FINAL RESULTS
Monmouth: 9 of 13, 6-7 record
Baker: 3-2
Traditional: 1-4
Championship: 2-1

BOWLING RESUMES SEASON AT BLUE AND WHITE CLASSIC
Hawks knock off No. 3 Nebraska

LAS VEGAS –  The Monmouth University bowling team opened its spring semester this weekend at the Stormin' Blue & White Classic at South Point Hotel & Casino, hosted by Mount St. Mary's.

Sophomore Skylar Smith led Monmouth with a total of 994 pins across five traditional games.

As a team, Monmouth had an 6-7 record over the three-day event, highlighted by baker match wins over No. 3 Nebraska and No. 25 Prairie View A&M.

NOTES & QUOTES
"Our team was rusty coming off of break and fell short of our goals, but we were able to come away with some impressive wins, including beating No. 3 Nebraska. We need to make sure we improve our spare shooting going into next weekend's Northeast Classic."
- Director of Bowling Karen Grygiel

- Monmouth is 28-22 overall after four competitions in 2019-20.

- The #23 ranked Hawks defeated #3 Nebraska and #25 Prairie View A&M twice for their three Top 25 victories this weekend. Two wins came in baker matches on Friday before Monmouth beat Prairie View again on Sunday. 

- Monmouth has 12 Top-25 wins in the 2019-20 season. The win over Nebraska was Monmouth's first against a team ranked in the top five of the NTCA Poll this season.

 NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth's highest pin total in baker format was 1057 in the win over Nebraska.

- Monmouth's largest margin of victory was 250 pins in the baker match win over Grambling (917-667).

- Skylar Smith's 29^th-place finish was the highest of her career. She rolled three 200+ games, including a high game of 214. Smith now has eight 200+ efforts this season and 10 for her career.

- Junior Amanda Zappacosta rolled her first-career 200+ games with a 208 and team weekend-high performance of 234. She was second on the Hawks with a 44^th-place effort.

- Saige Yamada was right behind Zappacosta in 45^th place. The sophomore had a pair of 200+ games, giving her 10 on the season and 15 for her career.

- Sophomore Dani Seaman had a high game of 204, her first-career 200+ performance.

- Camelia Coffman rolled one 200+ game, giving her six on the year and 23 for her career.

NEXT UP
Monmouth is back in action next weekend at the Northeast Classic in Mechanicsburg, PA at ABC West Lanes.