The Saint Vincent women's bowling team won two of three games against crosstown rival Pitt-Greensburg in an event held at Main Bowl in Greensburg.

The all-Baker game format used a series of 5-game total pins to decide each point.  In the first match, SVC got off to a quick start, recording a 191-132 win over the Bobcats in the opening game, then increasing the lead slightly in game two with a 177-176 score.  UPG fought back to win the third game by 6 pins, then the hosts took the lead after four games as the Bearcats struggled.  UPG won game five as well, earning the overall win, 795-779.

The Bearcats opened the second Baker set with a 200, as Monique Koehler, Mercedes Belch, Olivia Emmonds and Jessica Guesman threw strikes in frames 6-9 en route to a 200-153 win.  After UPG won the second game 181-162, Saint Vincent came back with games of 196 and 188 to pull away, and won the point with a 101-pin margin, 915-814.

Baker set #3 also went to the Bearcats, thanks to wins in three of five games.  After a 197-158 win in game one, SVC dropped game two by 12 pins, 169-157.  The Bearcats then won the next two games by scores of 162-144 and 174-157, before the teams tied in the final game, 176-176.  SVC earned the overall win, 866-804.

For the day, the Bearcats averaged 170.6, slightly below their season average of 172.  

Mercedes Belch led the team with a per-frame average of 20.93, a game equivalent of 209.3.  Guesman was second at 19.08, while Emmonds finished at 17.20.  Rounding out the top-5 for the Bearcats were freshmen Sabine Strickland (16.87) and Kaylea Wright (16.31).

The team is now 14-5 on the season, and will return to action the weekend of February 5-6, traveling to Bradford for the second Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference tournament of the year.