The men's bowling team completed its 1998 season ranked third in the Tri-State College Bowling Conference, with 204.5 average match points. First place was held by Western New England College Royal Blue at 236, followed by WNEC Gold at 206.5. Following WPI were West Point at 106.5, Coast Guard Academy at 103, and Bentley, with 48.5 points.
Chris Gauvin '98 won the conference high average trophy for the second straight year. Over the course of 36 games, he had a 199 average. Following Gauvin were Matt Burdick '98 at 195; David Mastropasqua, WNEC, 193; and Paul Nuzzo, WNEC, 192. Match point leaders were: Matt Burdick '98, 29.5; David Mastropasqua, 29; and Paul Nuzzo and Brian Stromwall, WNEC, tied at 27.
Gauvin also played the high game of the year at a 279, and sealed up the high average on the final day of the conference, rolling 772 and 664, the former was the league high series. Burdick also rolled a 709 series for second place. The WPI captain, Bob Parette '99 and Chris Gauvin combined for 1371, the league leading oubles score.
Most improved was captured by Gauvin, who registered a 24 pin improvement over the season, followed by Kurt Clark, of WNEC, who improved by 15.
In the Women's Division, the top three teams were from WNEC. However, WPI's Kim Mailhot had the high game of the season, at 246, as well as the two top series.