Red Flash set to build off first weekend
Bobby Dragon
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Loretto, Pa.- Another big weekend for the Saint Francis women's bowling as they look to compete in the Mount St. Mary's Shootout this weekend in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
The Red Flash are coming off an 8-2 start to begin their season as they competed in the KU Invitational a weeks ago.
Haley Carroll (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South) started off her senior campaign by notching an All-Tournament team bid with a traditional average of 195.4 with a total score of 977 in five games while helping the Red Flash complete a Total Tournament Frame Average of 17.98. Senior
Sarah Littleton (Round Lake Beach, Ill./Grayslake North) also started her senior season on the right track by posting a Traditional Average of 188.2 with 941 total points for five games. She also contributed in the teams Total Tournament Frame Average of 17.98.
"We will be looking to improve from last weekend," said head coach
Andrew Gonner. "I believe we can raise our expectations and start talking more about goals and where we want to be at the end of Sunday. Overall, the first weekend of competition was successful, but now we have to be ready to go on Saturday. There are some very good teams at this weekends event, including Mount Saint Mary's who we know wants to defend their home lanes. Anyone can beat anyone this weekend so we need to keep our focus and mental toughness all weekend."
Saint Francis will be competing in pool B of the Mount St. Mary's Shootout. The shootout is formatted as a cross-pool play, which means the teams in pool B will play against the teams in pool A. Both pool A and B has six teams divided between the two but are scheduled to only play five of those six teams. Pool A consist of, Medaille, Robert Wesleyan, Kutztown, Felician, New Jersey City, and Wilmington. Saint Francis pool consist of host, Mount St. Mary's, Coppin State, Howard, Morgan State, and Mount Aloysious. Sunday's play will be a Baker format which is one position round then two best-of-seven matches.
Red Flash's next tournament will be at the Caldwell Classic in Rockaway, New Jersey. The tournament will be hosted by the Caldwell University and will run October 26-28.
