Ladyjacks in Ninth Place after Day Two of Kutztown Invite
1/20/2018 5:36:00 PM | Women's Bowling
SFA bowling goes 4-1 in traditional team match play Saturday, owns 10,057 total pins through two days of action at the Kutztown Invitational
READING, Pa. – Bowling among 17 of the top-25 teams in the nation at the Hiester Lanes in Reading, Pennsylvania, the Stephen F. Austin bowling team went 4-1 in traditional team match play Saturday and now sits in ninth place at the 10th annual Kutztown Invitational. The seventh-ranked Ladyjacks racked up another 4,943 pins in Saturday's five traditional team matches to bring their two-day pinfall total to 10,057. SFA will head into Sunday's bracket play as the No. 9 seed in the 27-team tournament.
The Ladyjacks split their first two games of the day before ending the afternoon with three consecutive victories, including a narrow win over No. 10 Fairleigh Dickinson. Match one saw SFA tally 974 pins, compared to 910 by tournament host Kutztown University, as the Ladyjacks got a match-high 215 game from senior Stephanie Schwartz (Racine, Wis.).
In their lone loss Saturday, the Ladyjacks were out bowled 1,034-915 by 12th-ranked Sacred Heart. No SFA bowler was able to reach the 200-pin mark in the match but junior Paige Beeney (Salado, Texas) posted a team-best 191. The Ladyjacks registered their highest score of the day in their third match, collecting 1,128 total pins and sliding by 10th-ranked Fairleigh Dickinson by just two pins. Four of SFA's five bowlers claimed games of over 200 with Schwartz (245) and Beeney (244) leading the way. Sophomore Megan Eaglehouse (Cibolo, Texas) tossed a 239, while junior Dakotah Hazlewood (Capron, Ill.) recorded a 222.
Beeney stole the show in the fourth match of the day, bowling a 265 to lead the Ladyjacks to a 988-949 win over Duquesne University. It was a career-high for Beeney as the 265 was the third-highest individual game this season by any SFA bowler. The score ranks among the top-20 best individual games in program history. Eaglehouse also bowled over a 200 in the match, chipping in a game of 223.
Grabbing their fourth win of the day, the Ladyjacks handled St. Francis College (N.Y.) by a count of 938-867. Schwartz poured in another game of over 200 with a 237, while freshman Sarah Voiers (Chesterton, Ind.) added a 192.
Schwartz ended the day ranked 18th among 173 bowlers at the Kutztown Invite after bowling three games of over 200, averaging a 212 and totaling 1,060 pins. Eaglehouse averaged a score of 193.4 per game in Saturday's five matches, tallying 967 total pins to rank 50th in the field of competition.
Second-ranked and defending national champion McKendree University leads the event heading into the final day of competition with 10,902 total pins and a 9-1 record. Fellow Southland Bowling League member and fourth-ranked Vanderbilt is in second place also with a 9-1 mark and a pinfall total of 10,309. The SBL's Tulane is third with 10,258 pins and a 7-3 record.
McKendree University's Breanna Clemmer and Jessica Mellott own the top two spots in Saturday's individual standings as Clemmer averaged a 231.6 with 1,158 total pins and Mellott a 229.4 with a pinfall total of 1,147. Olivia Farwell of Duquesne and Alexia Neuer of Delaware State are third and fourth, each with a 228.8 average and 1,144 total pins.
SFA will compete for seventh place in Sunday's bracket play, facing No. 13 Adelphi University in the first round. Should the Ladyjacks win, they will take on the loser of No. 16 Saint Francis (Pa.) and No. 10 Fairleigh Dickinson. SFA will play a total of three best 4-of-7 Baker matches Sunday starting at 7:25 a.m. CST.
SFA's play at the Kutztown Invite can be watched live via the team's Facebook page here.
Stay tuned to SFAJacks.com, as well as SFA's social media platforms, for complete coverage of Ladyjack bowling throughout this winter and spring.
Kutztown Invite – Day Two Results
Traditional Team Matches
Match One | No. 7 SFA 974 – Kutztown 910
Megan Eaglehouse 188, Dakota Faichnie 191, Dakotah Hazlewood 195, Sarah Gill 185, Stephanie Schwartz 215
Match Two | No. 12 Sacred Heart 1,034 – No. 7 SFA 915
Megan Eaglehouse 172, Paige Beeney 191, Dakotah Hazlewood 179, Sarah Gill 189, Stephanie Schwartz 184
Match Three | No. 7 SFA 1,128 – No. 10 Fairleigh Dickinson 1,126
Megan Eaglehouse 239, Paige Beeney 244, Dakotah Hazlewood 222, Sarah Gill 178, Stephanie Schwartz 245
Match Four | No. 7 SFA 988 – Duquesne 949
Megan Eaglehouse 223, Paige Beeney 265, Dakotah Hazlewood 171, Sarah Gill 150, Stephanie Schwartz 179
Match Five | No. 7 SFA 938 – St. Francis College (N.Y.) 867
Megan Eaglehouse 145, Paige Beeney 185, Dakotah Hazlewood 179, Sarah Voiers 192, Stephanie Schwartz 237
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