Behrend Women's Bowling Places Fourth at Patrick Lacey Memorial Tournament

LATROBE, Pa. -  The Penn State Behrend women's bowling placed fourth out of seven team at the fifth annual Br. Patrick Lacey Memorial Tournament hosted by St. Vincent on Saturday.

Final Scores (Traditional):

Penn State Behrend 809, Penn State Altoona 722
Penn State Behrend 779, Holy Family 637
Penn State Behrend 859, Pitt-Bradford 790
Pitt-Bradford 840, Penn State Behrend 774

Key Moments:

* The Lions went 3-1 on the day and knocked down 4,063 total pins for a 162.5 average
* Behrend won three straight traditional matches against Penn State Altoona, Holy Family and Pitt-Bradford before falling to the Panthers
* Sidney Basta (Latrobe, PA/Greater Latrobe) ranked sixth overall out of 45 bowlers
* Batsa recorded 849 total pinfalls for a 169.80 average
* Against Altoona, Batsa bowled a team-best 182, while Ashley Debich (Leechburg, PA/Kiski) was in second with a 178
* Debich had the higehest score of the day, bowling a 196 vs. Pitt-Bradford in the fourth game
* In the second match against Holy Family, Bella Pilyih (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler) led the Lions with a 190 followed by Emily Warrene (Tarentum, PA/Deer Lakes) with a 179
* Warrene followed game two with a 178 score in game three
* Warrene finished ninth overall with a 164.60 average for five games

Up Next:

* Behrend returns to action on Friday for the AMCC Round Robin.