KENNER, La.  –   The 20th-ranked Prairie View A&M University bowling team finished in sixth place at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Bowling Invitational, hosted by Tulane University.
 
PVAMU fell to Louisiana Tech in the early morning contest on Saturday 1034-1003 before picking up a win over Lincoln Memorial 905-792 in their second matchup.  
 
In the third match of the day, the ladies fell to fifth-ranked Sam Houston 1030-990, before picking up a win over Texas Southern 1029-894 in the fourth match of the day.  The Lady Panthers closed out the day with a loss to Valparaiso 979-852 determining the brackets for Sunday's matchups.

Sophomore Katelyn Dickerson finished 24th out of a field of 106 bowlers with a total pin fall of 1,009 (193, 179, 217, 205, 215) averaging 201.80 on the day.  Senior Lindsay Paredes and freshman Veronica Prior both finished 40th and 41 in the field.  Paredes averaged 188.20 (204, 208, 200, 185, 144) with a total pin fall of 941, while Prior bowled a total pin fall of 928 (222, 184, 193, 179, 150) averaging a 185.60 overall.  In her debut freshman Kayla Marsh bowled a team best of 270 in individual play, thirty pins away from a perfect score.
 
Sunday's contest featured a win over Valparaiso 4-2 (173-129, 206-166, 173-212, 205-212, 222-201, 200-192), and rallied to remain in the winners bracket with a 4-3 victory over Lincoln Memorial (154-168, 188-243, 210-204, 211-210, 217-266, 179-168, 200-165).
 
In the final match of the tournament, the Lady Panthers lost to #19 UAB (University of Birmingham-Alabama), falling 4-3 (176-158, 158-156, 159-219, 171-151, 161-234, 179-188, 151-179).

Prairie View A&M finished sixth in the 14-team field, behind only #5 Sam Houston St., #17 Tulane, #6 Stephen F. Austin, and #19 UAB. The Lady Panthers finished ahead of Valparaiso, Lincoln Memorial, #25 Duquesne, Florida A&M, Jackson St., Texas Southern, Southern, and Alabama A&M.
 
The Prairie View A&M bowling team will return to action next weekend Oct. 27-29 at the McKendree Bearcat Open in Fairview heights, Ill.