Men's Bowling 20th after Day 1 of ITC Addison Sectionals
March 14, 2026
ADDISON, Ill. — The Ohio Northern men's bowling team is in 20th place after the first day of the ITC Addison Sectional tournament on Saturday.
The Basics
- Ohio Northern is 20th of 20 teams with 5,919 pins for 32 baker games.
- Venue: Stardust Bowl - Addison, Ill.
- Mount Mercy (Iowa) leads the team standings with 6960 pins, St. Ambrose (Iowa) is second with 6787 pins, Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ill.) is third with 6703 pins and Marian (Wis.) is fourth with 6635 pins.
ONU Individuals
- The tournament is made up entirely of Baker games, so there were no individual results.
- Nine Polar Bears competed in the ISC Qualifier on Friday, with each bowler rolling six games each.
- Freshman Chris Ritchie (Mechanicsburg) led ONU with a 6-game series of 1,204 to finish 44th of 285 individuals.
- Sophomore Zander Crouch (DeGraff/Riverside) rolled a 1196 with a team-best high game of 267 to finish 54th.
- Freshman Alex Grant (Mansfield) was 148th with a 1095.
- Sophomore Giovanni Scanio (Corpus Christi, Tex./London) bowled a 1083 to finish 162nd.
Notables
- The teams will bowl 64 baker games in total - 32 on Saturday and 32 on Sunday.
- Ritchie's 1204 is the second-best in ONU history and just five off of the school record of 1209.
- Crouch's 1196 is the fourth-best in school history.
- Grant is now 9th on the list with his 1095.
- Scanio is now 10th with his 1083.
- Third-year head coach Jeff Robinson leads the Polar Bears.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will bowl the final 32 baker games of the ITC Sectionals beginning at 7:45 am (CST).
