Bowling Green, KY – The UC men's bowling team competed in the individual Mid-South Conference singles and doubles championships Thursday afternoon. The Patriots placed two in the top-15 and three in the top-20 in the singles championship, while Charles Wilken and Austin Montgomery finished seventh overall in the doubles championship.
 
Robert Borowski had a great day in Bowling Green shooting over 200 in three of his five games. Borowski, a second-team all-conference honoree, finished with a total pinfall of 1103, averaging 220.6 over his five game stretch. His best game came in game five where he bowled a 278, boosting him to an 11^th place singles finish.
 
Charles Wilken finished just behind his teammate for 12^th after tallying one less pin with a total of 1102. Wilken, who was also named to the MSC second-team, shot over 200 in every game of the day, with an average of 220.4. This is over 20 pins higher than his regular season average. Wilken's had a fantastic game three, with a 268 through ten frames.
 
Thomas McNeal ended the day in 20^th after a 1046 pinfall in his five games. McNeal, who averaged 193.89 pins per game so far this season, averaged 209.2 on Thursday. His 236 pin count in game four was the highest of the day for the junior.
 
Austin Montgomery and Bryce Frantz were the next Patriot finishers in the singles championships, placing 40^th and 47^th. Montgomery ended the day with a pinfall of 965 while Frantz tallied 943. Liam McNamara totaled 899 pins for a 64^th place finish, while AJ Warner and Brandon Salazar post a total of 763 and 700 pins respectively.
 
Montgomery and Wilken finish seventh overall in the doubles championships. Their total pinfall of 2068 secured this top-ten finish. The duo of Frantz and McNeal placed 14^th in the doubles, edging out the 15^th place finisher by just one pin. They tallied 1989 pins through five games. Borowski and Warner placed 28^th with 1868 pins on the day to round out the Patriots doubles finishers.  
 
The Patriots men's bowling team will return to the lanes Friday morning at 8:30 CT for the start of double-elimination team match play.
 
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