FINAL RESULTS
Monmouth: 4 of 11, 6-6 record
Baker: 4-1
Traditional: 2-3
Championship: 0-2

PENSACOLA, FL –  The Monmouth University bowling team secured its place in the 2020 MEAC Bowling Championships by virtue of its fourth-place finish at the final MEAC regular season competition over the weekend at Cordova Lanes.

#6 Maryland Eastern Shore won the event, with #18 Delaware State finishing as the runner up. #8 North Carolina A&T knocked off Monmouth 4-3 in Sunday's bracket play to finish third.

Sophomore Saige Yamada led Monmouth with a series score of 925 across five traditional games.

NOTES & QUOTES
"Our scoring improved slightly, but we still fell short of where we need to be in order to beat the better teams in our conference. I am happy with our improved communication and we are going to focus on capitalizing on our opportunities going forward."
- Director of Bowling/Head Coach Karen Grygiel

- Monmouth owns a 39-36 overall record in 2019-20.

- The #22 ranked Hawks defeated #21 UAB in Baker format for their lone Top 25 victory. Monmouth went 4-1 overall in Baker matches. 

- Monmouth has won 17 head-to-head matches against Top-25 opponents this season.

 NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth's highest pin total in baker format was 987 in the win over Morgan State.

- Monmouth's largest margin of victory was 286 pins in the baker match win over Bethune-Cookman (935-649).

- Sophomore Saige Yamada had a high game of 237, giving her 13 on the season and 18 for her career.

NEXT UP
Monmouth will host the Hawk Flight Invite this weekend at Hamilton Lanes in Hamilton, NJ.