FINAL RESULTS 
Monmouth: 9th of 32, 9-4 record
Baker: 4-1
Traditional: 4-1
Championship: 1-2

SMYRNA, TN –  The Monmouth University bowling team closed its 2017-18 regular season schedule at the Music City Classic hosted by Vanderbilt this weekend at Smyrna Bowling Center.

Monmouth finished in ninth place with an 8-5 record during the three-day event that featured 32 teams, including 18 opponents ranked in the Top-25 of the latest NTCA Poll. Monmouth earned victories against No. 7 Delaware State, No. 14 UAB, No. 18 North Carolina A&T and No. 20 Louisiana Tech.

Junior Haley Solberg led the Hawks individually and finished 20th overall with a scoring average of 200.60 across five traditional games.

WEEKEND NOTES
"I'm proud of the turnaround this team made. We had a rough start to the regular season and came back this semester working hard and getting wins to pull out a regular-season winning record. We seem to be peaking at the right time and it's anyone's game at the conference championship. We will be working hard this week to prep for a chance at an automatic qualifier down in Dallas."
- Director of Bowling Karen Grygiel

- Monmouth defeated four ranked opponents, No. 7 Delaware State, No. 14 UAB, No. 18 North Carolina A&T and No. 20 Louisiana Tech, and posted a 4-4 record against ranked opponents on the weekend.
- Monmouth closes the 2017-18 regular season with an overall record of 57-56, its second consecutive season with a winning record. 
- The Hawks finished ahead of nine ranked teams at the event.

 NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth's highest pin total in baker format was 978 against #18 North Carolina A&T.
- Monmouth's largest margin of victory was 154 pins in the traditional match against NC A&T (978-834).
- Junior Haley Solberg now has 11 games above 200 this season after rolling three 200-plus games, including a personal season and team weekend-high game of 234.
- Senior Jackie Evans tossed three 200-plus games, giving her 25 during the 2017-18 season.
- Senior Demi May rolled three games above 200, to increase her season total to nine 200-plus games.
- Senior Julie Bianco threw 205 and 202 games to reach the 200-mark for the seventh time in 2017-18.

NEXT UP
Monmouth will compete in the Southland Bowling League Championships beginning on Friday at USA Bowl Dallas, in Dallas, Texas.