BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Shawnee State advanced both its men's and women's bowling teams to Day 3 of the Mid-South Conference Championships on Saturday, but each was eliminated by Pikeville in the semifinals.

The Mid-South Conference Bowling Championships followed the following format:

Winner's bracket, Mega-Match Format

Best of three-point match consisting of three sets of contests. All three sets will be contested on the same pair of lanes.

1) Set One is a team game with five bowlers bowling a traditional game. The team with the highest pinfall wins the point. In the event of a tie, five Baker frames will be bowled to break the tie. The winning team receives one point.

2) Set Two is a total pinfall match consisting of five Baker games. In the event of a tie, five Baker frames will be bowled to break the tie. The winning team receives one point.

If the same team wins both Set One (team game) and Set Two (five Baker game), the match is decided and the team with two points wins. If the match is split 1-1, Set Three will determine the
winner.

3) Set Three (if necessary) will conclude with a Best-of-7 Baker format match. The team to win four points first wins the match. Tie games will result in 0.5 points. In the event of a tie of 3.5-3.5 after 7 games, an eight Baker game will break the tie. If a tie remains, a tenth-frame roll-off will be contested until a tie is broken.

Elimination bracket, Best-of-7 Baker Format

MEN

The men's team drew the No. 7 seed in its side of the tournament, matching up with No. 10 Brescia in the first round Thursday.

The Bears bested the Bearcats, 2-1 (1020-916 // 873-937 // 4-3 (184-195, 210-172, 178-191, 185-199, 177-145, 185-150, 210-150)), earning a matchup with No. 2 Tennessee Wesleyan later that day.

In the second round of the tournament, Shawnee State upset the Bulldogs, 2-1 (899-906 // 925-846 // 4-2 (172-184, 222-202, 225-245, 214-205, 177-147, 189-187).

On Friday Shawnee State matched up with No. 3 Pikeville, and went on to upset the Bears 2-1 (952-940 // 809-912 // 4-2 (209-193, 163-189, 164-211, 170-168, 200-186, 205-195)).

Later that day Shawnee State fell to No. 1 Cumberland, 2-0 (982-917 // 1043-955).

The Bears advanced to the semifinals Saturday in a rematch with No. 3 Pikeville, whom they defeated earlier in the tournament.

This time around, however, Shawnee State fell to the Bears, 1-0 (4-0: 232-200, 247-227, 295-218, 259-236), ending its Cinderella run in the tournament.

WOMEN

The women's team drew the No. 6 seed in its conference tournament, matching up with No. 3 Tennesee Wesleyan in the first round.

Similar to the men's team, the women upset the Bulldogs on Thursday, 2-0 (915-829 // 834-789).

In the next round, Shawnee State fell to No. 2 Cumberland, 2-0 (1028-822 // 958-627).

Later on Friday Shawnee State defeated No. 6 Cumberlands 1-0 (4-3: 173-192, 172-171, 169-194, 247-135, 187-203, 201-173, 185-182) to advance to the semifinals on Saturday.

In the semifinals, Shawnee State's women's bowling team lost to No. 1 Pikeville, 1-0 (4-0: 179-170, 193-161, 196-162, 186-154).