PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Coppn State's bowling team took fourth in a highly competitive field at the Duquesne Invitational over the weekend at Pines Plaza Lanes. The Eagles went 4-5 overall over the first two days before picking up a pair of victories in bracket play on Sunday to move up to fourth place.
The trio of
Shakyia Johnson,
Abigail Brockington and
Victoria Davis led Coppin in traditional play with Johnson averaging a 183.60 in the five matches to finish tenth individually, highlighted by a 210 in a victory over #25 Maryland Eastern Shore. Brockington and Davis rolled identical averages of 181.60 with Brockington showcasing scores of 206 against Adelphi and 201 in a win over the 16
th-ranked Dukes. Davis rolled a whopping 237 in Coppin's upset of the Hawks.
Layla Holtzapple averaged a 165.80 with a 218 against Duquesne while
Gabriella Powell's high score of 191 came against Adelphi.
The Eagles avenged a loss to Howard with an 810-779 victory over the Bison to open Baker play. After dropping matches to UMES and Duquesne, Coppin rolled an 830 in a bye before totaling an 891 in a rout of Daeman.
CSU took down Daeman, 4-3 and Adelphi, 4-2 before falling to Mercyhurst in the third-place match.
In traditional play, Johnson led the way with an 18.36 average per frame, recording 21 strikes while Brockington had a 78.0 overall fill percentage. Brockington followed Johnson with 20 strikes while Davis totaled 19. Holtzapple recovered nicely by making a team-high 77.8% of her malleable spares and 93.8% of her single-pin spare attempts.
Davis had arguably the strongest showing in baker play with a 78.4 overall fill percentage while converting on over 65 percent of all spare attempts and 77.8% of her makeable spares.
Coppin is set to host its annual CSU Lady Eagles Invitational at AMF Woodlawn Lanes in Gwynn Oak, Md., on November 14-15.
