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Women's Bowling Heads To New York City This Weekend

Wildcats To Take Part In The Charity Invitational Co-Hosted By Adelphi and Molloy

2/29/2024 11:16:00 AM

By: CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

TOURNAMENT #7
CHARITY INVITATIONAL (Dezy Strong Classic / Bowlers to Veterans Link)
HOSTS: Adelphi University and Molloy University
DATES: Saturday, Mar. 2 and Sunday, Mar. 3
LOCATION: Flushing, N.Y. | Jib Lanes
LIVE STREAM: via Daemen Bowling Facebook Page

BACK IN ACTION
The Daemen women's bowling team returns to action this weekend when they head to New York City to take part in the Charity Invitational co-hosted by Adelphi University and Molloy University. The Dezy Strong Classic will take place Saturday featuring five traditional matches. The Bowlers To Veterans Link will take place Sunday with five Baker matches. In addition to Daemen, Adelphi and Molloy, the tournament will also include Long Island University, St. Thomas Aquinas College and Wagner College.

WILDCATS RANKED 12TH IN NTCA DIVISION II/III POLL
Daemen is ranked No. 12 in the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) Division II/III Poll released Feb. 8. It marks the first regular season poll for the 2023-24 season. The Wildcats were ranked No. 11 in NTCA Division II/III preseason poll released this past October. The No. 11 ranking was the highest for the Wildcats in program history.

BACK AT THE HELM
Carrie Racsumberger returns for her sixth season as head coach at Daemen. She took the reins of the program just prior to the 2018-19 season and entered the 2023-24 season with a 176-144 career record. She guided the Wildcats to a program record 55 wins during the 2021-22 campaign. She recorded her 200th career win during the 2023 Daemen Storm Fall Classic. Danielle Milo, an Orchard Park native, enters her second season as an assistant coach.

RETURNING VETERANS
Daemen returns six student-athletes from last year's team, including All-ECC selections Caitlyn Nowak (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Mollie Gizicki (Brighton, Mich.). Additional returning bowlers include senior Emma Smith (Williamsville, N.Y.) and sophomores Bailey Glass (North Tonawanda, N.Y.), Mackenzie Hutchins (Wheatfield, N.Y.) and Kayla Richardson (Webster, N.Y.). Daemen closed out the 2022-23 season with a record of 47-32. The Wildcats reached the 40-win plateau for the third time in program history and came just three wins shy of reaching 50 wins for the second-straight season. The Wildcats competed in eight tournaments during the year and posted a top-four finish in six of the eight events--including first-place showings at the Grapevine Classic and the Daemen Storm Fall Classic. The Wildcats also traveled to Las Vegas in January to take part in the Stormin' Blue & White Vegas Classic, which featured several of the top programs in the country. Additional highlights of the season included dual match sweeps of rival Roberts Wesleyan University and nationally-ranked Saint Vincent College. Daemen capped the year by placing fourth out of 10 teams at the East Coast Conference Championships.

FRESH FACES
The team welcomes freshmen Brenna Forsha (Tonawanda, N.Y.), Sabrina Palmer (Waterloo, N.Y.), Cassidy Papero (Cheektowaga, N.Y.) and Chelsea Porga (Welland, Ont.) to the lineup. Forsha and Papero have both been named the East Coast Conference Rookie of the Week this season.

ON THE HORIZON
Daemen is idle until the weekend of March 22-24 when the Wildcats head to Rochester, N.Y. to compete in the East Coast Conference Championship tournament.

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