Bowler of the Week
Megan Kapsiak, D’Youville
Junior | Lancaster, NY
Kapsiak was named to the Niagara Purple Eagle Brunswick Spring Classic All-Tournament Team this past weekend, finishing with a fourth-place individual finish. The D’Youville junior bowled a best game of 247 against Merrimack and averaged a score of 200.2.
Rookie of the Week
Madison Damer, Bryant
Freshman | Frisco, TX
Damer enjoyed a strong weekend at the Niagara Purple Eagle Brunswick Spring Classic, averaging 190 for four games on Saturday and 19.60 on Sunday. The Bryant freshman had an overall fill percentage of 81.0 for the weekend, with a single pin and multi-pin spare percentage of over 90.0 on Saturday. Damer was called upon to anchor Bryant and did so with a 100.0 fill percentage in the 10th frame. She was also an integral piece in the win over nationally-ranked Niagara and an overall fourth-place team finish on the weekend.
ECC Weekly Honor Roll
Mollie Gizicki, Daemen
Graduate Student | Brighton, MI
Gizicki landed Niagara Purple Eagle Brunswick Spring Classic All-Tournament Team honors this past weekend, leading all Daemen bowlers with a 198.4 total pinfall average. The Daemen graduate student knocked down 237 pins against D'Youville, the most amount of pins knocked down by any Daemen bowler on the first day.
Jen Lyon, Bryant
Junior | Little Falls, NY
Lyon finished 15th overall at the Niagara Purple Eagle Brunswick Spring Classic this past weekend with a strong showing of 927 for five games. The Bryant junior also posted a strong single pin spare percentage for the weekend, with 92.0 percent on Saturday and 90.0 percent on Sunday, along with an overall fill percentage of over 80.0 percent for the weekend. She was also an integral piece in the win over nationally-ranked Niagara and an overall fourth-place team finish on the weekend.
Amelia Ponto, Roberts Wesleyan
Junior | Baldwinsville, NY
Ponto led Roberts Wesleyan to a seventh-place finish at the Niagara Purple Eagle Brunswick Spring Classic over the weekend, rolling an overall average of 185.3 and rolling 100 percent of the frames over the two days. Her traditional average was a team-leading 188.0 and her baker average was 182.6. The RWU junior also led the team with an 83.35 fill percentage.
ECC Women's Bowling Weekly Award Winners
BOWLER OF THE WEEK
Oct. 10 - Chloe Sromovski, Kutztown
Oct. 17 - Chloe Sromovski, Kutztown (2x)
Oct. 24 - Kamryn Brenneman, Kutztown
Oct. 31 - Madison Gentes, Saint Anselm
Nov. 7 - Megan Kapsiak, D'Youville
Nov. 14 - Maggie Thompson, Bryant
Nov. 21 - Kamryn Brenneman, Kutztown (2x)
Dec. 2 - Madison Gentes, Saint Anselm (2x)
Jan. 23 - Chloe Sromovski, Kutztown (3x)
Jan. 30 - Olivia Hillman, Bryant
Feb. 6 - Kamryn Brenneman, Kutztown (3x)
Feb. 13 - Kamryn Brenneman, Kutztown (4x)
Feb. 20 - Giana Giampapa, Adelphi
Feb. 27 - Megan Kapsiak, D'Youville (2x)
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Oct. 10 - Cassandra Westphal, Daemen
Oct. 17 - Kaylee Stephens, Roberts Wesleyan and Cassandra Westphal, Daemen (2x)
Oct. 24 - Kamryn Brenneman, Kutztown
Oct. 31 - Michaela Palumbo, Molloy
Nov. 7 - Lea Whittey, Bryant
Nov. 14 - Lea Whittey, Bryant (2x)
Nov. 21 - Kamryn Brenneman, Kutztown (2x)
Dec. 2 - Katy McNemar, Saint Anselm
Jan. 23 - Kamryn Brenneman, Kutztown (3x)
Jan. 30 - Kenzie Davis, Saint Anselm
Feb. 6 - Kamryn Brenneman, Kutztown (4x)
Feb. 13 - Kamryn Brenneman, Kutztown (5x)
Feb. 20 - Kamryn Brenneman, Kutztown (6x)
Feb. 27 - Madison Damer, Bryant
Previously in the Polls
NTCA TOP 25 POLL
Preseason (10/1): Bryant (RV)
December (10/5): Kutztown (RV)
February (2/6): Kutztown (RV)
March (3/6): TBA
NTCA DIVISION II/III POLL
Preseason (10/1): NR
February (2/6): Kutztown (6)
March (3/6): TBA
ECC PRESEASON POLL
1. Bryant - 76 points (7 first-place votes)
2. Kutztown - 66 points (1 first-place vote)
3. Molloy - 60 points
4. Daemen - 51 points (1 first-place vote)
5. Roberts Wesleyan - 48 points
6. D'Youville - 40 points
7. Adelphi - 30 points
8. St. Anselm - 23 points
9. St. Thomas Aquinas - 11 points