Richmond, VA - The Mount Aloysius women's bowling team competed at the Virginia Union Invitational this weekend and finished the event in fifth place out of 11 schools. The Mounties went 9-4 overall and were led by Rayissa Amon, who was selected for her first Collegiate All-Tournament Team after a 195.3 average in Saturday's traditional format.

Day One (Friday)
The Mountie women's bowling continued to tally up wins as they went 4-0 on day one to open up the competition. After day one, the Mounties found themselves in third place after defeating St. Augustine University, Virginia Union, St. Peter's University and Felician. Amon continued her domination of the pins with a 20.3 average for 44 frames, while freshman Jessica Bello averaged 18.35 for 28 frames and freshman Clara Angeloff averaged 17.88 for 35 frames. Sophomore Jillian Vietmeier rounded out the top four with a 17.27 average for 40 frames.

Day Two (Saturday)
The Mounties went 4-2 in the lanes on their second day of competition at the VUU Invitational Tournament. The team won matches against Hampton University, Virginia State University, Chowan and Livingstone. Their only losses came from Bowie State and Valparaiso. After day two, the Mounties found themselves in fourth place. The top scorer was Amon with a 195 average followed by Jennifer Bertoldi with a 186 average and Michelle Magee with a 182.

Day Three (Sunday)
The team needed to win their first best-of-seven match on Sunday morning in Richmond to put themselves in contention for a top-2 finish but fell to a strong Felician team 4-0 (692-779). Match two of the day was a must win match in the bracket format which the Mounties needed to win to secure their chance at a top-3 finish. However, it was not meant to be as the team went six rounds against Hampton University only to fall 4-2 (1034-1132). With one more match left, the Mounties took command of the final match 4-0 against SPU (672-602) for the fifth place finish out of 11 schools participating in the event.

"Both Coach Bob and I are extremely proud of this young team. They have a tremendous amount of energy and talent. We simply were not able to convert makeable spares today which sealed our fate. We had our strongest baker team average to date this weekend with a 171.2. And we saw a few players step up in baker to include Bertoldi who rolled a 188.8 average today and Beth Longer, another freshman, who rolled a 16.1 under pressure in the final match," Head Coach Barbara Jones said.

Mountie Bowling will take a much needed break for Thanksgiving but will be ready to roll into Shippensburg on December 5 with a 21-11 record.