NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Alabama A&M closed out the Columbia 300 Music City Bowling Classic, held from March 18-20, finishing 30-of-33 with a 166 pin fall average over the course of 13 matches.
 
The Bulldogs went 5-8 in those qualifying matches, notching a pinfall total of 11,131 in 67 games, putting them in the No. 15 matchup on the final day of the tournament. In that one, AAMU fell 712-644 against Aurora.
 
Individually, junior Montaya Walton (Detroit, Mich.) led the way for the Bulldogs, finishing 83-of-203 with a pinfall average of 184.60 and a high of 225, while junior Jacquelyne Beard (Huntsville, Ala.) placed 104^th with a pinfall average of 174.20. Junior Nariya Jackson (Fort Wayne, Ind.) finished in 108^th with a pinfall average of 173.20.
 
No. 1 McKendree would take home the tournament title with No. 8 Stephen F. Austin taking second and No. 6 Arkansas State, Vanderbilt and Maryland Eastern Shore rounding out the top five.
 
FINAL RESULTS
1. No. 1 McKendree
2. No. 8 Stephen F. Austin
3. No. 6 Arkansas State
4. No. 4 Vanderbilt
5. No. 17 Maryland-Eastern Shore
6. No. 5 North Carolina A&T
7. No. 12 Maryville
8. No. 3 Sam Houston State
9. No. 7 Louisiana Tech
10. No. 9 Youngstown State
11. No. 22 Lincoln Memorial
12. No. 2 Nebraska
13. No. 23 Central Missouri
14. No. 15 Tulane
15. No. 20 Long Island-Brooklyn
16. No. 24 Monmouth
17. No. 18 Wisconsin-Whitewater
18. No. 21 Lewis
19. Alabama State
20. Valparaiso
21. Emmanuel
22. Drury
23. No.16 Sacred Heart
24. Kentucky Wesleyan
25. Alabama-Birmingham
26. Tusculum
27. Carthage
28. Jackson State
29. Aurora
30. Alabama A&M
31. North Central College
32. Carroll
33. Spalding