HARAHAN, La - The Oklahoma Christian women's bowling team headed down south to The Big Easy to bowl their season opener at the Colonial Classic hosted by Tulane University.

Day One 

The Lady Eagles started their season off bowling five baker matches, going 2-3 on the day, with one of those wins coming against No. 20 UAB. OC finished with an overall pinfall total of 4242 on the day for an average of 169.68 putting them in 10th in the 14 team field. 

Match 1: OC - 850 vs No. 20 UAB - 849

Match 2: OC - 796 vs Jackson State - 832

Match 3: OC - 827 vs Alabama A&M - 824

Match 4: OC - 894 vs Emmanuel - 900

Match 5: OC - 875 vs No. 9 North Carolina A&T - 930

Day Two 

Oklahoma Christian headed into day two with hopes to improve their overall record and improve in the standings. After the Lady Eagles started the day off with a win against Southern University, they would unfortunately drop the next four matches to finish qualifying with a 3-7 record and 11th overall in the standings with a pinfall total of 8383, led by freshmen Layla Gonzalez who finished 35th individually averaging 177.6 for the day. 

Match 1: OC - 862 vs Southern  - 719

Match 2: OC - 887 vs Florida A&M - 923

Match 3: OC - 791 vs Alabama State - 1141

Match 4: OC - 834 vs No. 8 Sam Houston State - 910

Match 5: OC - 767 vs Prairie View A&M - 875

Day Three

OC went into day three with a chance to improve in the standings as they bowled three matches of best four out of seven matchplay. Oklahoma Christian would fall to Alabama A&M in five games. In match two, the Lady Eagles would face Southern and after six hard fought games, OC would come out victorious to bowl Florida A&M in the 11th place match. After going up 3-1 against the Rattlers, OC would unfortunately fall in seven games to finish the tournament in 12th. 

Match 1: OC - 1 vs Alabama A&M - 4

Match 2: OC - 4 vs Southern - 2

Match 3: OC - 3 vs Florida A&M - 4

Next Up

The Lady Eagles will head up to Wichita, Kansas to bowl the Mid-States hosted by Wichita State and Newman University on Oct. 17th-18th in hopes to reclaim their 2022 title.