NCAA Release

Wickliffe, OH -- The Fairleigh Dickinson women's bowling team concluded Thursday's qualifying round with a 3-4 record at the Game of Wickliffe. The Knights will be the No. 5 seed for Friday's bracket play, which will be the start of the tournament's bracket play.

FDU, now 88-31 on the season, will face fourth-seeded Wisconsin-Whitewater to begin double elimination Baker Style Matches, where five bowl 10 total frames. Matches are best of seven, with a five-frame Modified Baker tiebreaker if matches are tied at 3.5 each. The seeding for Friday was based on total pinfall.

The Knights started out Thursday's traditional game scenario with a heartbreaking loss to No. 3 UMES, 1029-1028. FDU then was defeated by No. 8 Wisconsin-Whitewater in another closely-contested match, 1049-1035.

After their 0-2 start, the Knights bounced back to defeat No. 2 Nebraska, 969-919, and followed up the victory with a 1087-1024 triumph over No. 7 Sam Houston State.

In the evening session, FDU faced Arkansas State, the No. 1 team in the country, and fell, 1147-1115. But the Knights bounced back to defeat No. 4 Central Missouri, 983-883, in their biggest win of the day.

FDU concluded Thursday's play with a loss from No. 6 Vanderbilt, 1002-973.

The first match on Friday with Wisconsin-Whitewater will begin at 11:40 a.m.