NJCU LEADS ECAC WOMEN'S BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER DAY ONE
JENN MARMO NEARLY PERFECT
By: Courtesy of NJCU Sports Information
Issue date: 2/22/07 Section: News
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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ…New Jersey City University, ranked No. 4 nationally among Division I, II and III schools, took first place overall in game three, and gradually increased its considerable margin in the next two contests, as the Gothic Knights closed day one of the third annual Eastern College Athletic Conference women's bowling championship as the leaders of nine schools. NJCU is the host for the three-day championship at AMF Midstate Lanes.
NJCU, ranked fourth overall by the National Tenpin Coaches Association, went 4-0 in five-person traditional team games to increase its record to 66-20-1. NJCU had one bye; its score during the blind match counted towards its overall pinfall for the tournament but not its NCAA record.
Additionally, overall NJCU had three of the top five bowlers in the individual standings and four of the top seven.
The Knights are first overall with a five-game pinfall of 5459, and lead #1 ranked and defending ECAC and national champion Fairleigh Dickinson University (5276 pins) by 183 pins.
NJCU won the only other ECAC title in 2005. NJCU averaged 1091.9 per game and 218.36 per player. NJCU and FDU each scored over 1000 in every game, but the Knights lowest game was 1047, and NJCU reached 1100 twice, with scores of 1135 and 1124.
In third place is #7 Sacred Heart University (4841, -618), followed by Saint Peter's College (4747, -712) and #16t Adelphi University (4649, -810), to round out the top five. They are followed by #15 Morgan State University (4473, -986), Howard University (4308, -1151), Saint Francis College (4102,
-1357), and Cheyney University (3178, -2281). Of 45 total games bowled, there were 13 scores of 1000+, but only three outside the two leaders.
NJCU opened the tournament with a 1055-972 win over #15 Morgan State University , before crushing Howard University by 232 pins, 1124-892.
In NJCU's fourth game, behind a near perfect game from freshman JENN MARMO ( North Babylon , NY /North Babylon) the Knights defeated #7 Sacred Heart University , 1135-1013. In the final game of the opening day, NJCU hammered Cheyney University by 375 pins, 1047-672.
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