FINAL RESULTS 
Monmouth: 5th of 17, 8-4 record
Baker: 2-2
Traditional: 4-1
Championship: 2-1

EGG HARBOR TWP, NJ –  The Monmouth University bowling team hosted the 2018 Hawk Flight Invite this weekend at King Pin Bowling, where it placed fifth overall.

Monmouth finished 8-4 during the three-day event that featured 17 teams, including six ranked opponents. The Hawks, who are receiving votes in the NTCA Poll, posted victories over two ranked teams, #6 Delaware State and #10 Fairleigh Dickinson, and fell to Southland Conference opponents #4 Vanderbilt and #5 Sam Houston State.

Senior Jackie Evans led the Hawks individually, as she has the entire 2017-18 season, and finished 17th overall with a scoring average of 182.80 across five traditional games.

WEEKEND NOTES
"It was a challenging pattern and sparing was essential to win matches this weekend. Our execution was decent, but could have been better. Overall, we did well, but have a lot more preparation to do in order to be ready for the level of competition we will face at our conference championships."
- Director of Bowling Karen Grygiel

- Monmouth defeated a pair of ranked opponents, #6 Delaware State and #10 Fairleigh Dickinson, and posted a 2-4 record against ranked opponents on the weekend.
- Monmouth went 2-1 during Sunday's competition to improve to 13-4 on Sunday over its last five events.

 NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth's highest pin total in baker format was 977 against #5 Sam Houston State.
- Monmouth's largest margin of victory was 283 pins in the traditional match against Belmont Abbey (970-687).
- The 283 pin difference was Monmouth's largest victory of the 2017-18 season.
- Junior Haley Solberg now has eight games above 200 this season after rolling a personal season and team weekend-high game of 226.
- Senior Demi May rolled a 210 and a 202 for her sixth 200-plus game of the season.
- Junior Maritza Darling-Ramos threw a high game of 201. It was her second game above 200 this year.

NEXT UP
Monmouth returns to competition in two weeks when it closes its 2017-18 regular season at the Music City Classic in Smyrna, TN.