The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Friday, February 8
Orlando, Fla.
ALL DAY
UAB
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Sunshine State Winter Classic
Blazers Notch Fifth Top-10 Performance of the Season
2/11/2019 1:31:00β―PM | Women's Bowling
After a weekend in Orlando, the UAB bowling team took home seventh place overall at the Sunshine State Winter Classic with a record of 8-5 for its fifth top-10 finish of the season.
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The Blazers (62-26) opened the tournament 4-1 on the first day of competition beating Prairie View A&M (975-873), No. 22 Monmouth (94-926), No. 20 Sacred Heart (997-953), and No. 3 Nebraska (1,028-979) for a combined baker pin-fall of 4,835.
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On Saturday, the Green and Gold secured two more victories over Bethune-Cookman (948-594) and Florida A&M (910-818) however, fell just short in its matches with No. 18 Maryville, No. 7 Stephen F. Austin, and No. 2 Vanderbilt.
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Individually, juniors Taylor Russell and Rachel Strogin led UAB both averaging twin scores of 189.20 across their 10 matches.
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In their first match of tournament play on Sunday, the Green and Gold matched up with Maryville for the second time during the weekend, falling by a close score. The Blazers were not leaving Orlando in silence as they sprang back to finish their final day by adding two more wins over No. 25 Youngstown (1,437-1,327) and No. 9 Tulane (1,230-1,083) and securing a seventh place finish.
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The Blazers return to action Feb. 23-24 to compete in the second MEAC Invitational, held in Greensboro, N.C.
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For more information on the UAB bowling team, visit uabsports.com or follow along on Twitter and Instagram at (UAB_BOWL) or like them on Facebook (Facebook.com/UABBowling2011).
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The Blazers (62-26) opened the tournament 4-1 on the first day of competition beating Prairie View A&M (975-873), No. 22 Monmouth (94-926), No. 20 Sacred Heart (997-953), and No. 3 Nebraska (1,028-979) for a combined baker pin-fall of 4,835.
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On Saturday, the Green and Gold secured two more victories over Bethune-Cookman (948-594) and Florida A&M (910-818) however, fell just short in its matches with No. 18 Maryville, No. 7 Stephen F. Austin, and No. 2 Vanderbilt.
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Individually, juniors Taylor Russell and Rachel Strogin led UAB both averaging twin scores of 189.20 across their 10 matches.
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In their first match of tournament play on Sunday, the Green and Gold matched up with Maryville for the second time during the weekend, falling by a close score. The Blazers were not leaving Orlando in silence as they sprang back to finish their final day by adding two more wins over No. 25 Youngstown (1,437-1,327) and No. 9 Tulane (1,230-1,083) and securing a seventh place finish.
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The Blazers return to action Feb. 23-24 to compete in the second MEAC Invitational, held in Greensboro, N.C.
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For more information on the UAB bowling team, visit uabsports.com or follow along on Twitter and Instagram at (UAB_BOWL) or like them on Facebook (Facebook.com/UABBowling2011).
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