NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (October 31, 2015) – The Franklin Pierce Bowling team found better luck on Saturday than their results from Friday, as they finished 3-2 in their second day at the Fairleigh Dickinson University New Jersey Jamboree. The tournament will last all through the weekend, with the final day of the tournament coming on Sunday.

The Ravens began their day matched up against Sam Houston State, where they clinched their biggest win of the year at that time. The crimson and grey grabbed the matchup against the powerhouse 1,010-960, going up 1-0 on the day with their biggest score of the tournament. However, the Ravens couldn't make it past Caldwell in match two, as Franklin Pierce came short in the match 941-906.

Franklin Pierce went into match three even at 1-1, and and dropped their second in a row as they were defeated by Stephen F. Austin State University by a score of 1,076-950. The crimson and grey evened things up at 2-2 with a big victory over Monmouth by a score of 943-928.

Then the Ravens made a big splash, taking a victory over the tournament's top ranked team Arkansas State University by a score of 944-929, topping the win earlier in the day over Sam Houston State as the possible top victory of the season to this point.

Leading the Ravens on the board for the second consecutive day is sophomore Jessica Davies (Cape Coral, Fla.) who bumped her average up over 200, sits 20th in the field of 197, moving up from her previous day standing of 36th. Davies found her best scores of the day in the Ravens' biggest two matchups, putting together two scores of 234 and 235 to boost her further up the charts.

Further down the boards finishing top 80 were sophomore Colleen Kelly (Quincy, Mass.), sophomore Nicolette Vucak (Garfield, N.J.), and freshman Sarah Busse (Commack, N.Y.). Vucak jumped up the boards as well, up to 49^th with an average of 189, while Kelly finished 51st with an average of 187.90. Busse cracked the top 80 after a tough first day, putting together an average of 171.89.

The Ravens return to the lanes tomorrow, November 1 for day three of the tournament.

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