WEEK 5 STATS: 13 starts, 21.16 overall frame average, .900 filled frames pct., .543 strike pct., .968 single-pin spare pct.
Morris spearheaded Sacred Heart’s second-place team finish at the UMES Hawk Invitational. The senior right-hander averaged 21.16 pins per frame during the three-day event and was a key reason why the Pioneers led the entire field in pinfall heading into Sunday’s championship bracket baker rounds. Morris struck on 54.3 percent of attempts en-route to posting a .900 filled frames percentage. She converted 30 of 31 single-pin spare attempts and made 87.7 percent of non-split spares. Morris, who averaged nearly 22.0 pins per baker frame during Friday’s five matches, led the team in traditional game average (209.6) on Saturday. Posting the tournament’s seventh-highest mark individual average, the Empire State product eclipsed the 210-pin mark during a trio of traditional team matches. She fired a 211 to help the Pioneers to a 1005-914 triumph over No. 5 Sam Houston State. Morris produced her weekend high 244 game in a setback to No. 4 Vanderbilt. Helping SHU bounce back against the Commodores in Sunday’s best-of-seven baker match, Morris averaged 21.01 pins per frame in a 4-to-3 triumph. For the tournament, she averaged 21.28 pins per baker frame. Occupying the No. 4 spot in the SHU lineup for much of the weekend, Morris threw a strike to set up the anchor bowler on 59.1 percent of her ninth-frame attempts.