FINAL RESULTS
Monmouth: 4 of 6, 2-2 record

CHESAPEAKE, VA – Competing in its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship, the Monmouth University bowling team finished in fourth place among six qualifying teams this weekend at AMF Chesapeake Lanes.
 
The MEAC Championship, a six-team, double-elimination tournament, uses a best of three Mega Match format. The opening match is a traditional five team match, followed by a Baker match scored by total pinfall. If the competing teams split the first two matches, a Best of Seven Baker Series is played to determine which team advances.

Monmouth opened the weekend with a victory over number four seed #14 UAB, winning 2-1. The Hawks took the best of seven series by winning three straight games to advance and play second seeded #11 North Carolina A&T. Monmouth fell 2-0, before knocking off Howard, 2-1, to stay alive in the tournament. No. 3 seed and 13^th ranked Delaware State took the best of seven series (4.5 - 0.5) to end Monmouth's pursuit of the MEAC crown.

NOTES & QUOTES
"We made a run in the bracket, but fell short on our frame closing in the Delaware State match. Overall, we finished the season on a high note and I'm very proud of the fight our team showed through the end of the season."
- Director of Bowling Karen Grygiel

- In the win over UAB, Monmouth took the traditional team game 918-880.
- UAB bounced back to win the Baker total pinfall game 948-912.
- The Baker best-of-seven game was tied at 3-3 before Monmouth recorded two strikes at the end of the seventh to take the match 2-1.
-  Skylar Smith bowled a 225 in the traditional game, the highest total for a Monmouth individual this weekend, and the second best total of the championship.
- North Carolina A&T held on for a 1,008-1,003 win in the traditional game and then topped the Hawks 979-863 in Baker format.
- The Hawks opened with a 909-830 win over Howard in the traditional team game, where Camelia Coffman (213) and Kyla Day (200) each reached the 200-pin mark.
- Howard won the Baker match (914 - 884), but Monmouth advanced with a 4-2 win in best of seven action.
- Delaware State eliminated Monmouth, 2-1, taking the traditional team round 863-849 and won the best-of-seven round 4-1.
- Monmouth won the baker match against Delaware State 963-845.
- Maryland Eastern Shore captured the 2019 MEAC Championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- The Hawks finished the year with 12 victories over opponents ranked in the NTCA Top 10.
- Monmouth ends the season with a  51-47 overall record.
- Senior Haley Solberg recorded two 200+ games. Solberg led Monmouth with 17 games of 200+ this season.
- Junior Kyla Day bowled two 200+ games in traditional match play. She has 16 200+ games on the season.
- Sophomore Camelia Coffman contributed two 200+ games, giving her 11 on the year.
- Freshman Skylar Smith bowled her second 200+ game of the season with her 225 performance.
- Senior Brittany Fitzpatrick rolled a career-high 209 against North Carolina A&T.