MILLSBORO, DE — The Sacred Heart bowling team went into this weekend after being ranked 15^th in the National Tenpin Coaches Association November Poll, but the Pioneers finished in 17^th at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Hawk Classic.

They ended they day Friday in 16^th place with a total pinfall of 5,059 and record of 1-5. Saturday they moved up a spot to 15^th place with a record of 3-9 and total pinfall of 10,394. On their last day they played three rounds of the bracket, finishing the weekend in 17^th place.

After winter break, Sacred Heart opens the spring semester in Reading, Pa. at the Kutztown Golden Bear Invitational January 22-24.

Day One (Baker Matches)

Match 1:

• Monmouth 959- SHU 906

Match 2:

•  Howard 894- SHU 781

Match 3:

•   Sam Houston State University 1014- SHU 778

Match 4:

•  Maryland University of Eastern Shore 993- SHU 863

Match 5:

•  Morgan State 828- SHU 778

Match 6:

•  SHU 953- Howard 922

Day Two (Traditional Matches)

Match 1:

•  Norfolk State University 997- SHU 997 TIE
•  Three Pioneers scored above 200: Amanda Tyrell 240, Sarah Rhodes 226, and Lauren Hoffman 202

Match 2:

•  SHU 832- Coppin State 711
• Corrine Maher led the Pioneers with a 185 game.  

Match 3:

•  Tulane 913-SHU 912
•  Tyrell had the high game bowling a 215.

Match 4:

•  Vanderbilt 963- SHU 929
•  Hoffman had the highest game bowling a 209.

Match 5:

•  Delaware State University 972- SHU 819
•  Tyrell and Hoffman bowled a 171 game leading the Pioneers.

Match 6:

•  Kutztown University 890- SHU 846
•  Tyrell and Hoffman led the Pioneers both bowling a 184 game.

Final Day (Bracket)

Round 1:

• The Pioneers entered the bracket seeded 15^th taking on 16^th seed Howard in the first round
• SHU took the first game of the baker style best-of-seven match 214-190.
• Sacred Heart dropped the second match 167-151 starting the back-and-forth action as the teams exchanged wins forcing a decisive game seven
• In the narrowest of victories, Howard edged out SHU 187-185 knocking the Pioneers down in the bracket

Round 2:

• SHU took on No. 18 Morgan State, who had just beaten Franklin Pierce in seven games, in the next round
• The teams traded wins in the first two games with the Bears taking the first game 192-175 and Sacred Heart winning the next 164-125
• Morgan State took the next two games 199-153 and 178-167, before SHU used a 225-174 win to keep the match alive
• The Bears ended it in six games though, winning the final game 202-160

Round 3:

• Dropping again in the bracket, SHU faced Franklin Pierce to decide which team took 17^th and 18^th place
• The Pioneers dominated, sweeping the match with four wins: 197-178, 201-135, 192-126 and 196-137