Shocker bowling buffed up its already sparkling national reputation with the men’s team making a winning run through Intercollegiate Team Championships competition April 16-18 at Northrock Lanes in Wichita.
The men qualified second among the 16 teams in the double-elimination field and didn’t lose a match on the way to the championship. They swept Midland (Neb.) 3-0 in a best-of-five series to claim the title, their first since 2010. The Shockers won 169-129, 275-167 and 210-168.
“We have 11 guys on this team, and we want depth right up and down the lineup,” Shocker coach Gordon Vadakin ’82 said during ITC competition. “We want everybody to be able to step in and do the job. We don’t look at anyone as a weak link. We want everybody to understand that they share the responsibility in whatever we create at the end of the year.”
Wichita State’s bowling program now has 20 national championship victories in its history: 11 men’s titles and nine women’s titles. The women finished third this year.
