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wbowl vs medaille 2.7.17

Women's Bowling Mike Miranto, Associate A.D. For Communications

Daemen Keglers Go 1-2 Vs. Crosstown Rival Medaille

In Wildcats First Action Since November, Team Avoids Sweep With 4-3 Win In Best-Of-7 Baker Match

KENMORE, N.Y. - The Daemen College women's bowling team resumed its 2016-17 season this evening by taking one of three matches against Medaille College at Classic Lanes.

Daemen, under the leadership of interim head coach David Zajac, scored a dramatic 4-3 victory in the nightcap, a best-of-seven Baker format match, to avoid the sweep at the hands of their crosstown rivals.  After the teams split the first two games of the series (Medaille 168-155, Daemen 157-146), the Mavericks took a 2-1 lead with a 175-149 win in the third.  But, Daemen stormed back with consecutive wins in the fourth (166-154) and fifth (194-146) games.  Medaille forced the match to a seventh and deciding game with a 177-130 win in the sixth.  The Wildcats went on to rout the Mavs 192-136 in the decisive game.

Prior to that, Medaille opened the evening with a pair of wins in two traditional, team-style matches.  The Mavs were 784-711 winners in the first match of the night, despite a round of 180 by Daemen freshman Rachel Steele (Rensselaer, N.Y./Columbia).  In the second match, it was an 888-848 win for Medaille.  Freshman Katie Good (Hamburg, N.Y./Frontier) and redshirt-sophomore Kaitlyn O'Hara (Clarence Center, N.Y./Clarence) paced Daemen with rounds of 213 and 202, respectively.  The losses at the outset snapped Daemen's seven-match winning streak.

The results this evening pushed Daemen's record to 10-11 this season, while Medaille jumped to 30-42.  It was Daemen's first action since sweeping a three-match set vs. Thiel College back on November 19.

Daemen is now idle until they partake in the Molloy Lions Invitational on February 25 on Long Island.

For continuing coverage and breaking news surrounding the Daemen women's bowling team follow @DaemenAthletics and @DaemenBowling on Twitter.

 
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Players Mentioned

Kaitlyn O

#17 Kaitlyn O'Hara

5' 0"
Redshirt Sophomore
Katie Good

#53 Katie Good

5' 2"
Freshman
Rachel Steele

#61 Rachel Steele

5' 3"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Kaitlyn O

#17 Kaitlyn O'Hara

5' 0"
Redshirt Sophomore
Katie Good

#53 Katie Good

5' 2"
Freshman
Rachel Steele

#61 Rachel Steele

5' 3"
Freshman