Women's Bowling | 11/5/2017 8:06:00 PM

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (November 5, 2017) – After dropping the first eight matches, Coach Ron Davis and the Howard University Women's Bowling team broke through and earned two victories on Day Three of the Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) Jamboree. Despite two wins, the Bison were unable to move up as they finished 13^th overall.
 
Sunday, the field was placed into a three-round bracket using the overall total pin fall standings. Each playoff round featured a best four-of-seven Baker game match.
 
HU (4-18) opened Sunday against the Wilmington University (Del.) Wildcats. After dropping the first game by a pin, 186-187, Howard responded with three consecutive victories in games two, three, and four (201-173, 201-149, 180-123). Trailing, the Wildcats fought back and took games five and six (182-225, 160-178) to force game seven. In game seven, the Bison held on to win, 156-135.
 
Next, Howard met conference rival Morgan State University (MSU). After splitting the first two games (189-224, 187-175), the Lady Bears took the upper hand by winning game three, 179-186. HU responded and won games four and five (162-152, 182-154). MSU would force a deciding game with a 123-143 victory in game six and win the match in seven, 181-196.
 
HU squared off against Bethune-Cookman (B-CU) in its final match of the tourney. Both squads split the first two matches (170-142, 142-153), but the Bison would be too much as they won the final three games (178-157, 173-136, 170-146).
 
Howard's season continues at the first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Northern Division Meet (Nov. 11-12), hosted by Coppin State University in Baltimore.
 
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