ADDISON, Ill. - In a stacked field with well over 50 teams, Carthage women's bowling competed well and placed in the top half of all competitors. Two Firebirds - Cassie Hyland and Caitlin Powers - were among the top-60 individuals on day one in regards to total pinfall. Coach Zwiefelhofer's team hadn't competed since early December due to the winter break, when the Firebirds participated in the Warhawk open.



 

•  Result: 25th place out of 62 teams. 
• Location: Addison, Ill.  

  
Day One:

• Cassie Hyland (25th) and Caitlin Powers (56th) paced the Firebirds on day one, leading them to a 29th-place slot after day one of competition. Hyland knocked down 990 pins in five games, while Powers knocked down 955.
• Ashley Turner also bowled well on day one, hitting 915 pins, led by a team-best 243 pins in her second game of the day. 

Day Two: 

• The Firebirds moved up four spots in the final standings, going from 29th to 25th on the last day of competition. Day two consisted of 20 baker matches to provide a full day of bowling, and Carthage generated a pinfall of 3,607 in those matches. The team's highest pinfall in any of those 20 matches came in match number seven, when the Firebirds knocked over 243 pins. 

 

•  1. University of Pikeville - 8,884 pins
• 2. Madonna University - 8,774 pins
• 3. Davenport University - 8,700 pins
• 4. Saint Xavier University - 8,696 pins
• 5. Savannah College of Art and Design - 8,625 pins
• 25. Carthage College - 8,059 pins 

 

•  Carthage was paced by Cassie Hyland - a two-time conference player of the week - who knocked down 990 pins on day one to place 25th among all individuals at the competition. 
• Caitlin Powers was strong once again and placed 56th, hitting over 955 pins. 
• As previously mentioned, Ashley Turner tallied the team's highest single-game pinfall on day one, knocking down 243 pins in the second game of the day en route to a 915-pin performance.  

 

• Carthage bowling will compete again in a little less than one month, heading to Lockport, Illinois for the Lewis Flyer Classic from Friday, February 10 through Sunday, February 12.