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The SVC women's bowling team defeated visiting Pitt-Bradford in a pair of traditional games and a best-of-seven Baker series to remain undefeated.

With the sweep, Saint Vincent is now 9-0 on the season.

The Bearcats captured the opening game, a five-person traditional game, by a score of 831-734.  Dani Koehler had six strikes, part of a 198 game that led the team.  Meghan Christman finished with a 173.

In the second traditional game, Jessica Guesman led the team with a score of 188, while Abby Kyle finished at 187.  Mercedes Belch shot a 165 as SVC won by a team score of 853-747.

The match concluded with a best-of-7 Baker game series.  SVC swept that series by a 4-0 margin.  The Bearcats opened with a 146-133 win, then used three straight strikes from Cheyenne Moore, Julie Reichert and Lexi Cobbin to pull away to a 182-160 victory in the second game.  In game three, the Bearcats struggled but still managed to win, 149-120.  In game four, Morgan Barlock and Rachael Heater struck in frames 2 & 3, helping SVC build an early lead.  The team then cruised to a 173-105 win.

Koehler finished the Baker series with a 21.0 average per frame (210 game equivalent).  Heater was second at 18.6, followed by Cobbin (17.0) and Belch (16.0). 

The Bearcats will take a week off from NCAA action to participate in their first United States Bowling Congress tournament of the season, the Roto Grip Classic in Kettering, Ohio next weekend, November 10-11.