University of Missouri’s Scott Dooley and Shelby Lovelace tipped the scales at the College Bass North Super Regional with a two-day total weight of 20.6 pounds, more than nine pounds over second-place Zach Wojtowicz and Jesse Schultz of Indiana University whose cumulative weight was 11.45 pounds. Iowa State’s Kyle Wood and Clayton Meyer claimed third with 8.47 pounds and Tyler Mehrl and John Mercer of the University of Iowa took fourth with 8.33 pounds. Western Illinois University’s Dave Hamilton and Tim Himsl rounded out the top five with 5.92 pounds.
Fourteen teams contended for the inaugural College Bass North Super Regional on the Mississippi River in Fort Madison, Iowa. Full results are below. To qualify for the College Bass National Championship, schools must compete in one Super Regional. The sixth annual College Bass National Championship will return to the Arkansas River in North Little Rock, Ark. July 8-10.
College Bass 2010 Tour Snapshot:
Ben Cleary and John Hickman of the University of Georgia won the College Bass East Super Regional with a two-day total of 29.61 pounds on the Alabama River in Montgomery, Ala. April 10-11. After catching 16.31 pounds on day two, Cleary and Hickman of the University of Georgia jumped from eighth place to first, leaving the Alabama River as the College Bass East Super Regional champions.
Joe Landry and Zach Caudle of LSU-Shreveport claimed the College Bass West Super Regional for the second consecutive year. It was the closest victory in College Bass history with only 6/100ths of a pound separating the number one and two teams. On day one, Caudle and Landry finished in 24th place after weighing in a mere 10.17 pounds. On day two, they brought in a 19.10-pound bag making their two-day total 29.27 pounds edging out Vaughn Humerickhouse and Jayme Bristow of Friends University, who held the top spot after day one. The West Super Regional was hosted on Lake Tyler in Tyler, Texas April 24-25.
Since its inception, the College Bass National Championship has been the only fishing tournament to air on ESPNU. In its sixth season, College Bass will receive extended television coverage totaling nine hours of ESPNU programming. For the first time, the College Bass Super Regionals will be featured in the ESPNU shows, which begin airing Thursday, July 29. ESPNU reaches more than 71 million households across the United States.
| PL | School | Angler | Angler | Day One | Day Two | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Missouri | Scott Dooley | Shelby Lovelace | 11 | 9.6 | 20.6 |
| 2 | Indiana University | Zach Wojtowicz | Jesse Schultz | 7.74 | 3.71 | 11.45 |
| 3 | Iowa State University | Kyle Wood | Clayton Meyer | 8.47 | 0 | 8.47 |
| 4 | University of Iowa | Tyler Mehrl | John Mercer | 6.4 | 1.93 | 8.33 |
| 5 | Western Illinois University | Dave Hamilton | Tim Himsl | 5.42 | 0.5 | 5.92 |
| 6 | St. Cloud State University | Dave Saterbak | Eric Schreurs | 1.55 | 3.57 | 5.12 |
| 7 | University of Missouri | Champ Caldwell | DuRon Netsell | 1.43 | 1.41 | 2.84 |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | Jake Menden | Tyler Netzer | 0 | 1.33 | 1.33 |
| 9 | University of Illinois | Marshall Lachecki | Matt Widtmann | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | St. Cloud State University | Korey Sybrant | Eric Tessmer | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Nathan Bochniak | Clayton Black | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | Addison Peck | Chunou Xiong | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Iowa State University | Jeff Davis | Landon Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | Luke Hicks | Adam Rossel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By: Cama Poffenberger, Public Relations
