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Valpo Bowling Ranked #2 in NTCA Media Poll
The Crusaders are ranked #2 in the latest media poll. (Ray Acevedo)
The Crusaders are ranked #2 in the latest media poll. (Ray Acevedo)

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Valparaiso bowling team is ranked #2 nationally in the latest version of the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) Media Poll, released earlier this week.

The Crusaders, who have consistently been ranked among the nation’s top teams this season, came in at #2 in the latest iteration of the media poll after being ranked #3 in the latest release of the coaches poll.  Valpo tallied 382 total points and received one of the 16 first-place votes, trailing only Fairleigh Dickinson, which received the other 15 first-place votes and totaled 448 points.  Sacred Heart (368 points), Arkansas State (342) and Maryland Eastern Shore (326) round out the top-five in the polling.

Valparaiso (57-22) returns to the lanes this weekend after two weekends off, traveling to Bessemer, Ala. to compete at Alabama A&M’s Holiday Classic.  The three-day tournament begins Friday afternoon at 3:45 p.m.

Softball Valpo 3 Chicago, Ill.
May 9 UIC 1
M Track Dr. Keeler Invitational Naperville, Ill.
May 10 No Team Score
Softball Valpo 4 8 inn.
May 10 Cleveland State 3
Softball Valpo 10 Chicago, Ill.
May 10 Wright State 2
Baseball Valpo 0 Chicago, Ill.
May 10 UIC 3
W Track GVSU Last Chance Allendale, Mich.
May 11 No Team Score
Softball Valpo 2 Chicago, Ill.
May 11 Youngstown State 1
Softball Valpo 11 Chicago, Ill.
May 11 Youngstown State 9
Baseball Valpo 5 Chicago, Ill.
May 11 UIC 12
Baseball Valpo 2 Chicago, Ill.
May 12 UIC 5
Baseball Toledo 1 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 14 Valpo 6
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 16 13th/13 (309)
Baseball Youngstown State 1 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 16 Valpo 4
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 17 13th/13 (617)
Baseball Youngstown State 4 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 17 Valpo 7
Softball Valpo 0 Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 17 #7/8 Michigan 5
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 18 13th/13 (927)
Baseball Youngstown State 2 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 18 Valpo 3
Softball Valpo 7 Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 18 Central Michigan 4
Softball Valpo 0 Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 18 California 6
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 23, 10:00 a.m. UIC
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 24, 10:00 a.m. Horizon League Championship
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 25, 10:00 a.m. Horizon League Championship
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 26, 10:00 a.m. Horizon League Championship