ADDISON, Ill. – The Indiana Tech men's bowling team finished in the top five on all three days of the NAIA Fall Invitational, their third consecutive top-five finish to open the 2026-27 season.
 
Day one of the NAIA Fall Invitational saw the teams bowl five individual team games. Indiana Tech placed fourth on day one with a total of 5110. Kaden Salts led Tech with a sixth-place finish, bowling 187-226-252-257-213 for a total pin count of 1135 (average of 227).
 
Day two saw the teams bowl 25 Baker Games. Indiana Tech placed fifth on day two with a total pin count of 5150.
 
The teams were then ranked by points and the top eight advanced to a mini mega-match bracket on Sunday. Indiana Tech was seeded fourth.
 
Indiana Tech was matched up against 1 seed Webber International. In the traditional individual game, Webber defeated Indiana Tech 1218-1046. Indiana Tech won the Baker total pinfall game 935-902. Webber then defeated Indiana Tech 3-1 in the best-of-five Baker Games to advance to the championship.
 
Indiana Tech moved on to the third-place match, where they defeated 3 seed Pikeville.
 
Indiana Tech returns to action on November 7 for the WHAC #2 at Imperial Lanes in Clinton Township, Michigan.