FULL RESULTS

The Saint Vincent women's bowling team won four matches on the day, but fell short in the championship, taking second place in the Br. Pat Lacey Memorial Tournament, held at Hillview Lanes in Greensburg.

Daemen College won the event for the second time in three years, while the Bearcats finished as the runners-up for the second straight year.

In the opening game of the day, SVC got off to a fast start, shooting a team score of 930, which would prove to be the highest single game among all seven participating teams on the afternoon.  Olivia Emmonds finished with a 226, which was the highest single game of the day among all competitors.  Jessica Guesman finished with a 201, while Meghan Christman shot a 183 game.

In round two, SVC faced Mercyhurst University, and came away with an 871-763 victory.  Guesman (211) and Emmonds (201) has the top scores, while Christman finished at 176.

Up next for the Bearcats was a matchup against Daemen College, and SVC won by a score of 831-795 in a closely contested game.  Guesman threw a strike in the 9th frame and added two in the 10th to seal the win for Saint Vincent.  She had the high score in the game for the Bearcats, a 199.  Emmonds added a 185 while Christman had a 173.

The Bearcats then entered the championship bracket as the #1 seed, with a 3-0 record and the highest pinfall total.  In the semifinal, SVC left several splits early and fell behind Penn State-Behrend.  Saint Vincent battled back and took the lead in the 8th frame, holding on for a 15-pin victory, 806-791.  Mercedes Belch had a 181 game to lead the team.

Daemen College, the #2 seed, defeated #3 Mercyhust in their semifinal game to set up a rematch in the championship.

The Bearcats struggled from the start, falling behind by 20 pins in the opening frame, and the team was unable to recover, falling 882-778.  Dani Koehler had the high game for SVC (181).

Emmonds and Guesman were named to the All-Tournament Team, while Mercyhurst's Haley Youker had the top five-game total for the day, earning MVP honors.  Alex Hasiotis and Paige Bartosz of Daemen were also on the All-Tournament Team.

Prior to the match, SVC honored its lone senior, Morgan Barlock, as part of Senior Day festivities.

With the 4-1 showing on the day, Saint Vincent is now 40-5 on the season, with three of those losses to Daemen College.  The Bearcats will return to action on Saturday, February 22, traveling to Bradford to face Pitt-Bradford at 12pm.