Bowling Qualifies for ITC Nationals

Friday, March 8

Thunderbowl Lanes - Allen Park, MI

Sacred Heart

ISC & ITC Sectionals

3/10/2024 7:36:00 PM | Women's Bowling

Chiesa earned a spot in ISC Nationals after placing third

By: Josh Smith

ALLEN PARK, Mich. – The No. 18 Sacred Heart University bowling team had itself a good weekend at the ISC and ITC Sectionals, hosted by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) at the Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich. The Pioneers qualified for ITC Nationals as a team, and Molly Chiesa qualified as an individual.

The individual sectional featured 179 bowlers, with only six qualifying for nationals. On Friday, Molly Chiesa took third to earn a spot in nationals in Jeffersontown, Ky., April 15-20 with a cumulative score of 1,328. She averaged a score of 221.3 over six games, with a high of 289 in game six. Chiesa's outstanding performance in game six helped her improve from 11th to third.

Morgan Brunet came perilously close to qualifying for nationals in seventh place. She finished just one pin shy of sixth with a score of 1,281.

In addition to Chiesa and Brunet, five other Pioneers finished in the top 30. Madilyn Yockel (13th), Hannah Manetta (16th), Paige Donovan (20th), Megan Prettyman (36th) and Karleigh LeMond (30th) also had solid days.

In the team sectional, SHU finished third out of 20 teams with a combined score of 12,519 over 64 games for a 195.6 average. The ITC Nationals will take place in Louisville, Ky., on April 17-20. The last time the Pioneers qualified for nationals was 2018.

After sitting in fifth and out of qualifying range following the first day's action on Saturday, the Pioneers rallied on day two. Sacred Heart went from fifth to third on Sunday by posting the third-best score in the third block of 16 games and the second-best score in the fourth and final block.

Pikeville finished first at the event, while No. 5 North Carolina A&T in second and No. 9 Maryville in fourth also qualified for nationals.

The Pioneers will next head to Smyrna, Tenn. to take part in the Columbia 300 Music City Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt.

Position	Bowler	TOTAL	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	AVERAGE
3	Molly Chiesa	1328	220	224	203	201	191	289	221.3
7	Morgan Brunet	1281	267	199	199	222	204	190	213.5
13	Madilyn Yockel	1246	192	189	223	193	191	258	207.7
16	Hannah Manetta	1219	223	188	212	173	202	221	203.2
20	Paige Donovan	1200	216	180	200	214	191	199	200.0
26	Megan Prettyman	1188	204	242	167	216	212	147	198.0
30	Karleigh Lemond	1186	142	227	200	180	191	246	197.7
40	Emma Jones	1163	191	172	200	200	194	206	193.8
72	Ryann Greene	1099	173	183	170	199	152	222	183.2
104	Erin Tumbrello	1046	156	171	187	180	201	151	174.3
138	Nancy Kohut	988	189	157	174	181	131	156	164.7
151	Rachel Glowniak	955	149	146	135	145	211	169	159.2