw a dramatic turnaround for the varsity on the PBA Ballard Oil Pattern. The Bulldogs started the final game trailing San Jose State by 70 pins, but this time, they were able to complete the comeback and took home their first tournament win of the season! Spencer Norvell (221 average) made another strong showing, finishing in the top 5 once again. The JV team, led by freshman Dominic Ortiz (200 average), captured the JV division title completing a Fresno sweep on Sunday.

Overall, it was an action-packed and successful weekend for the Bulldogs, with impressive individual and team performances across both divisions.

Equipment used.....

Spencer Norvell - Black Widow 3.0, Purple Urethane, Hammer Effect

Bryce Nakunz - Pure Envy, Envy Tour, Purple Urethane

Zach Davis - Purple Urethane, Black Hammer 78

Dominic Ortiz - Purple Urethane

We would like to thank Cal Poly and Rancho Bowl for doing a great job hosting the event. We would also like to thank all of our parents and families for their genuine support of the team this weekend. Special thanks goes to the Norvell, Weinstein, Nakunz and Smith families for all of the snacks, baked goods, lunches, and dinners! Lastly, a big shout out to Patrick Wiemiller for his generous donation to the program!

As always, couldn't do this without the support of our sponsors Brunswick, Genesis and VISE. Thank you for your continued support of our program.

Next tournament will be in Diamond Bar in two weeks!

GO BULLDOGS!