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Daemen Claims 9th Place At Wildcat Classic

| By: By Mike Miranto, Sr. Associate A.D. for External Operations & Communications

Wildcats Go 2-1 On Tournament's Final Day

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Daemen College women's bowling team picked up a pair of wins against a single defeat today to close the Wildcat Classic. The three-day tournament was hosted by Bethune-Cookman University, and featured 11 competing teams. Daemen, one of just three non-Division I teams in the field, claimed ninth place in the final tournament standings. 

Daemen started the day with an 894-852 defeat of St. Francis College-Brooklyn, the final traditional total pinfall match of the tournament's round robin schedule. The win gave Daemen a 4-6 record through the tournament's round robin format. 

Freshman Caitlyn Nowak (West Seneca, N.Y.) led the way by rolling a 226 - her second 200+ game of the tournament. Classmate Paige Bartosz (West Seneca, N.Y.) rolled a 191 and junior Alex Syrotynski (East Greenbush, N.Y.) fired a 190. 

The tournament then shifted to positional rounds that featured a Baker best-of-seven format. Daemen defeated tournament host Bethune-Cookman in six games (154-121, 149-126, 145-147, 126-166, 146-140, 178-134), rallying for consecutive wins after BCU evened the match at two games apiece. 

The eighth-place match then featured Daemen and St. Francis-Brooklyn with the Terriers earning the win in five games (192-216, 210-180, 142-129), 202-145, 201-154). 

Today's results send Daemen's season record to 37-33 as they establish a new program record for wins a season. The previous record of 35 wins came during the 2017-18 season. Daemen had tied the record with their 910-880 defeat of Western New York rival Medaille College during yesterday's tournament action. Daemen's 2019-20 roster includes six players - Syrotynksi, Alex Hasiotis (Rochester, N.Y.), Katlyn Newberry (Rochester, N.Y.), Adrianna Pencek (Dunkirk, N.Y.),  Megan Kidder (Akron, N.Y.) and Katie Good (Hamburg, N.Y.) - who were also members of the 2017-18 squad.

Daemen will return to tournament action a week from today (Sunday, Feb. 16) at the Brother Patrick Lacey Memorial Tournament hosted by St. Vincent College in Greensburg, Pa. 

Daemen College features the only NCAA Division II athletics program in the Buffalo-Niagara region, sponsoring 17 intercollegiate teams. For the latest information on Daemen Athletics, follow the Wildcats via social media on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, or sign up to receive customizable news alerts, e-mail newsletters and weekly schedule alerts.
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