Fresno State Bowling Club

First, our apologies for the delay in sharing this update on the Bulldogs’ season.

The weekend of March 14–15, the Bulldogs traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, for the 2026 Intercollegiate Team Qualifier. The format consisted of 64 Baker games over two days, with the top four teams from each of four sectional sites advancing to next month’s Intercollegiate Team Championships in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Entering the event, the Bulldogs were ranked 68th in the nation, their lowest national ranking in the past five years.

After a slow start, the Dogs found themselves in 18th place, 209 pins out of fourth. Following the lunch break, the team responded with a stronger session, and by the end of Day 1 had climbed to 16th place, 435 pins outside the cut line.

On Sunday, we knew it would take the right adjustments and a major push to make a serious move. Some of those adjustments paid off, and the team managed to move up one more spot to 15th place, though still 593 pins out of fourth. Refusing to back down, the Dogs continued to compete with grit all the way to the end, ultimately finishing 15th, 798 pins short of the final qualifying position. While that number looks significant on paper, spread across 64 games it comes out to just 12.5 pins per game, or a little more than one mark per game.

This event is a special kind of grind and demands just about everything a team has. The boys were hurting by the end, but they should not be disappointed in the effort they gave from start to finish.

The Bulldogs then traveled to Rockford, Illinois, on March 28–29 for the final tournament of the season, the Club National Championships at Don Carter Lanes.

The event began with pool play, where we faced five other teams in four-game Baker matches. The top two teams from each pool earned a bye into the double-elimination bracket. The Bulldogs finished pool play at 1–4 and did not earn the bye.

The tournament was contested on a 42-foot oil pattern featuring 33 ML of oil and a 2.22-to-1 ratio. Our opening bracket match was a best-of-five Baker match against Arizona State. After taking the first game, we dropped the next three and were sent into a second-round best-of-three match the following morning against UNLV.

On Day 2, the Bulldogs came out strong against UNLV and closed out the match 2–0. That advanced us to a third-round matchup against Purdue University. The Boilermakers jumped out to a 1–0 lead behind a front five. The next game was back-and-forth throughout, but Purdue was able to close it out, bringing our tournament run and our season to an end.

Equipment in play at the Fort Worth Sectional and Club Championships included:

Neil Weinstein — Radical Spy, Brunswick NU 2.0
Zachary Oliver-Davis — Hammer Axe, Hammer NU 2.0, Hammer Zero Mercy Solid
Dominic Ortiz — Hammer Maximum Effect, Brunswick Danger Zone
Miguel Acosta — Hammer Widow Spare, Hammer NU 2.0
Lucas Krause — Hammer Zero Mercy Solid, Brunswick Danger Zone
Nicholas Dorn — Hammer Zero Mercy Solid, Hammer Black Widow Mania, Brunswick Danger Zone
Cody Patterson — Hammer Zero Mercy Solid, Columbia Pulse, Brunswick Danger Zone

This was a difficult stretch of the season to summarize because the results were not what the team had worked for or expected. Still, with regard to Sectionals in particular, while 15th out of 19 teams is not where we wanted to finish, I was genuinely proud of the effort the group gave throughout the weekend.

Once again, a big thank you to the Weinstein family for sponsoring team dinners at both the Sectional and Club Championship tournaments.

As always, we could not do this without the support of our sponsors: Brunswick Corporation, Genesis Bowling, and VISE Incorporated.

Go Bulldogs!

Coach Preble

Congrats Zach!

Congratulations to Zachary Oliver-Davis on being name our CCUSBC Colligete All-Star. Making the presentation is CCUSBC Director Bill Shirley and Fresno State Bowling Coach Chris Preble(right).

Thank you to everyone who helped make our 9th Annual Golf Fundraiser a huge success! We truly appreciate the incredible support from our players, volunteers, and community.

A special shoutout to our amazing sponsors:

• Diamond Learning Center
• Lunardi Electric
• Hammons Family
• CCUSBC
• 4Creeks
• Witherow Family

Your generosity helps make this event possible, and we are so grateful for your continued support.

We can’t wait to see everyone again next year for an even bigger and better event!

Go Bulldogs! 🐾 🎳
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Your Bowldogs are heading back to Texas next week for sectionals! Go Bulldogs! 🐾

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported today’s golf tournament! We truly couldn’t make this event happen without the incredible support of our sponsors, players, and volunteers. Your time, generosity, and enthusiasm mean everything to us.

Be sure to mark your calendars — we’ll be back at it on Saturday, February 27, 2027! We can’t wait to see you there.

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2026 Collegiate USBC Hall of Fame inductee in the house! Congrats PJ! Thanks for the advice to our Bulldogs as they get ready for Sectionals!

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday! A huge thank you to those who have stepped up to help out—we couldn’t do this without you. It’s shaping up to be a fantastic day of golf, food, and fun. See you on the greens! Go Bulldogs!

The weekend of February 14-15th the Bulldogs traveled to Indianapolis for the 57th Annual Hoosier Classic, the biggest Tier 1 collegiate tournament in the country.

The tournament format is 5 regular team games day 1 with 15 Baker team games on day 2, with each day being played on a different oil pattern. At the completion of the qualifying games, the top 8 Men’s teams qualify for the elimination bracket to determine the Tournament Champion.

Day 1’s games were competed on a 40-foot pattern with 35.6 mils of oil and a ratio of 1.47-1. This pattern proved quite the challenge for the Bulldogs the first three games. They got their legs under them the last two game, with their highest game of the day, 1069 coming in Game 5. However, at the end of the day the Bulldogs were in 62nd place.

Day 2 was competed on a 35-foot pattern with 30.3 mils of oil and a ratio of 1.00-1. As tough as Day 1 was for the Bulldogs, day 2 was a day of anything that could go wrong, did go wrong. After the baker games were complete and the dust settled, the Bulldogs found themselves in 66th place for the tournament. Definitely not the performance we were looking for this weekend. We’ve got a couple of weeks to lick our wounds and get back at it before Sectionals in Fort Worth the weekend of March 14-15th.

For the weekend, the Bulldogs were led by sophomore, Zach Oliver-Davis who shot a 5-game total of 1056 (211 average) for 54th individually.

Equipment in play at the Hoosier:

Zach Oliver-Davis – Hammer Axe, Hammer NU2

Even though most of our parents couldn’t be there in person, we still greatly appreciate the support from our Parents from afar. Special thanks to the Weinstein family for once again picking up the tab for Team Dinner Saturday night.

As always, we couldn’t do this without the support from our sponsors, The Brunswick Corporation, Genesis and Vise, Inc.

This puts a bow on the regular season. Next up Sectionals!

Go Bulldogs!

Tomorrow at 12:00pm rosters are due for golf tournament. Don’t miss your chance to play in our tourney and support our bulldogs!

Good morning, Bulldog fans. With less than two weeks remaining until our golf tournament, we invite interested teams to contact us directly, as we currently have openings for two additional teams.

Sponsorship opportunities and raffle item donations are also still being accepted for those who wish to contribute.

Go Bulldogs!!

Tournament is 2/28/26 8am shotgun start at Riverside Golf Course

Teams list as of 2/11/2026. We are just over 2 weeks away from our fundraiser tournament. We have room for a couple more teams, and still looking for sponsorships, and donations for raffle prizes. Act now! Don’t wait till it’s too late!

The Bulldogs returned early Monday morning from the Valley of the Sun, where they competed in two Tier 2 tournaments hosted by Grand Canyon University and Arizona State University.

The first tournament, the Devil’s Dual, was contested on College Bowling Long Pattern #7, a 46' oil pattern. The format consisted of five qualifying team games, followed by a sixth game that served as the first round of the elimination bracket.
The Bulldogs battled all day but couldn’t quite get into a rhythm. They qualified third after the five qualifying games. The sixth game went down to the wire against a tough Fullerton Varsity team. After a lengthy mechanical breakdown, our fourth and fifth bowlers were able to secure the hard-fought win, advancing us to the semifinals. That would prove to be the end of the Dogs’ run, as eventual champion Arizona State eliminated us 2–0 in a best-of-three Baker match.
The Bulldogs were led by sophomore Dominic Ortiz, who finished third individually with an average of 214 for the six games. Finishing sixth individually, just 15 pins behind Dominic, was sophomore Zach Oliver-Davis.

The second Tier 2 event, the Antelope Shoot-Out, was contested on the 2025 USBC Open Championships (Doubles & Singles) oil pattern, a 43' pattern. The format consisted of 30 Baker games bowled in four-game blocks. This oil pattern proved to be challenging for all teams. Once again, the Bulldogs battled all day, finishing in fourth place, 200 pins behind ranking points winner Grand Canyon University. Definitely not the finish we were hoping for, but we’ll use this disappointment to improve over the next two weeks.

Equipment in play this week:
• Zach Davis — Hammer NU 2.0, Purple Hammer
• Dominic Ortiz — Hammer Maximum Effect, Columbia Rally

A big thank you to the Davis family for their continued support, and a special thank you to the Weinstein family for covering team dinner on Saturday night.
As always, we couldn’t do this without our sponsors: The Brunswick Corporation, Genesis, and Vise Inc.

Next up for the Bulldogs is a trip to Las Vegas for the sin city open January 30-February 1st.

Go Bulldogs!
Coach Preble