The Arkansas State Women’s bowling team traveled to Arlington Texas to compete in the Prairie View A&M Invitational Jan. 29-31.

Arkansas State started slow with back-to-back losses to No. 10 Maryland Eastern Shore and No. 17 Monmouth by scores of 1,015-878 and 1,0581,015, respectively, but rallied to end the day on a three-match winning streak. A-State bowled a 1,071 to Texas Southern’s 864 to get in the win column before an impressive 1,091-1,071 win over No. 2 Nebraska. The team ended the day with a solid 1,053-970 win over No. 11 North Carolina A&T.

A-State’s total pinfall of 5,108 put the team in fourth place, ahead of UMES’s 5,040, entering Saturday’s action. Nebraska led the field with a 5,359 pinfall with Stephen F. Austin (5,325) and Vanderbilt (5,184) rounding out the top three.

On day two of the tournament, the Red Wolves moved up from fourth place to second, with a total pinfall of 10,423.

The Red Wolves pulled out a tough 891-876 victory over tournament host No. 21 Prairie View A&M in its first match of the day before claiming a 1,061-998 win over No. 19 Tulane. Stephanie Mims led the team with a 225 against Prairie View, while Jordan Richard registered a 247 and Jadee Scott-Jones a 227 to lead the squad against the Green Wave.

After advancing to the championship match, Arkansas State fell to Nebraska. The Red Wolves finished the invitational in second place overall.

“We have won a lot of matches by swinging the momentum and today we lost one that had the momentum turn on us,” Head Coach Justin Kostick said.

A-State faced off against Nebraska in the championship match and the Red Wolves won games one (215-204) and two (204-185) for a 2-0 advantage. The Cornhuskers got on the board with a 228-200 win in game three, but Arkansas State posted a match-high 258 to top Nebraska’s 180 in game four to take a 3-1 lead. However, the Cornhuskers won three straight games (211-177, 225-176, 224-198) for a come-from-behind 4-3 win to claim the Prairie View A&M Invitational championship.

Jordan Richard and Stephanie Mims both earned all-tournament honors after finishing second and third in the individual standings. The Red Wolves travel to Houston, Texas for the Stephen F. Austin Jacks Invitational Feb. 12-14