PLANO, Texas - On Sunday January 21st, 2024, the Crimson Storm Men's and Women's Teams were in action for SWIBC VI. The lane pattern for both the Men and the Women was different from the previous day. A 47ft 4:1 ratio lane pattern of which was the longest lane pattern of the season.

The Men's Team battled from Game 1 until the final frame of Game 7. The Crimson Storm ended up in a heated contest against Kansas Wesleyan University for Third Place and the hardware. Kansas Wesleyan rallied in Game 6 with 1,043 while SNU struggled to 983 Game 6, which resulted in a 6 pin 3rd place lead for KWU over the Crimson Storm headed into Game 7.

"This was quite the development all day for the Men's Team," said Coach Jeffreys. "Once again, the minimal experience on this type of lane pattern calls for a quick learning curve. We just did not have the equipment to match up with the changing lane conditions but, the drive and creativeness by this team to overcome equipment adversity was fun to watch. They battled until the final frame and fell 24 pins short of 3rd place. The moves that were made by Landen Hodge, David Swavely and Connor Anderson were so creative and were a result of the communication between all the team members. It's really cool to see how well this team works together to overcome adversity. We had a chance but, the experience was valuable for the future, even if we did not move up the standings."

Game 7 for KWU was 1,029 while the Crimson Storm came up short with 1,012.

Freshman, Connor Anderson continued his torrid pace during the 2023-2024 season averaging 209.1 for seven games on Sunday. Anderson entered the weekend in Plano as the #5 Freshman in the Nation, averaging 205.8.

The SNU Women's Team found the 47ft lane pattern very challenging. Trying to back up their 2nd Place Finish at SWIBC V, the Crimson Storm struggled to a 5th Place Finish.

"Longer lane patterns are very challenging for low rev, low speed players," said Coach Jeffreys. "It is very demanding to bowl back to back events on back to back days and being the first event after break, the physical demands of back to back events took it's toll. Right now, this team relies on patterns that have friction and when the friction is minimal, it becomes very challenging for our team. More reps during practice on low friction patterns will help this team develop a game plan and learn adjustments that need to be made during low friction events. The opportunity to improve is present, now we have to improve, execute and learn from the experiences of our year one events."

Even with the challenging lane patterns, two players, Sienna Stoner and Makena Cruz continued to improve during SWIBC VI. Stoner entered the Plano event the #8 Ranked Freshman in the Nation averaging 184.76, and should move up in the rankings averaging 208.75 for the weekend in Plano. Cruz earned her best tournament weekend of the season, averaging 180.66 for the weekend.

The SNU Men and Women will be in action January 27th and 28th at the Eagle Invitational in Kansas City, Missouri. LIVE Streaming will be available on snubowling.com beginning on Saturday around 9:00am Central Time.