Marian University women’s bowling had a split squad weekend with the Sabres placing 13th at the Valpo Classic and second at the second GLBC event of the season.

 

VALPO CLASSIC

• Marian had a strong opening day at the Valpo Classic finishing 3-2 and in seventh at 4,444 pins.
• The Sabres had at least 834 pins in four of the five games with more than 900 pins in two of those games.
• The high game for Marian in Baker play was a 967 in its fifth game.
• Traditional play proved to be a little tougher for the Sabres as Marian only managed 4,163 pins.
• Marian opened strong with a 949 and 862, but only averaged 784.0 pins over the final three games.
• Then in bracket play, Marian would fall to Aurora and Elmhurst in five games.  The Sabres would only manage a high game of 191 between the 10 games.

GLBC EVENT No. 2

• The Sabres had the second GLBC event would finish second after totaling 6,849 for a 167.05 average.
• Marian was in third after opening traditional play but 4,245. 
• Three of the five games saw Marian score higher than 850 with a high game of 962 in the final game.
• The Sabres then posted the second-best Baker score for the weekend at 2,604.
• Marian was consistent in Baker format with a low set of 628 and a high set of 676.
• The Sabres did eclipse 200 pins with a 202 in the opening game of the third set.
• UW-Madison won the event with the highest traditional and Baker score finishing with an average of 173.59.

 

 

	Brianna Clemons averaged 192.2 at the GLBC event to finish in third.  She had two games with more than 200 pins and a high game of 259.
	Abby Giddings earned a sixth-place finish at the GLBC event averaging 179.4.  She had a high game of 208 in the second game.
	Jocelyn Eggert led Marian at the Valpo Classic finishing 31st with a 174.8 average.  Eggert was consistent in her five games with a high of 191.