Pittsburgh, Pa. – Head coach Arthur O'Connor and the Adelphi bowling team took a trip to the Keystone State over the weekend, taking part in the Duquesne Invitational.

The tournament featured five victories for the Panthers, earning wins over Daemen, Howard, Coppin State, Mercyhurst and host Duquesne. Adelphi entered the championship bracket as the No. 4 seed with a 5-3 qualifying record, but the Panthers struggled on the final day and finished in sixth place.

Marissa Funk finished as the second-highest bowler in the tournament and earned All-Tournament Team honors. The sophomore averaged 19.72 pins per frame, good for a 197.2 game pace over 50 total frames, with a 48.0% strike rate. Funk averaged an impressive 23.40 pins in the 10th frame during traditional play, recording a 100% fill percentage with a 60% strike rate. In Baker play, she posted a 45.2% double-strike rate (19-for-42).

Tiffany Wong was the second-highest Adelphi bowler of the weekend, finishing sixth in the tournament. The graduate student tallied a 19.18 average in traditional play and knocked down 89.7% of her makeable spares.

Mya Conway was the tournament leader in player composite performance index. The Canadian national was anchored by a 20.96 Baker frame average, an 87.1% fill rate and a 46.2% strike rate.

Evelyn Jacobs specialized in Baker doubles, leading the team with a 66.7% rate in the statistic while earning an 18.56 Baker average.

Carissa Lugares averaged 19.55 pins per frame in traditional play with a 100% single-pin spare rate.

Payton Hoffay delivered a 17.94 Baker average with zero splits across 27 frames.

Gayle Lopez fired a weekend-high 198 traditional game (19.80 frame average).

Erica DeJesus bowled 128 total frames, averaging 17.12 pins in traditional play with a 42.9% Baker double rate.