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Baton Rouge, LA -- The Fairleigh Dickinson women's bowling team sits in a tie for third place after the first five matches of the qualifying round at the 2017 NCAA Championships at the Rasin' Cane's River Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Fairleigh Dickinson finished 3-2 on the day and are tied with Stephen F. Austin behind McKendree (5-0) and Vanderbilt (4-1).

Individually, Amy Caruso averaged 204.3 over three games while Melanie Hannon averaged 200 over five on Thursday. Hannon's average puts her 17th in the individual standings.
 
Match 1 vs Arkansas State
Morgan Brown fired three strikes in the 10th frame to finished with 202 in the first match of seeding play on Thursday. Morgan Walsh tallied a 170 featuring four strikes. Laura Branch recorded five strikes on her way to a 197.

Karsyn Lukosius knocked down 170 pins and went strike, nine, spare in the 10th frame. Hannon led the way with a 237 and struck in frames three through eight.

Fairleigh Dickinson's total of 976 topped Arkansas State's 959.

Match 2 vs Stephen F. Austin
Fairleigh Dickinson struggled in match two and totaled an 846. Hannon was the leader of the attack again with a 203 and ended with a strike in the 10th.

Lukosius and Branch were at 182 and 181 respectively. Brown rolled a 147 and Caruso and Walsh combined for a 133.

The Knights fell to the Lumberjacks 1,012-846.

Match 3 vs Sam Houston State
Caruso led the way with a 219 for the sophomore. Caruso struck seven times; including three in the 10th. Branch got over 200 for the first time with a 208 that featured six strikes. Hannon recorded an even 200, which also had six strikes.

Lukosius and Hart both finished with 180s as the Knights beat Sam Houston State 987-961.

Fairleigh Dickinson moved to 2-1 on the day with a 987-961 win.

Match 4 vs Maryland Eastern Shore
Three Knights rolled totals of 207 – Caruso, Hannon, Lukosius. Caruso had five strikes and Lukosius and Hannon had four.

Hart added a 176 with six spares and Branch totaled a 165 with four spares.

Fairleigh Dickinson topped Maryland Eastern Shore 962-926. That moved the Knights to 3-1 on the day heading into the final match.

Match 5 vs McKendree
Fairleigh Dickinson fell to McKendree 962-899 in the final match of the day. Four of the five Knights were in the 180s to close the day. Branch was the high marker at 189. Caruso rolled an 187, Lukosius finished at 184 and Hart plus Walsh totaled 182. Hannon finished at 157.

The four Knights who were in the 180s all had four strikes. Lukosius finished strike, nine, spare and then strike.

The loss to McKendree left the Knights at 3-2 at the end of the day. Two more qualifying matches will be held tomorrow morning starting at 10:50 am central time. Watch on ncaa.com/live.