The Sacred Heart University bowling team finished fourth, out of 11 teams, at the Caldwell Cougar Classic. The Pioneers went 5-5 at the event and are now 8-9 on the season. SHU earned the fourth-seed entering best of seven play on Sunday, before falling to the top-seed UMES and FDU.

Colby Jones led the team in most of the statistical categories including high average with 18.63, 37% strikes, 83% filled frames and 100% 8 count spares plus she was one of four on the team who made 90% single pins. Nicole Cona, Sklyer Mulligan-Brown and Rachel Bamford also surpassed 90 percent single pins during the competition. Tori Boughton was the Pioneers top finisher, placing eighth individually.

The Pioneers return to action on November 9-10 for the first NEC Meet of the season.

DAY THREE

Round 13: FDU 4, SHU 1

• FDU jumped out to ta 3-0 lead, including a one-pin win in the third
• The Pioneers waon the fourth, 195-169, and then FDU captured the match with a 162-159 victory in the fifth

Round 12: UMES 4, SHU 3

• The Pioneers won the first match, 210-191, before falling in match two and three
• SHU rallied with back-to-back wins, 230-170 and 192-127, to pull in front 3-2
• UMES evened the match with a 215-168 win in match six, and earned a 173-165 win the seventh, to take the victory

Round 11: Molloy 889, SHU 835

• The loss gave SHU the fourth-seed heading into the best-of-seven format
• Colby Jones scored 182 to lead the Pioneers in the match

DAY TWO

Round 10: SHU 891, LIU 846

• The Pioneers closed the second day with a win over LIU
• Jones bowled a 183 and Skyler Mulligan-Brown recorded a 181 in the win

Round 9: UMES 877, SHU 857

• Tori Boughton scored 217 to lead the way
• Rachel Bamford also eclipsed 200, with an effort of 210

Round 8: SHU 942, Adelphi 889

• Jones bowled 216, the top score in the match, as the Pioneers bested Adelphi
• Rebecca Armand shot 189

Round 7: BYE

• Mulligan-Brown scored 221 in the bye round

Round 6: SHU 920, Bloomfield 859

• Boughton led the way with a 204 effort
• Armand (186) and Bamford (181) both surpassed 180, as all five Pioneers bowled over 170 in the win

DAY ONE

Round 5: Monmouth 993, 869

• The loss put the Pioneers into seventh-place in the 11 team field after the first day

Round 4: SHU 932, Felician 824

Round 3: SHU 831, NJCU 656

Round 2: SHU 896, Caldwell 873

Round 1: FDU 920, SHU 841