FINAL RESULTS 
Monmouth: 2nd of 15, 9-2 record
Baker: 5-0
Traditional: 3-1
Championship: 1-1

TOWSON, MD –  The Monmouth University bowling team turned in its best performance of the season, finishing second at the James Brown Invitational this weekend.

Monmouth finished 9-2 during the three-day event that featured 15 teams, including two ranked opponents. The Hawks, who are receiving votes in the latest NTCA Poll, posted victories over two ranked teams, #21 Norfolk State and #10 Fairleigh Dickinson, before falling to the Knights in the Championship match, 4-2.

For the seventh straight tournament senior Jackie Evans led the Hawks individually, as she led all individuals with a 216.00 scoring average across five traditional games.

WEEKEND NOTES
"Our execution improved this weekend and it showed in our scores and finish. We fell short in match play, but played with heart and I'm very proud of the team and the high energy they exuded throughout the weekend."
- Director of Bowling Karen Grygiel

- The Hawks were a perfect 5-0 during Friday's Baker matches, the first time this season they won all five Baker matches.
- Monmouth defeated a pair of ranked opponents, #21 Norfolk State and #10 Fairleigh Dickinson, en route to a 2-1 record against ranked opponents on the weekend.
- Monmouth went 1-1 during Sunday's competition to improve to 11-3 on Sunday over its last five events.
- Senior Jackie Evans won the individual title to earn her best finish of the 2017-18 season, and claimed her fourth top-10 finish of the season and the 10th of her career.

 NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth's highest pin total in baker format was 1,026 against Coppin State.
- The Hawks 1,026 total pins are the second-most for the team in Baker format this season and it was the fifth time the team reached the 1,000-pin mark this season.
- Monmouth's largest margin of victory was 269 pins in the Baker match win over Coppin State (1,026-757).
- The 269 pin difference was Monmouth's largest victory of the 2017-18 season.

NEXT UP
Monmouth returns to competition the first weekend in March when it hosts the Hawk Flight Invite in Egg Harbor Township, NJ.