2016-17 AMCC Women's Bowling News
Mount Aloysius College bowlers Jessica Bello (Business Administration), Lucy Craig (Biology) and Casey Schaffer (Business Administration), New Jersey City University's Cindy Alviar (Graphic Design), Autumn Fortunato (Psychology), Rachel McIntyre (Criminal Justice), and Medaille College's Kaitlyn Doane (Accounting), Michelle Magee (Veterinary Terchnology), Taylor Reese (Psychology), and Jennifer Stewart (Psychology) all earned academic honors on Monday as the student-athletes were honored on the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) 2016-2017 All-Academic Team for their efforts in the classroom.
On the second day of NCAA Division III Week, the AMCC is proud to announce the 18 winners of the Team Peak Performer award.
All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
Penn State Behrend has selected David Kacprowicz to become the first ever women’s bowling coach in program history.
For the second year in a row, Mount Aloysius sophomore Rayissa Amon has been selected as the AMCC Women's Bowler of the Year.
Reese saved the best for last, having an amazing week for the Mavericks as they closed out the season winning the AMCC Tournament Championship for the first time in program history. Her week started against Daemen College where she shined in the team format, averaging 191.5 in two matches, including a season high 227. She was just as good in the baker matches, knocking down a total of 232 pins for an average of 17.85 pins per frame. As good as she was against Daemen, Reese was even better in the AMCC Championships. On Saturday during the team format competitions, Reese bowled over 190 three of the five different matches and averaged 180.4 for the day. She followed that up on Sunday by knocking down 832 total pins, averaging 17.3 per frame over the course of five baker matches. For her efforts over the weekend, Reese was named to the AMCC Championships All-Tournament team along with teammate Michelle Magee.
Day one of the AMCC women's bowling championship proved to be an exciting one as #1 Mount Aloysius College and #3 Medaille College are tied for first place with identical 4-1 records.
Reese had a phenomenal week at the lanes, helping the Mavericks to a 4-1 week against Roberts Wesleyan and Pitt-Bradford. Reese bowled three of her best games of the season in team formats this week, averaging 196 against Roberts Wesleyan and 205 against the Panthers. She was just as impressive in the Baker format, averaging 16.62 pins per frame against Roberts Wesleyan and 17.22 pins per frame against Pitt-Bradford.
Longer had a breakout weekend, finishing with career-high averages. Her strong bowling was pivotal in the Mount's success this past weekend, as they finished third out of 17 teams at the Red Flash Invitational. Longer finished the weekend with a 17.9 Baker average and 194 team match scoring average, including a single game high of 207.
After sweeping the AMCC regular season round robin competitions and taking home the regular season women's bowling title, Mount Aloysius College (29-11, 19-1 AMCC) is looking for their second straight conference tournament title.
Amon led the Mounties to an 8-0 record and their second consecutive AMCC regular season title at the AMCC round robin tournament, hosted by Pitt-Bradford over the weekend. Amon rolled the highest traditional average (195) for the event and the highest individual game of 255. She also averaged a 17.3 during the Baker matches.
After winning the first AMCC women's bowling round robin in November, Mount Aloysius College successfully defended their title by winning the second of two round robins on January 14-15, hosted by Pitt-Bradford at Byllye Lanes.
Reese led her team to a 3-0 record over Thiel by averaging a 173 in the team match format and a 15.0 in the Baker match format.
Fortunato led New Jersey City University to its most successful day in years, finishing in first place on day one of the AMCC Round Robin #1. Fortunato finished first overall in the individual standings in a field of 32 bowlers. She had a five-game pinfall of 977 (212-186-194-180-205) for a 195.40 average, and was 105 pins ahead of second place. Fortunato, the NJCU anchor, tossed two of the day's three 200 games bowled - 212 against PS-Altoona and a 205 in the bye fifth game.
