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Chloe Newberry and the Aggies bowl in Texas, Jan. 27-29.

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A&T Bowling Ends Weekend With Eighth-Place Finish

The Aggies will play in the Prairie View A&M Invitational.

DEPTFORD, NJ – North Carolina A&T, the second-ranked collegiate bowling team in the nation according to the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) poll, completed competition in the SHU Northeast Classic hosted by Sacred Heart on Sunday. 

The Aggies finished the three-day event in eighth place after going 1-2 in the best-of-seven bracket Baker match play on Sunday from Bowlero. A&T finished the tournament 5-8 overall after a 1-4 Friday and a 3-2 Saturday. The Aggies head into next week with a 45-14 overall record for the 2022-23 season. 

A&T entered Sunday's play as the eighth seed and faced No. 7 seed Arkansas State, the sixth-ranked team in the nation. The Red Wolves defeated the Aggies 4-3 in the best of seven and out-pinned the Aggies 1,405-1,378. The two teams split the first four games before the Red Wolves won a close Game 5, 187-183. A&T returned strongly to tie the series with a 203-173 victory. 

But ASU stayed alive for a fifth-place finish with a 211-207 win. Meanwhile, after the loss, A&T's best hope was a seventh-place finish as the Aggies dropped down to face 12th-ranked Duquesne.  

The Duquesne Dukes also took the Aggies to seven games, but the result ended differently for the Aggies. A&T won 4-3 and outscored the Dukes 1,479-1,365. A&T had its highest per game average of the day at 211.3. The Aggies missed a chance to take a 3-1 lead in the series, losing Game 4 by the slimmest of margins, 203-202. However, A&T did win Game 5 in a blowout, 248-164, before the Dukes secured their blowout win in Game 6, 237-180. 

But A&T's 201-172 win in Game 7 gave the Aggies a chance to finish in seventh place as the Red Wolves awaited after they lost to seventh-ranked Youngstown State. Unfortunately, the Red Wolves took down the Aggies in six games and led the pin count, 1,253-1,226. 

A&T lost the first two games but recovered with a 238-197 Game 3 win. After ASU won Game 4, the Aggies stayed alive with a 222-181 Game 5 win. But ASU earned seventh place with a 217-193 win. 

The Aggies will see action again next weekend when they travel to Texas to compete in the Prairie View A&M Invitational, Jan. 27-29.  

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