The East Coast Conference announced its All-Conference selections and major award winners for the 2024-25 bowling season. Junior
Emily Kulkarni was named to the First Team and freshman
Michaela Palumbo was named to the Third Team.
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One of three upperclassmen, Kulkarni collects her first career All-Conference nod. The junior put together several standout performances on the lanes this season. At the Golden Bear Invite (Oct. 19 – 20), Kulkarni collected All-Tournament honors after finishing fourth in traditional play averaging 198.4 over a five-game set, The Keystone Classic (Dec. 18 – 19) saw the left-hander roll a 969 five-game series including a 257 high-game, and at the Northeast Roundup last week Kulkarni put together a 958 series to place 13
th out of the field.
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Additionally, Kulkarni finished third in the conference in overall individual scoring average collected 18.8 average score per frame. The junior also finished first in overall fill frame percentage (84.3), fill frame percentage in baker play (84.0), overall single pin percentage (90.5) and baker single pin percentage (90.1).
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In her first season sporting the cardinal and white, Palumbo takes home an All-Conference selection. The rookie made an impact in the lineup. Palumbo rolled a 205 high-game at the CSU Lady Eagles Invitational (Nov. 16 – 17), finished second on the squad in traditional play at the Keystone Classic putting together a 858 five game series, and finished the regular season at the Northeast Roundup placing 18
th in traditional play averaging 184.8.
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In addition, Palumbo finished 12
th in the conference in baker double percentage (40.3) in 154 attempts and as the setup bowler in baker play the freshman finished fifth in ninth frame strike percentage (44.0).
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