WEEK 1 STATS: 20.82 overall frame average, .860 filled frames pct., .500 strike pct.
Stanton spearheaded first-year program Mount St. Mary’s 9-1 showing at the season-opening Bud Whitman Memorial, accounting for a 19.22 overall frame average. The freshman from Baltimore was sensational during Saturday’s baker rounds, posting the second-best baker frame average of all competitors while helping the Mount to a 5-0 record and a first-place finish for that portion of the meet. Stanton was a key contributor during Sunday’s traditional team games, too. Helping the Mountaineers win four of five traditional matches, Stanton recorded a 177.6 game average. She fired a high game of 206 in a win over Bloomfield and later posted a 193-pin performance in a victory over No. 19 LIU Brooklyn. For the entire two-day event, Stanton threw 45 strikes in 100 attempts while filling 81.0 percent of frames.