Arkansas State started slow with back-to-back losses to No. 10 Maryland Eastern Shore and No. 17 Monmouth by scores of 1,015-878 and 1,0581,015, respectively, but rallied to end the day on a three-match winning streak. A-State bowled a 1,071 to Texas Southern’s 864 to get in the win column before an impressive 1,091-1,071 win over No. 2 Nebraska. The team ended the day with a solid 1,053-970 win over No. 11 North Carolina A&T.
A-State’s total pinfall of 5,108 put the team in fourth place, ahead of UMES’s 5,040, entering Saturday’s action. Nebraska led the field with a 5,359 pinfall with Stephen F.