MT. JOY, Pa. — The Sacred Heart University women's bowling went 2-1 against Mount St. Mary's on day three of Northeast Conference play, with 7-2 overall record.
On the day, Colby Jones had a career-high day, averaging 22.50 per frame and Amanda Shelters averaged 22.55 for the two matches she bowled.
Individually, Jones had the best weekend as a Pioneer, averaging 21.72 per frame. Over the three days and nine matches, Jones opened eight times and struck 57% of shots. Paige Donovan followed with an impressive 20.98 frame average, also with 57% strikes.
Match #1 – Team Game
- Suffered a narrow loss in the lowest scoring match of the long weekend.
- The Pioneers started off strong, taking a 70-pin lead after three frames.
- Sloppy play resulted in four splits and five missed spares over the next four frames to fall to a 30-pin deficit.
- The last three frames, strikes were surrounded by three missed spares to result in a 20-pin loss.
MSM 935, SHU 915
229 Colby Jones
160 Nicole Cona
136 Hannah Mannetta
209 Paige Donovan
181 Rachel Bamford
Match #2 – Baker Total Pinfall
- After a short break, and a lineup change, the team refocused and went back to filling frames to break 1000 and win by 74 pins.
- Shelters and Mercedes Morel came in off the bench, joined by Donovan, Jones and Rachel Bamford for the starting lineup.
- Jones led the team throwing seven out of 10 strikes for 224 in 10 frames, followed by Bamford who also had 10 clean frames for 222.
SHU 1034, MSM 960
SHU-MSM
223-206
183-204
206-210
218-183
204-157
Match #3 – Baker Best of Seven
- With the same lineup from the previous match, the Pioneers won the match 4-2.
- Shelters threw an incredible 10 out of 12 strikes.
- In the third game of the seven baker set, Mount started first with five strikes, with SHU keeping up with a spare followed by seven straight strikes.
SHU 4, MSM 2
SHU-MSM
159-213 (MSM win)
174-170 (SHU win)
259-240 (SHU win)
190-236 (MSM win)
223-205 (SHU win)
211-181 (SHU win)
