ARLINGTON, Texas – The 17th-ranked Fairleigh Dickinson women's bowling team remained in ninth place after playing five traditional matches in the second day of the Prairie View A&M Invitational.
 
The Knights (34-26) knocked down almost 80 more pins than in the previous day of competition but dropped four of their five matches, scoring their lone win against host Prairie View A&M, 1040-1008, in their best overall pin fall output of the day. FDU faced five ranked opponents in its five matches, with each loss coming to a team currently ranked in the top-8 in the NTCA national poll. Three of FDU's four losses were decided by less than 30 pins.
 
Juniors Jenna Henderson and Amanda Chrzanowski each started all five matches, with Chrzanowski leading the team with a 205.6 pins per game average and Henderson averaging 192.4 pins per game. Junior Aimee Sherman and senior Samantha Hart each started four games, with Sherman finishing with a 190.8 pins per game average and Hart averaging 180 pins per game.
 
"Today we unfortunately weren't able to maintain our level of play from yesterday," head coach Mike LoPresti said. "We lost three close matches and we have no one to blame but ourselves. At the same time, we battled to the end of the day and our intensity never diminished. The fight within us will propel us tomorrow."
 
The Knights started their day with a very close match against no. 5 Vanderbilt but dropped the match 911-904. Henderson (193) and Sherman (192) led FDU in scoring, with Chrzanowski also contributing a 185 and senior Brianna MacLeod adding a 171. Freshman Cameron Spring also started and scored a 163.
 
The three juniors again paced the FDU scoring in the second match against no. 4 Arkansas State, with Henderson leading with 214, Sherman one pin back at 213 and Chrzanowski adding a score of 198. Hart (178) and sophomore Lanasia Neal (173) also started for the Knights, with freshman Ashley Sham subbing in for Neal in the 10th frame to try to push a late rally. Arkansas State, however, knocked down just enough pins to earn a close 1009-976 win.
 
Sham stayed in the lineup as a starter in the next match against no. 7 North Carolina A&T and was the second-high scorer for the Knights with a 184 as they fell 994-899 to NC A&T. Chrzanowski turned in her best performance of the day with a 229, and Hart also added a 175 for the Knights.
 
All five FDU pinsetters then tallied over 190 pins in the match versus no. 25 Prairie View A&M, winning the match 1040-1008. Henderson matched her high score from two matches prior with a 214, with Chrzanowski (213) and Sham (212) right behind her and Spring not too far off the pace with a 210. Hart completed the FDU scorecard with a 191.
 
Three Knights again reached the 200-pin plateau in the final match of the day against no. 8 Stephen F Austin, but the Lumberjacks prevailed 984-967 in another close battle. Sherman led her team with a 205, with Chrzanowski right behind at 203 and Spring also scoring a 200. Henderson finished out her day with a 183 and Hart closed out with a score of 176 as well.
 
FDU will play its final traditional team match of the qualifying rounds against no. 2 Sam Houston State on Sunday at 8:30 a.m., CT (9:30 a.m., ET) before starting the two-round Baker best four-of-seven playoff bracket.