SMYRINA, Tenn. – The Saint Francis women's bowling team went 1-2 in best-of-seven baker play in the final day at the Music City Classic in Smyrna, Tenn. The Flash ended up in 14th place.
Baker performance to note were
Sarah Littleton (Round Lake Beach, Ill./Grayslake North) and
Ashley Howe-Yorio (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area). Littleton posted a 19.14 frame average for Friday and Sunday's baker play, and a 20.72 for Sunday's baker round. Howe-Yorio averaged 20.11 for the Friday and Sunday's baker sessions, and a blistering 22.25 clip for Sunday's baker round. At one point in the day, Howe-Yorio had a baker 300 by throwing 12 first-ball strikes in a row.
Match Scores SFU: 4North Caroline A&T: 1
After dropping game one, 198-190, to the Aggies, SFU rattled of four wins in a row to take the series.
SFU: 3Sam Houston State: 4
The right lane was the lane to be on in the second match. As the higher seeded Bearcats chose that right lane rolling a 236 versus Saint Francis' 200 game. It was a great score and effort by SFU considering how tough lane 29 played the entire match.
SFU: 0North Caroline A&T: 4
After two seasons of going unbeaten against the Aggies (5-0 up until this match), the Aggies came out determined. Although the Red Flash bowled and scored well, the Aggies swept all four games, averaging over 200 to get the win.
"We had a solid plan which got us a win and took Sam Houston to game seven. We missed makeable spares which cost us, but we worked well as a team today and we'll plan to improve on that," said head coach
Tom Falbo. "Ashley's baker 300 was exciting and greatly contributed to the team. She was so calm and confident as she boosted our team's energy going on such an impressive strike run."
Next up for the Red Flash is the NEC Championship in Howell, N.J., next Friday and Saturday at Howell Lanes. The Flash goes into the championship weekend as the No.1 seed.
