Stratford, N.J. - (11/5/2017) – Chestnut Hill College finished day three with a 2-1 record to move up two spots in standings. After two days of the Fairleigh Dickinson University New Jersey Jamboree, the Griffins were placed 12^th. On day thee, position round, they opened with Morgan State University. Chestnut Hill College won the best-of-seven baker match 4-0. They won 178-174, 201-164, 211-170, and 158-133.
 
Moving up in the standings now had the team paired against St. Francis Brooklyn. This best-of-seven match had took seven games to decide a winner. In Bakers each team bowls a game on one lane of a pair and then switches to the other pair. In this match, the left lane was the higher scoring lane. The team that bowled on the left lane won each of the first 6 games. Sophomore Rebeccah Edelman (Oakford, Pa.) threw three strikes in the 10^th frame to give the six win forcing game seven. Being the higher seed, the Terriers got to decide to bowl on the left lane in game seven. Chestnut Hill College (8-18) pulled out an impressive 206 game on the lane they were averaging 150 on for the first three games and the win. In this series, freshman Kristina Scimone (Gibbsboro, N.J.) was a perfect 14-14 on frames filled.
 
Game 1 Terriers 188-158
Game 2 Griffins 193-183
Game 3 Terriers 212-143
Game 4 Griffins 220-191
Game 5 Terriers 189-149
Game 6 Griffins 183-174
Game 7 Griffins 206-152
 
In the last game, the Griffins lost to Felician University. The Golden Falcons won 203-148, 191-171, 188-161, and 232-176. The loss had the finish the tournament in 10^th place. Day three had the Griffins average 12 pins higher in Bakers than they did on day one. The 2-1 record today had the Griffins finish the event 4-8 on the weekend. 
 
Congrats to freshman Christina Del Vecchio (Warrington, Pa.) who finished the tournament 8th overall in average at 196.8!