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Perfect Day For FDU & First-Ever Win For Mount Highlight Opening Day of NCAA Women's Bowling Championship

4/8/2022


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Three wins, including a sweep and a program first, highlighted the NEC’s opening day at the 2022 NCAA Women's Bowling Championship, which featured three conference programs competing among the 16-team field in regional play.
 
Two-time national champion Fairleigh Dickinson won twice on Friday at the Rochester Regional and is a victory away from a berth in next week's Final Four. Mount St. Mary's earned its first-ever NCAA Tournament victory, and remains alive in the Erie Regional.
 
In a matchup of familiar rivlas, the Knights earned the win in the opening traditional format leg of the Mega Match, 1,171-964, over NEC regular season and tournament champion Sacred Heart. FDU went on to post a 1,105-979 win in Baker Quint leg to finish off the 2-0 sweep and advance into the winner's bracket.
 
FDU faced Wilmington in the winner’s bracket match after the Wildcats upset second-seeded Nebraska. The Knights remained perfect with a 974-915 win in the traditional portion of the Mega Match. FDU didn’t take its foot off the gas in the Baker Quint, opening a 90-pin lead after the first game before pulling away for a 1,105-997 victory to clinch the triumph.
 
Over in Erie, Medaille got off to a fast start in the traditional format and earned a 959-918 victory in the first leg of its Mega Match vs. Mount St. Mary's. The Mount answered with a strong showing in Quint Bakers, posting a 1,040-889 win including a 224 score in the second match and an impressive 237 to seal the win in the fifth.  
 
The Mount averaged 202 pins per match in Baker play, building a 3-0 advantage, before Medaille bowled its best score of the day, 245, to stay alive. The Mount wasted no time in responding, winning the fifth game to earn the 4-1 win and a 2-1 Mega Match triumph.
 
Mount faced the overall number-one seed, McKendree, in in Friday afternoon's winners bracket match, and fell 2-0.  McKendree won the traditional portion, 1,021-854, and the Quint Baker, 1,107-1,009, to send the Mountaineers to Saturday mornings elimination match.
 
The Mount will take on Medaille in Mega Match play Saturday at 9:00 am. FDU will await the winner of the Nebraska-Wilmington elimination match at 3:00 pm on Saturday.
 
SHU faced #2 Nebraska in an elimination match Friday afternoon and fell 2-0. The Cornhuskers won the traditional, 1,099-946, and Quint Baker, 1,016-976.