ALTOONA, Pa. – The No. 11 Saint Francis bowling team won its first four matches of day two of the Red Flash Invitational on Saturday at Holiday Bowl before dropping its final match to No. 14 Delaware State. The Red Flash heads into Sunday's best-of-seven Baker round in fourth place with a chance to win the tournament.
"It was a better scoring day and some strong finishes by various team members to get us off to a good start," head coach
Tom Falbo said. "Tomorrow starts fresh in bracket round play and a focusing only on the game at hand within each match. This group is capable of great things tomorrow."
The final round of the Red Flash Invitational begins at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow.
Saturday's Match Scores
Match 1
No. 11 SFU 874
No. 14 Delaware State 863
Sarah Ross (Crescent, Pa./Moon Area) led the Red Flash with a 200 game.
Match 2
No. 11 SFU 925
No. 19 LIU-Brooklyn 903
Ross and
Christina Leid (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata) led the Red Flash with games of 217 and 191, respectively.
Match 3
No. 11 SFU 933
Pitt-Bradford 732
Leid led the Flash with a 195 and
Lauren Johnson (Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Southeast) fired a 190 game in the win.
Match 4
No. 11 SFU 928
PSU-Altoona 642
Johnson led the scoring for the Flash firing a 215 game, with Ross shooting a 193.
Match 5
No. 11 SFU 853
No. 14 Delaware State 920
Shelby Derr (Sunbury, Pa./Shikellamy) and Ross led the Flash with scores of 198 and 191, respectively.