TEAM RESULTS
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
The Saint Vincent women's bowling team opened the 2026-27 season with a first-place effort in the Midwest Collegiate Championships, a US Bowling Congress Tier 1 event held in Sterling Heights, Michigan. It was the first Tier 1 tournament victory in program history.
SVC finished the two-day tournament first in total pins, to earn first-place USBC points. The team then advanced as the #1 seed into the playoff bracket. After winning its opening match over #8 seed Goshen, 2-0, the Bearcats lost to #4 seed Milligan in the semi-final match to end the weekend.
DAY ONE
The Bearcats opened the season with a team score of 973 in Saturday's first round, an average of 194.6 per player.
Mareana Pilyih led the way with a 225 game, while
Brooke Street finished with a 208.
The team slipped to a 902 score in game two, with Street recording the lone 200 game, finishing with a 201.
The team bounced right back in game three, as
Skyy Nicholls had a 233, while
Kaylie Kurland (215) and
Savannah Douglass (205) also eclipsed the 200 mark, with the team finishing at 977.
Similar scores followed in rounds four and five, with SVC shooting games of 973 and 969. In game four, Street had the top score with a 215, followed by Kurland (203) and Nicholls (202). Nicholls' 234 game was tops in game five, while Street finished with a 202.
Individually, Nicholls ended the Traditional round with a five-game total of 1042, an average of 208.4. Her fifth-place finish overall among the field of 240 bowlers landed her on the All-Tournament Team. Street finished 12th, with a total of 997 (199.4 average), while Kurland finished with a 796 total in four games (199 average).
DAY TWO
The team got off to a slow start on day two, dropping from second to fourth place in total pins, averaging 175 through the first four-game block of Baker team games. From there, the team started its march toward the top. In round two, the Bearcats had a four-game average of 202, including a 279 game that featured 11 strikes.
Round three was the team's best of the day, with games of 192-181-222 and 256, which put SVC in second place, just 37 pins behind SCAD for first place going into the final round. SVC threw games of 234-201-153 and 211 for a 799 total, while SCAD finished at 720, lifting SVC to the first place finish.
On day two, Street led the way with a 223.6 average, which included a school-record streak of 13 consecutive strikes. Nicholls averaged 200, with Pilyih averaging 187.5. Rounding out the top-5 for the afternoon were Kurland (177.8) and
Lilly Houle (173.8).
The Bearcats will return to action on Sunday, October 18, traveling to Columbus, Ohio for the Capital University Classic.
