MARIETTA, Ga. --  Cumberland Men's Bowling finishes in seventh place out of 25 teams with a combined score of 8,542 pins in the Bowlero Southern Collegiate Classic. 

The Phoenix opened the day sitting in fifth and 30 pins behind the cut line. On day two, Cumberland will bowl 16 baker games in four blocks to determine if they can make it over the cut line. 

In the first block, CU starts off solid, bowling a 784 in the first four games to get the day going. The Phoenix averaged 196 to improve their score to 6,016 as Cumberland looks to continue the momentum and get over that cut line.

In the second set of baker games, the Phoenix tapered off just a little bit, only scoring 779 pins, for an average of 194.75. Cumberland looks to have a great last eight baker games, as they have 6,795 pins through eight baker games and five American games. 

In block three, CU upped the pace, scoring 836 pins and having three games over 200. The 209 average block allows Cumberland to get right back into the fight for match play with a score of 7631.

In the final block, the Phoenix bowled the best series of the day, scoring 911 pins, for a 227.25 average, to put their final tally at 8,546. However, that would not be enough as Cumberland dropped two spots in day two to seventh place. CU finished in seventh in the baker games with 3,310 pins, for a 206.88 average. 

The Phoenix finished 96 pins behind the cut line, which came from Webber International, who had a score of 8,638. The top three teams were Pikeville (8,691), Milligan (8,677), and Belmont Abbey (8,643). Milligan would take the Bowlero Southern Collegiate Classic Championship as they defeated Pikeville in the finals.

The Phoenix will have a break before their next tournament, where CU will travel to Las Vegas for two, two day tournaments, with the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational on December 18th and 19th, and the Collegiate Shootout on the 20th and 21st.