FINAL RESULTS
Monmouth: 7^th out of 16, 6-3 record overall
Baker: 5-2
Championship: 1-1
 
LIMERICK, PA – The Monmouth University Women's Bowling Team won six matches over the span of two days and finished in seventh place out of 16 competing schools at the Griffin Baker Classic at Bowlero this weekend.
 
The Hawks knocked down a total of 6,375 pins across seven Baker matches (35 games), averaging 182.1 pins per game as they qualified for sixth place entering Sunday's Championship format.
 
The weekend started with wins over Mercyhurst, No. 22 Kutztown, and host Chestnut Hill on Saturday. With the 956-875 victory over nationally ranked Kutztown, the Hawks are now 2-0 against the Golden Bears this season and have defeated them on back-to-back Saturdays. The win also gives Monmouth its 10^th win over a ranked opponent this season, just one shay of last season's total of 11.
 
Sunday began with two wins as Monmouth downed MEAC foe Norfolk State and St. Thomas Aquinas to enter the Championship bracket as the tournament's sixth seed.

Mercyhurst defeated Monmouth in a back-and-forth seven-game series in the first round of Championship play, but the Hawks responded with a win over LIU in five games.

NOTES & NUMBERS
- Monmouth picked up a win over #22 Kutztown on Saturday, giving the Hawks their 10^th win over a ranked opponent this season.
- It marks the second win over the Golden Bears in as many weekends.
- The Hawks are 10-14 overall versus ranked opponents this year.
- Monmouth's highest pin total from the weekend was 967 versus Mercyhurst.
- Monmouth's largest margin of victory was 255 pins over St. Thomas Aquinas (927-672), which is the second-largest margin of victory for the Hawks this season.
- Dating back to last season, the Hawks have beaten LIU four out of the last five times.
- Monmouth is 2-2 in the head-to-head with Delaware State this season.
- The next NTCA Top 25 rankings will be released on Thursday, February 8.
 
NEXT UP
The Hawks have a weekend off to prepare for the second MEAC event of the season on February 17-18. Monmouth looks forward to improving on its 4-4 conference record in the Traditional format meet.