Arlington, Texas - The Sam Houston women's bowling team opened its first season of competition with a victory over Stephen F. Austin Sunday afternoon. The event has held at the International Bowling Training and Research Center.
Sam Houston took games in standard format by scores of 960-874 and 949-939 to put the Bearkats at 2-0 in NCAA Division I competition after their first tournament. SFA won 4-3 in a best-of-seven Baker format contest to end the event.
"Lisa Cummins threw the first ball for Sam Houston in the university's official NCAA bowling tournament history," Sam Houston bowling coach Brad Hagen said. "Lisa did so with a strike as our leadoff bowler.
Danya Galganski stepped up for the Kats with two clutch strikes in game two in her fill balls in the tenth to match SFA's Nicole Parkhurst first shot strike and nine-spare 20 pin total.
Galganski's 28 pin fill in the tenth solidified the win for the Bearkats after a must have second strike and took game two by 8 pins and a 943 to 935 Victory for SHSU.
The Lumberjacks jumped out to an early lead in Game 2, as SFA rolled seven strikes in the first two frames. Sam Houston rallied, though, and the pin count was dead even heading into the anchors' final frames to set up Galganski's clutch performance.
"We had a game plan and a goal to execute and we did exactly that," Hagan said. "This was a great way for the team members to start their NCAA careers as a team. It will be a great motivational factor going in to Missouri. I'm extremely proud how the girls came together that second game and took on adversity and turned it in to triumph."
Team Results:
Game 1: SHSU 960 vs. SFA 874 = SHSU WIN
Game 2: SHSU 943 vs. SFA 935 = SHSU WIN
SHSU Team Ave: 951.50
Individual Results: NCAA AVE. & Tournament ave. to date:
Lisa Cummins: GM1: 167, GM2: 194 = 180.50
Kimi Davidson: GM1: 224, GM2: 187 = 205.50
Aida Sanchez: GM1: 174, GM2: 198 = 186.00
Neishka Cardona: GM1: 192, GM2: 178 = 185.00
Dayna Galganski: GM1: 203, GM2: 186= 194.50
Shaina Woolbaugh N/A
Lisa MacAllister N/A
