{"id":130860,"date":"2022-10-03T08:18:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=130860"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:42:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T19:42:29","slug":"ddn-wright-state-bowlers-ready-to-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/10\/03\/ddn-wright-state-bowlers-ready-to-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayton Daily News: Wright State bowlers ready to roll"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wright State bowling coach Jeff Fleck is the head coach of Wright State’s Division I women’s bowling team and a member of the Ohio Bowling Hall of Fame as a Friend of Ohio Bowling.<\/p><\/div>\n

While bowling has been a Wright State University mainstay for close to two decades, this season marks a first \u2013 the first time competing as an NCAA team.<\/p>\n

Wright State is one of five schools in Ohio to sponsor an NCAA women\u2019s bowling team and there are close to 100 women\u2019s NCAA programs nationwide. The Raiders are embarking on their inaugural NCAA season at the University of Pikeville Orange & Black Classic on Saturday at Poelking Lanes South, but the changes are already being felt.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very exciting but, some days, it\u2019s also overwhelming,\u201d head coach Jeff Fleck said. \u201cNew rules and regulations, forms, processes and guidelines but our focus is on the culture \u2013 we are still Wright State bowlers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wright State women have a history of success as they advanced to the 16-team United States Bowling Congress national tournament seven times between 2009-2017. The women also won the National Collegiate Club Championship in 2015 and 2019 and were runners-up in 2014 and 2016.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of new faces this season with only three returning bowlers, along with nine freshmen and a transfer student, but Fleck is confident they are up to the challenge of facing competitive opponents week after week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very young, but everybody is working hard and having fun,\u201d Fleck said.<\/p>\n

*WSU men:<\/b>\u00a0The Raiders men\u2019s team is looking to build on its 2021-22 success. The Wright State men are coming off a successful season winning the 2022 Collegiate Club National Championship and clinching a fifth Heartland Conference championship. Jeremy Fleck will again be at the helm of a young team with 11 first-year collegiate bowlers \u2013 one of the program\u2019s largest recruiting classes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I think we\u2019re better than we were last season,\u201d Fleck said. \u201cIf this new class can come in and produce, we can repeat what we accomplished last season and improve on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The young Raiders also have experience with a core group of returning sophomores and juniors and lone senior Alex Ridings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have two sophomores (Angelo Biondo and Brent Shroyer) who could both be All-Americans,\u201d Fleck said. \u201cWe have a lot of talent, we\u2019re probably 15 deep.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Fleck, there are between 12 and 15 bowlers, including a few freshmen, vying for one of eight varsity spots. The Raiders will carry one varsity and two JV teams this season as Fleck is joined by Jeremy Symonds and Rob Glynn on the men\u2019s coaching staff.<\/p>\n

The men will also open the season at the Orange & Black Classic at Beaver-Vu Bowl on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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