NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Alabama State University women's bowling team defeated three ranked opponents on Saturday as the Lady Hornets went 4-1 during the second day of the 2017 Columbia Music City Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt University.
Alabama State (55-55) went 1-4 during the opening day, but turned play around during Saturday's round as the Lady Hornets competed in five traditional matches.
ASU began the day with an 827-756 victory over Maryville. The Lady Hornets followed that win with an 880-851 victory over No. 13 Tulane.
Haley Young led the way against Tulane as she rolled a 206, while
Jessica Sawmiller added a 194.
Alabama State dropped its next match, falling to Fairleigh Dickinson, 825-928. But that would be the only loss of the day as the Lady Hornets wrapped up Saturday's action with victories over No. 25 Saint Francis of Brooklyn (947-885) and No. 12 Monmouth (882-811).
Against Saint Francis,
Rebecca Hresko, who averaged a 182.6 during Saturday's play, paced the offense with a 213, while
Miranda Remmel and
Jessica Sawmiller added a 194 and 192, respectively. Against Monmouth, Remmel tossed a 195 to lead the Lady Hornets, while
Ashley Walker had a 191.
Alabama State sits in 27
th after two days of action as the Lady Hornets have tallied 8,527 total pins, with a 170.5 average.
Play concludes Sunday with the format being a Best of the seven matches beginning at 8:30 a.m.
There will be live stream available at insidebowling.com and Mike Flanigan will be on hand to live stream some of the action. Teams will rotate through its spotlighted lanes with two games per round shown.
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