Securing the fifth seed following Friday's qualifying rounds, the Barton Community College women's bowling team saw its run at the 18th Annual Lions Match Play Classic come to an end Sunday with a pair of bracket-play defeats to Columbia College at St. Charles Lanes in St. Charles, Missouri.
The Cougars will conclude their fall semester schedule next weekend in Arlington, Texas, competing Saturday in SWIBC III before returning Sunday for SWIBC IV. Both tournaments will be held at AMF Spare Time Lanes.
During Friday's qualifying competition, Barton totaled 2,271 pins across three traditional team games, opening with a 704 before posting, a team-best 821 in the second round and closing with a 746. The Cougars added 1,964 pins over 12 Baker games to secure the fifth seed in the 11-team varsity field with 4,235 total pins.
Zoey Mayberry paced the Cougar lineup individually, placing 22nd overall with a three-game total of 521 pins and a 173.7 average. The freshman opened with a 170 before delivering Barton's lone 200-plus game of the day with a 201 in the second round, closing her set with a 150.
Following Mayberry in the individual standings, Rose Timmermeyer placed 35th overall with a three-game total of 485 pins and a 161.7 average. The sophomore opened with a 148 before improving to a 173 in the second round and closing with a 164. Anne Timmermeyer finished eight spots back in 43rd compiling 454 pins and a 151.3 average across three games, with her highest score of 166 coming in the second round.
Moving into Sunday's best-of-three bracket play as the fifth seed, Barton drew fourth-seeded Columbia College in the opening round. The Cougars dropped a pair of tightly contested games, 177-168 and 180-172, before falling to Columbia again in the consolation bracket by scores of 169-160 and 209-202.
McKendree University captured the tournament championship, defeating host Lindenwood University 3-1 in Sunday's best-of-five title match after leading Friday's qualifying rounds with 5,336 pins.
Individually, McKendree's Miranda Duff topped the 88-bowler field with a three-game total of 650 pins and a 216.7 average, finishing 10 pins ahead of teammate Tiana Jessamine Cruz, who placed second with 640 pins.