QUINCY, Ill. - The Oklahoma Christian women's bowling team headed up to Quincy, Illinois to bowl in the program's inaugural Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament Mar. 21-23. 

Day One

OC started the tournament off to a great start as they won both of their matches to advance to the semifinals in the winners bracket at the GLVC conference tournament. The Lady Eagles would beat Lewis University in a sweep and beat No. 18 McKendree 2-1 as they forced the Bearcats to a best of seven baker match.

vs. Lewis
Traditional Match: 985-903

Baker Match: 1037-972

vs. No. 18 McKendree
Traditional Match: 1050-855

Baker Match: 973-996

Best of 7: 4.5-1.5

Day Two

Oklahoma would only bowl one match for the day in which they would unfortunately get swept by the No. 10 Maryville Saints, sending the Lady Eagles to the losers bracket. 

vs. No. 10 Maryville
Traditional Match: 1080-862 

Baker Match: 1109-1030

Day Three

OC would bowl two matches and would have a great start to the final day as they would sweep Newman University to advance to the GLVC conference championship match to face the No. 10 Maryville Saints, where they would unfortunately lose 2-1. 

vs. Newman
Traditional Match: 1095-1032

Baker Match: 1067-968

After advancing to the conference championship, the Lady Eagles would win the traditional match and lose the baker match to go into a best of seven series to determine the champion.

After going up 3-1 against the No. 10 Saints, OC would unfortunately fall short and finish second in their first ever season in the GLVC. 

vs. No. 10 Maryville 
Traditional Match: 1139-1024

Baker Match: 1036-1093

Best of 7: 3-4 

Rhiannon Davis and Shelby Davis left the championships with 2025 GLVC All-Tournament nods, while R. Davis and Tori Justice were named the first ever Second Team All-GLVC and Honorable Mention All-GLVC recipients in program history.

                                           Rhiannon Davis                                                                Shelby Davis                                                                  Tori Justice
          Second Team All-GLVC, All-Tournament                                              All-Tournament                                                    Honorable Mention All-GLVC           

Next up

Oklahoma Christian will find out whether or not they will get an at-large bid to qualify for the NCAA Regionals.