Day Two Recap
Final Results | Final Standings | Final Individual Standings

WALLINGFORD, Conn. – The Northeast Conference Fall Meet ended on Sunday and the seventh-ranked Fairleigh Dickinson women's bowling team finished in fifth place with a 4-5 record over the two-day meet.

The Knights went 2-2 with a bye included over the five matches on Sunday. The two wins came against LIU Brooklyn and Duquesne in baker.

Head coach Mike LoPresti said, "While our win-loss record for the day doesn't indicate it, we clearly played better today and were more competitive. We'll need to be more consistent, more resilient, and smarter during the Spring semester in order for us to make a run at the postseason. There are plenty of matches left on our schedule to do it, but we'll need a few players to step up and make it happen."

"It would have been much different if a couple of breaks could have gone our way. One, in particular, was in the first match of the day when our anchor bowler, Melanie Hannon, stepped up in the 10th frame only needing a mark to close out the game, and made a great shot but left a pocket 7-10. We end up losing the match by 4 sticks. We struggled with repeating shots all weekend and because of that, we were fighting uphill in every match. Still, Mel made a great shot there, and unfortunately, it did not go our way."

Individually, Melanie Hannon finished sixth in the standings with a 196.4 average over seven games. Laura Branch was right behind in seventh after averaging 195.5. Morgan Brown was the third night in the top 15 in 13th after averaging 180.7.

Match one of the day was the final traditional team match of the weekend and the Knights fell by three pins, 897-894, to St. Francis Brooklyn. Fairleigh Dickinson ended the traditional games with a 2-4 record on Saturday and Sunday.

Fairleigh Dickinson opened the baker matches with a win over LIU Brooklyn, 1,035-981.

Sacred Heart was the opponent in match three of the day and second baker. The Pioneers came away with the 1,107-990 win. It was the second win of the weekend for the Pioneers versus the Knights.

In the Knights' last match of the day – they had a bye in the final slot, they faced Duquesne. Fairleigh Dickinson came away with the 945-911 win to conclude the weekend.

The Knights do not compete again until the calendar turns to 2017 with the Garden State College Single Championships on January 16 and the Kutztown Golden Bear Invitational on January 20-22.Kutztown Golden Bear Invitational on January 20-22.
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Day One Recap

WALLINGFORD, Conn. – The seventh-ranked Fairleigh Dickinson Knights opened the NEC Fall Meet by going 2-3 (with a bye) over six traditional team games on Saturday.

Individually, Melanie Hannon sits third in the standings after averaging 203.17 over six games. Laura Branch sits in eighth with an average of 193.17. Morgan Brown finished the day in 13th individually.

"Once again we had a slow start and couldn't get all of our players performing well at the same time," said head coach Mike LoPresti. "Luckily, we finished strong, and we'll get another crack at these teams tomorrow. Still, we'll need to regroup and have a better game plan ready. I believe this team can play better and we'll prove it tomorrow."

The first match of the day was against LIU Brooklyn for the Knights. The Blackbirds came away with the 1,086-918 win. Match two came against Sacred Heart and the Pioneers got the 1012-925 win.

The Knights got into the win column in match three against Duquesne, 939-830. Match four saw the Knights fall to Caldwell 916-895.

After a bye in match five, the Knights ended the day with a win against St. Francis Brooklyn, 956-847.

The meet resumes tomorrow with five more matches -- one traditional match and four baker matches.