Geoff M Schneider

Women's Bowling Returns To Action This Weekend

2/7/2024 10:29:00 AM

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

DUAL MATCH
Daemen Wildcats (27-17) vs. Saint Vincent College (50-10)
DATE: Friday, Feb. 9
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Latrobe, Pa. | Lincoln Lanes
LIVE STREAM: via Daemen Bowling Facebook Page

TOURNAMENT #5
BROTHER PATRICK LACEY MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
DATE: Saturday, Feb. 10
TIME: 10 a.m.
LOCATION: Latrobe, Pa. | Lincoln Lanes
LIVE STREAM: via Daemen Bowling Facebook Page

BACK IN ACTION
The Daemen women's bowling returns to action for the first time since in early December. The Wildcats will take on Saint Vincent College in a dual match on Friday night (Feb. 9) and then take part in the Brother Patrick Lacey Memorial Tournament on Saturday (Feb. 10). Saint Vincent is the tournament host.

BATTLE OF NATIONALLY-RANKED PROGRAMS
Friday's dual match will pit two programs ranked in the National Tenpin Coaches Association Division II/III Top-15. Daemen is ranked 12th, while Saint Vincent is ranked ninth.

DAEMEN AT THE BROTHER PATRICK LACEY MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
Daemen has participated in the Brother Patrick Lacey Memorial Tournament each of the last five years (tournament was not held in 2021 due to COVID-19) and has claimed the tournament title three times (2018, 2020 and 2022). The Wildcats placed second out of seven teams last year. The Wildcats posted the highest overall total pinfall of the seven teams, but were denied the championship after losing to host Saint Vincent in the championship match. The Wildcats have posted a 19-4 all-time record at the event and have played in the championship match four times.

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 returns to action next weekend (Feb. 16-18) when the Wildcats take part in the Wildcat Division II Invitational hosted by Wilmington University in New Castle, Del.

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