Terrier Bowlers Split on Day One of James Brown Invitational

TOWSON, MD - The St. Francis Brooklyn women's bowling team is back in action this weekend at the James Brown Invitational, hosted by Morgan State University and contested at AMF Towson Lanes in Towson, MD.
 
On Friday, the tournament began with five rounds of quint-Baker format matches.  Because of the odd (15) number of teams in the field, some teams bowled unopposed, including the Terriers who did so in round four.
 
Delaware State University 984, St. Francis Brooklyn 901
The tournament opened with the Terriers taking on the Hornets of Delaware State.  St. Francis had a nine pin lead after the first game, but saw Delaware State roll scores of 228 and 220 in the next two games to take control.  St. Francis posted its best game of the match in the fourth, with a clean 201.  Freshman Taylor Waglione filled nine of her ten frames, while classmate Heather Waters filled all six of her frames after entering the match at the start of game three.
 
St. Francis 895, Bowie State University 873
The Terriers started the day's second match strongly with a 190 to take a 38-pin lead, before the 2018 CIAA titlists and NCAA Championship participants rallied in the next three games to take a 17 pin lead into the final game.  St. Francis captured the match with a strong 223 game to Bowie State's 184, coming away with a 22 pin victory.  A mid-game string of six consecutive strikes, started and finished by sophomore Lexis Ortiz in the three hole, with sophomore Kimmi D'Ottavio, freshman Victoria Hollywood, Waters and sophomore Victoria Doto ripping the racks in between. 
 
St. Francis 871, Virginia State University 726
A 204 in game three turned a 17 pin Terrier advantage into a runaway victory in the day's middle match against Virginia State.  Waters and D'Ottavio both filled nine of ten frames for the Terriers in the win.
 
St. Francis 782
In round four, the Terriers bowled unopposed with their score counting toward their tournament pinfall total.  They knocked down 782 pins over the five games.
 
Morgan State University 919, St. Francis 858
The Terriers led the host Bears by eight pins through three games of the day's final match, before Morgan State rolled games of 213 and 199 to come away with the victory.  Waglione was clean in all ten frames for the Terriers, while junior Taylor Smith and D'Ottavio each filled nine of ten frames.
 
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On Saturday, the tournament continues with five traditional team matches.