DUAL MATCH #1
DATE: Sunday, Nov. 12
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Gates, N.Y. | ABC Gates Bowl
LIVE STREAM: via Daemen Bowling Facebook Page
BACK IN ACTION
The Daemen women's bowling team closes out its Fall season Sunday (Nov. 13) when it takes on rival Roberts Wesleyan in a dual match. The match will take place at ABC Gates Bowl in Gates, N.Y. beginning at 1:30 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Daemen participated in the 10-team Medaille Brunswick Invitational last weekend. Daemen entered the second day of action in fifth place in the team standings, and the Wildcats remained in fifth place after posting wins over Chestnut Hill, Hilbert and Roberts Wesleyan to start day two. Daemen would end up in eighth place in the final standings after losing positional round matches to Bryant and Chestnut Hill. The Wildcats ended up posting a total pin fall of 7,039 over their five traditional matches on Saturday and three Baker format matches today for a per game average of 176.0. Daemen now stands at 24-11 on the season. Senior
Caitlyn Nowak (West Seneca, N.Y) placed seventh among 67 bowlers with a 188.0 average during the five traditional round games on Saturday. Junior
Mollie Gizicki (Brighton, Mich.) placed 11th (184.0), while senior
Paige Bartosz (West Seneca, N.Y.) placed 18th (178.0). Head coach
Carrie Racsumberger recorded her 150th career win during the weekend and has now posted a 153-123 career record in her five seasons at Daemen.
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GIZICKI NAMED ECC BOWLER OF THE WEEK
Junior Mollie Gizicki (Brighton, Mich.) was named the East Coast Conference Bowler of the Week for the period of October 24-30. Gizicki was named the MVP of the Daemen Storm Fall Classic last weekend after leading all competing players in total pinfall during five traditional matches played on the tournament's opening day. She opened the day with a team-high 224 in a 931-918 win over D'Youville and then posted a team-high 235 in a 925-821 win over Penn State Behrend. She recorded a 170 in a loss to Saint Vincent and a 167 in a win over Walsh, before capping the day with her third 200-game (233) in a win over Hilbert. She finished the day with a tournament-best average of 205.8. Daemen would post a total pinfall of 8,967 (179.3 average) during the Daemen Storm Fall Classic to claim the team championship. It marked the second-straight team title for the Wildcats, who also took first place at the Grapevine Classic hosted by Penn State Behrend on Oct. 22-23. Gizicki becomes the first Daemen athlete to be named ECC Bowler of the Week since teammate Caitlyn Nowak (West Seneca, N.Y) did so in October of 2021. Nowak has been named to the ECC weekly honor roll three times this season and was named to the Daemen Storm Fall Classic all-tournament team.
BACK AT THE HELM
Carrie Racsumberger returns for her fifth season as head coach at Daemen. She took the reins of the program just prior to the 2018-19 season and entered the 2022-23 season with a 129-112 career record, including a program record 55 wins during the 2021-22 campaign. Danielle Milo, an Orchard Park native, enters her first season as an assistant coach.
RETURNING VETERANS
Daemen returns six bowlers from a solid 2021-22 campaign in which they posted a program-record 55 wins and were included in the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) Division II/III national poll for the first time in program history. The Wildcats also claimed tournament titles at the Brother Patrick Lacey Memorial Tournament hosted by St. Vincent College and the Wildcat Division II Invitational hosted by Wilmington University. Seniors Caitlyn Nowak (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Paige Bartosz (West Seneca, N.Y.), who both earned All-East Coast Conference honors last year, top the list of returning bowlers. Graduate student Christina Aldridge (Webster, N.Y.), senior Nicole Bergeron (Lima, N.Y.) and juniors Mollie Gizicki (Brighton, Mich.) and Emma Smith (Williamsville, N.Y.) also return.
FRESH FACES
The team welcomes junior Kayla Lark (Philadelphia, Pa.) and freshmen Bailey Glass (North Tonawanda, N.Y.), Mackenzie Hutchins (Wheatfield, N.Y.), Olivia Dauer (Orchard Park, N.Y.) and Kayla Richardson (Webster, N.Y.) to the lineup.
POLL POSITION
Daemen has been picked third in the 2022-23 East Coast Conference Women's Bowling Preseason Coaches' Poll. The No. 3 ranking is the highest for Daemen in the eight-year history of the program. Daemen's previous high ranking in the ECC preseason poll came prior to the 2018-19 season when the Wildcats were voted to finish fourth. Adelphi edged out Mercyhurst for the top spot, as the Panthers collected five first-place votes and totaled 87 points. Mercyhurst received three first place votes and totaled 84 points. Daemen earned 73 points, while Roberts Wesleyan (59) and Kutztown (58) rounded out the top five. D'Youville and Molloy tied for sixth with 57 points, while the remainder of the poll includes conference newcomers Bryant (38) and Saint Anselm (19) and St. Thomas Aquinas (18).
ON THE HORIZON
Daemen resumes its 2022-23 schedule in February. The complete Spring schedule will be announced at a later date.
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