SMYRNA, Tenn. -- Cumberland Men's Bowling finishes ninth out of 19 teams in the MSC Lynne Jordan Memorial with a score of 5,451. 

This first conference tournament of the year will feature four American games (one bowler per game, with five bowlers playing) and eight Baker games (five bowlers per game). 

In the first two American games, CU scored 2,060 pins, with Braxton Dedmon leading the way with a two-game score of 439. The Phoenix sit in fourth place, with Tennessee Wesleyan, SCAD, and Milligan sitting in the top three. 

After game three, Cumberland stays in fourth as CU scores 1,107 pins for a total score of 3,167. Belmont Abbey jumps ahead of the Phoenix as Milligan drops behind them. Individually, Dedmon is in the top 15 with a score of 672. After the last American game, Cumberland dropped to fifth with CU scoring 940 pins in the final game for a final score of 4,107. 

Looking at the conference, Tennessee Wesleyan is sitting in second place with a score of 4,385; Union Commonwealth is just behind CU in seventh with 3,943 pins; Campbellsville is just behind Union in eighth with a score of 3,916. Midway is in ninth to continue the Mid-South train, scoring 3,888. Five pins behind them is Lindsey Wilson, who is sitting in tenth with a score of 3,883. The Cumberlands are sitting in 14th with a score of 3,680. Finally, Pikeville is sitting in 16th with a score of 3,642.

Individually, there were two Phoenix bowlers in the top 25, with Logan Beasley jumping up to 14th after a strong final two games, and Dedmon finishing in 24th with a score of 851. Kaden Yarborough finished all four games with a total of 784, with Gavin Courtney finishing his first career tournament with a score of 783. Jacob Ballenger played three games and finished with a 205.3 average, and Jackson Coy played one game and had a 184 in his first collegiate game. 

Heading into the Baker games, CU maintained their placement after scoring 714 pins, for an average of 178.5. In the second block, the Phoenix struggled, only scoring 630 pins, for an average of 157.5. In the eight baker games, Cumberland scored 1,344 pins for an average of 168, to bring their final total to 5,451 and finish ninth. 

The Phoenix will reconvene and stay in Smyrna as they compete in the MSC Brandon Burns Memorial Tournament on Sunday, October 25th.