BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Maggie Coleman earned a bronze medal performance in singles, then won another with Avery Reeves in doubles competition on the opening day of the Mid-South Conference Bowling Championships on Thursday.

The duo then helped the third-seeded Eagles top sixth-seed Lindsey Wilson 4-1 in the opening round of team competition.

Coleman had a three-game score of 624 pins in singles play, coming in only behind the Pikeville duo of Victoria Hines (704) and Brianna Rogers (651). She was second in the field with a 219 in game one then also topped 200 in game two, rolling a 213.

The Eagles' third-place doubles score was 1,224, with Reeves finishing seventh in individual competition with a score of 600. Reeves topped 200 pins in each of the first two games as well, rolling a 201 in game one and a 214 in game two.

Three other Eagles finished in back-to-back-to-back positions within the top-15. Arianna Peter was 13th with 573 pins, Afton Lords 14th with 558 and Hailey Barnett 15th with 552.

Midway then dominated the first three rounds of team play, even earning a 198-98 win in game three. The Eagles would stumble to a 165-138 loss in the fourth game but recovered with a clinching 137-122 win in the fifth.

Round two will open with a matchup against No. 2 Pikeville on Friday morning, in a rematch of last season's championship match. The Bears opened team play with a 4-0 sweep of No. 7 Union.

ACADEMIC, CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Coleman's productive day extended beyond the lanes, as she was also named Midway's Champion of Character and earned a spot on the Mid-South All-Academic Team.

She was joined on the Academic squad by Lords and Gabrielle Gill.