New Castle, Del. – The Molloy women's bowling team tallied a fifth-place finish at the Northeast Roundup hosted by Wilmington University. Through a two-day tournament that ran from Saturday, March 15 through Sunday, March 16 the cardinal and white finished with a 6-2 record, totaling 8,426 pins to average 187.2.
 
Day One: Traditional

• Molloy opened the tournament against Caldwell in traditional play, falling to the Cougars, 975-920.
• Following the loss, the Lions would rally off three straight match victories. Molloy topped St. Thomas Aquinas, 901-611, Kutztown, 941-840, and Niagara, 1,020-959.
• With the three victories, Molloy finished day one 3-1.
• The squad saw four top-20 performances in traditional play. The keglers were led by sophomore Samantha Felice who rolled a 991 five-game series to average 198.2 placing 10^th. Junior Emily Kulkarni finished 13^th putting together a 958 series while averaging 191.6.
• Freshman Michaela Palumbo and junior Megan Guarascio collected finished 18^th and 20^th, respectively averaging 184.8 and 183.4.

Day Two: Baker

• The cardinal and white kicked off day two against Felician. In the final game of the baker match, Molloy totaled a 241 game to come from behind and steal match one, 993-986.
• The Lions would take on local rival Adelphi in match two and would suffer a small setback, falling to the Panthers, 901-889.
• The keglers took on Wilmington in its next match and on the back of three games eclipsing 200, Molloy topped the host school, 1,003-807.
• Molloy ended baker play topping Dominican, 922-882, heading into bracket play.
• In bracket play, the Lions matched up with with Kutztown and left no doubt, taking down the Bears, 4-1, to clinch fifth-place.

Up Next
The Lions will have a few days to prepare for the East Coast Conference Championship. The tournament will take place in Sinking Spring, PA beginning Friday, March 21.