FINAL RESULTS
Monmouth: 6th of 13, 7-5 record
Baker: 3-1
Traditional: 3-2
Championship: 1-2

ORLANDO –  The Monmouth University women's bowling team completed its opening weekend of the 2016-17 season with a sixth-place finish at the Wildcat Invitational.

The Hawks finished 7-5 over the three-day event, highlighted by a 3-1 record in Baker format scoring.

Individually, Kaitlyn Reth led the Hawks with a 192.20 scoring average over five traditional games.

NOTES & QUOTES
"We did well against a very tough field. We started off strong, but need to work on keeping our momentum through day two and day three.”
 – Director of Bowling Karen Grygiel

- The No. 16 ranked Hawks defeated  No. 10 Fairleigh Dickinson twice over the weekend, once in traditional format and again during Sunday's championship bracket
- Three of Monmouth's five losses came to teams ranked in the top six of the NTCA rankings
- Four of the five teams ahead of Monmouth in the final standings occupy the top four spots in the national poll

 NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth's highest pin total in traditional format was 942 in its win over FDU.
- The Hawks total of 1,029 in their win over Tulane set a high for the event.
- Monmouth's largest margin of victory was 199 in the win over the Green Wave.
- Haley Solberg (191.25) and Maritza Darling-Ramos (190.50) joined Reth above the 190-pin mark average.

NEXT UP
Monmouth is back in action next weekend at the FDU Jamboree in Elmwood Park, NJ.