SMYRNA, Tenn. -- Cumberland Men's Bowling finishes fourth out of 19 teams in the MSC Brandon Burns Memorial with a score of 6,007. 

To open up the Brandon Burns Memorial, CU started out strong, scoring 1,080 pins in the first American game, with Jacob Ballenger leading the way with a 267 in game one.

In game two, Cumberland would continue their momentum and hit 1,110 pins. All five Phoenix bowlers hit above 200, with Logan Beasley scoring a 235. After two games, Cumberland has 2190 pins and is firmly in second place behind Milligan (2,374).

In game three, Cumberland cooled off a bit, scoring only 935 pins. Bringing CU's total to 3,125 after three games. To finish out the American games, the Phoenix rounded back to quadruple digits, scoring 1,091 pins and finishing with 4,216 pins to place fifth.

Milligan leads all teams with 4,634 pins after four American games. With SCAD (4,309), Pikeville (4,321), and Vincennes (4,222) rounded out the four teams ahead of CU. 

Individually for the Phoenix, Gavin Courtney led the way, finishing 20th with a four-game total of 888. After Ballenger's start, he finished the tournament with a score of 868; Braxton Dedmon finished right behind Ballenger with a score of 862. Logan Beasly had a strong Sunday, shooting 815 in four games. Kaden Yarborough rounds out the Phoenix with a four-game total of 783. 

In the first block of baker games, CU continued their momentum, scoring 924 in the first four Baker games, for an average of 231. In the second baker game, the Phoenix scored 266 pins. To finish out their time in Smyrna, Cumberland scored 867 pins, for a 216.75 average. In the eight baker games, CU scored 1,791 pins, which led the entire tournament. The Phoenix finished the MSC Brandon Burns Memorial with 6,007 pins.

Milligan ran away with the Brand Burns Memorial championship, accumulating 6,235 pins over the 12 games. SCAD finished in second with 6,045, and Pikeville rounds out the top three with a score of 6,035.

Within the conference, Tennessee Wesleyan finished in seventh with a score of 5,790, Midway finished right behind TWU with a score of 5,746 in eighth. The Cumberlands finished in tenth place with a score of 5,526. Lindsey Wilson finished in 12th with a score of 5,514, with Campbellsville right behind the Blue Raiders in 13th with a score of 5,514. Union Commonwealth rounds out the Mid-South finishing in 15th with a score of 5,355.

The Phoenix will take an extra week to prepare as they travel to Marietta, Georgia to play in the Bowlero Southern Collegiate Classic on November 6th and 7th.