No. 19 Green Wave Bowling Set for Destination Orlando
The 19th-ranked Tulane bowling team will continue its season this weekend with the Destination Orlando event, hosted by Sacred Heart. The tournament takes place at the AMF Sky Lanes in Orlando, Florida, over the course of three days from Friday, October 24, to Sunday, October 26.
After opening the season in the SWIBC I and II tournaments, the Wave returns to the more traditional tournament format this weekend. Day one features five sets of five Baker matches beginning at 8:25 a.m. Saturday sees five traditional games with the event culminating Sunday with three best-of-seven Baker matches. Competition on Saturday and Sunday begins at 7:25 a.m. each day.
Tourney Has Tulane Challenged by 23 Other Squads
The field runs 24 teams deep and will provide a challenging test for Tulane with 16 total ranked teams (including Tulane). Each of the top-seven teams and nine of the top 10 will be competing. Nine other Conference USA programs are in the tournament, including No. 1 Jacksonville State, No. 2 Nebraska, No. 3 Vanderbilt, No. 4 Youngstown State, No. 5 Wichita State, No. 6 Arkansas State, No. 9 Louisiana Tech, the host No. 11 Sacred Heart, and No. 21 Valparaiso. The other ranked foes are No. 7 North Carolina A&T, No. 10 Maryville, No. 12 Duquesne, No. 14 Mount St. Mary’s, No. 16 UMES, and No. 18 UAB.
The Wave opened the season during the first weekend of the month in the SWIBC I and II tournaments, placing as the runner-up in both, falling short each time to only No. 9 Louisiana Tech. Mia Stolakis led the way in both events, earning All-Tournament Team honors in each one after a third-place result in the SWIBC I and a runner-up finish in the SWIBC II. Paige Matiasek and Juanelyz Solla both added top-10 finishes on day one with Sarah Rubi posting an eighth-place tally in the SWIBC II.
Full Schedule Ahead for the Wave
The Destination Orlando kicks off a stretch of three-straight weekend of competition for the No. 19 Green Wave. Next weekend Tulane heads to Houston, Texas, for the Track Kat Klash hosted by Sam Houston. The following weekend sees the Wave return to City View Lanes in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Bulldog Classic hosted by No. 9 Louisiana Tech.
Courtesy of Tulane Athletics
Doug has covered a gamut of sporting events in his fifty-plus years in the field. He started doing sideline reporting for Louisiana Tech football games for the student radio station. Doug was Sports Director for KNOE-AM/FM in Monroe in the mid-80s, winning numerous awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association for Best Sportscast and Best Play-by-Play. High school play-by-play for teams in Monroe, Natchitoches, New Orleans, and Thibodaux, LA dot his resume. He did college play-by-play for Northwestern State University in Natchitoches for nine years. Then, moving to the Crescent City, Doug did television PBP of Tulane games and even filled in for legendary Tulane broadcaster, Ken Berthelot in the only game Kenny ever missed while doing the Green Wave games. His father was an alumnus of Tulane in the 1940s, so Doug has attended Tulane football games in old Tulane Stadium, the Superdome, and Yulman. He was one of the 86,000 plus on December 1, 1973, sitting in the North End Zone to seeTulane shutout the LSU Tigers, 14-0. He was there when the Posse ruled Fogelman and in Turchin when the Wave made it to the World Series. He currently is the public address voice of the Tulane baseball team.