Las Vegas, Nev. (January 11, 2020) – The Mount St. Mary's women's bowling team climbed to sixth in the tournament standings at the Stormin' Blue & White Vegas, presenting an opportunity for a third place trophy finish in tomorrow's bracket play.
In five traditional matches, the Mount went 1-3 against tough competition with a win over #23 nationally ranked Monmouth
. Three Mountaineers finished in the top-25 individual standings. Sophomore
Rebecca Dodson just missed out on an All-Tournament Team Selection, placing 11th out of 84 competitors with a 1,063 total (212.6 average)
. Sophomores
Danielle Milo (1,034 total, 206.8 average) and
Tamera Stanton (1,018 total, 203.6 average) finished 17th and 22nd, respectively
.
#13 Mount: 921 | #14 Delaware State: 1,045
The Mountaineers opened up traditional play with a 1,045-921 loss at the hands of Delaware State. Milo led the way for the Mount with a 207 game.
#13 Mount: 1,002 | #5: Vanderbilt: 1,200
The Mount picked a bad time to face the 2018 NCAA National champions, as the fifth ranked Vanderbilt Commodores shot the highest set of the entire tournament, winning 1,200-1,002. Milo (246) and Dodson (228) led the effort for Mount.
The Mount rolled a 1,014 during their bye round in match three. Sophomore
Ashley Santos (241) and Stanton (227) were the leading scoring catalyst for the Mountaineers
.
#13 Mount: 997 | #8 Stephen F. Austin: 1,061
The Mountaineers fell to the defending champion Lady Jacks by a final score of 1,061-997. Sophomore Barbara Hawes (211) joined Dodson (227) ad Stanton (214) in the scoring pace.
#13 Mount: 1,063 | #23 Monmouth: 930
For the first time since the opening match, the Mount played an opponent that scored under 1,000. The team would take full advantage in a 1,063-930 win over the Hawks from Monmouth. Santos (225), Dodson (220), Stanton (214) and Milo (214) all eclipsed the 200-mark.
"Our record so far this weekend does not reflect our performance," said head coach
Kenneth DeGraaf. "Qualifying in the top-half of this field is a serious accomplishment and one our players should be proud of
. Unfortunately, many teams threw their highest set of the weekend when competing against us
. We could not control their scoring output, however, we could control our own and that is what got us to jump in the tournament standings
. We are beyond excited to have the opportunity to compete for a top-three finish tomorrow."
Bracket play will commence tomorrow at 8:00 AM PT with three rounds of best-of-seven bracket match play. The Mountaineers will open up with a rematch against Stephen F. Austin. Three wins would put the Mount in third place. Competition will be live streamed on FloBowling.com.
