FINAL RESULTS 
Monmouth: 5th of 13, 6-6 record
Baker: 4-3
Traditional: 2-3

RICHTON PARK, IL –  The Monmouth University bowling team earned a fifth place finish at the Crusader Classic hosted by Valparaiso University this weekend at Lakewood Bowl.

Monmouth finished 6-6 during the three-day event that featured 13 teams, including the top-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Hawks, who are receiving votes in the latest NTCA Poll, posted victories over two ranked opponents, #22 Maryville and #24 Lincoln Memorial.

For the sixth consecutive competition senior Jackie Evans led the Hawks individually, as she finished second among individuals with an average of 209.60 over five traditional games.

WEEKEND NOTES
"The lanes played tough this weekend, which is reflected in the scores of the field. We still have to work on our shot repeatability, but overall our performance improved despite difficult conditions."
- Director of Bowling Karen Grygiel
- Weather forced a schedule change for Sunday's format. Each team competed in three Baker matches to conclude the three-day event. Friday's Baker matches and Saturday's traditional matches followed the standard tournament schedule.

- The Hawks defeated a pair of ranked opponents, #22 Maryville and #24 Lincoln Memorial, en route to a 2-5 record against ranked opponents on the weekend.
- Monmouth went 2-1 during Sunday's competition to improve to 10-2 on Sunday over its last four events.
- Senior Jackie Evans tied her best finish of the 2017-18 season (2^nd), while earning her third top-10 finish of the season and the ninth of her career.

 NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth's highest pin total in baker format was 1,015 against #24 Lincoln Memorial.
- The Hawks 1,015 total pins are the second-most for the team in Baker format this season and it was the third time the team reached the 1,000-pin mark this season.
- Monmouth's largest margin of victory was 137 pins in the Baker match win over Augustana (888-751).
 -  Evans threw a 236 high game in traditional match play. She had three of her five games above 200 over the weekend.
- Evans has surpassed the 200-pin mark in 21 of 30 games this season.
- Freshman Camelia Coffman placed 22^nd, the highest finish of her career, with a personal-best average of 178.00.

NEXT UP
Monmouth returns to competition next weekend at the James Brown Invitational in Towson, MD.