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The Lawrence Technological University men’s bowling team hoists the red championship banner.STERLING HEIGHTS–Lawrence Technological University won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) men’s bowling national championship Saturday over Marian (Ind.) University, three games to one.
Lawrence Tech was host of the national tournament, at Five Star Lanes in Sterling Heights. The Blue Devils actually lost to Marian in the fifth round of the double-elimination tournament, then battled back from the loser’s bracket, beating Indiana Tech in the semifinal and then defeating Marian two times in a row, 3-2 and 3-1, to claim the championship.
Jacob Kujawa of Lawrence Tech was named the tournament’s most valuable player. Also named to the championship’s all-star team was LTU’s Connor Nowak.
“It was a surreal experience for myself and the team and proved to us that all our hard work has finally paid off,” Kujawa said Sunday. “It was made even better by accomplishing this in our home center in front of so many of our families and friends.”
LTU bowling coach Jonathan Putti said that while it’s never the plan to come out of the loser’s bracket in a double-elimination event, “we did get our feet wet with a win against what I think is probably the best team in the country, Indiana Tech. So we knew how the lanes were playing that day, and we felt really good going into our (finals) match against Marian.”
He called the win “a credit to this team.” He said he had told them that “until you guys come together and have each other’s backs and breathe the same air, you won’t be national champions. And I said something became different four or five weeks ago. The guys had meetings together, went to dinner together, went to an escape room together, and they became a better team than any college bowling team I’ve ever seen.”
Putti is a 1988 alumnus of LTU with a degree in computer information systems, and was a nationally ranked competitor on LTU bowling teams of that era.
Putti added: “I’m overjoyed that we won the first national championship for my alma mater. I love the school and what it stands for, and I love representing it.”
For tournament details, visit https://www.naia.org/sports/mbowl/2022-23/Releases/Champions. The bracket with results for all matches is at https://www.naia.org/sports/mbowl/2022-23/Files/2023_Men-s_Bowling_Bracket.pdf.
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