Topeka, Kan. – Central Missouri Jennies Bowling turned in another strong performance, going 11-1 and placing second overall at the Jayhawk Collegiate Challenge.

UCM rolled through qualifying with a 9-0 record, starting 5-0 in Saturday's team matches and adding four more victories in Sunday's Baker play. The Jennies advanced to bracket finals as the No. 1 seed, sweeping Avila University (3-0) and edging Peru State (3-2) before falling to No. 2 Ottawa University, 3-1, in the championship match.

Head coach Ron Holmes praised the team's effort:
"I thought the ladies did a very nice job this weekend. We are a very young team and everyone is really just learning how to work together. I think our talents really showed during qualifying and our inexperience showed during the Bracket Finals as we missed a large number of spares during our final two matches. We did a great job overall and will now work to control the nerves under higher pressure situations."

Saturday – Team Matches

• St. Mary – W, 964-802

• Hastings – W, 872-728

• St. Mary – W, 959-769

• Hastings – W, 895-818

• St. Mary – W, 956-840

Sunday – Baker Matches (Qualifying)

• Ottawa – W, 724-611

• Hastings – W, 759-562

• Barton CC – W, 746-676

• Cottey – W, 841-524

Bracket Finals

• #1 UCM vs #8 Avila – W, 3-0

• #1 UCM vs #5 Peru State – W, 3-2

• #1 UCM vs #2 Ottawa – L, 1-3

Jennies' Individual Highlights (Team Games)

• Julia Speich – 959 total (236 high), 191.8 avg.

• Cynthia Phillips – 952 total (221 high), 190.4 avg.

• Haylee Bates – 598 total (222 high), 199.3 avg.

• Sydney Lee – 736 total (206 high), 184.0 avg.

• Camryn Cramer – 719 total (192 high), 179.8 avg.

• Giana Nichols – 683 total (200 high), 170.8 avg.

Jennies' Baker Highlights

• Camryn Cramer provided steady scoring across 16 Baker games, totaling 3,070 pins with a 191.9 average and a high game of 224.

The Jennies return to action this Friday through Sunday (Oct. 31-Nov. 2) at the VUU Collegiate Invitational in Virginia.