RUTHERFORD, N.J. – For the first time in its seven-year history, the Felician University women's bowling program will host a tournament. On Saturday and Sunday, five other teams will join the Golden Falcons at Lodi Lanes for the New York Metro Invitational.
Felician is an associate member of the East Coast Conference for the sport of women's bowling. Joining the Golden Falcons in Lodi this weekend will be fellow ECC members Bloomfield College, Caldwell University, Chestnut Hill College and Molloy College, as well as New Jersey City University of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. All six teams will be competing in their first event of the 2020-21 season, which has been abbreviated due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
This weekend's tournament is being staged as two separate one day events. On Saturday, teams will bowl in four traditional team matches beginning at 1:25 p.m. At the same time on Sunday, the squads will reconvene for four five-game Baker matches. A five-player All-Tournament Team, including a Most Valuable Player, will be named at the end of each day.
Per Felician policy due to the pandemic, no spectators will be permitted to attend in person at Lodi Lanes on either day. Felician plans to provide a live webstream on which each school is expected to appear at least twice each day. Links for the webstream can be accessed at www.caccnetwork.com/felician.
Felician is led by third-year head coach Taylor Strothmann. Saturday's play will represent the first intercollegiate competition for any Felician team since March 13, 2020.
Felician University engages more than 2,300 undergraduate, graduate, and adult students through programs in Arts & Sciences, Business, Nursing, and Education. Universal Franciscan values of social justice, compassion, and respect for human dignity form an inclusive foundation for transforming the lives of tomorrow's leaders. Felician University was ranked 3rd-best return on investment for private colleges in New Jersey in 2018 by the PayScale.com College ROI Report and is ranked the No. 1 safest college campus in the state by niche.com. Felician University also sponsors 14 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Felician University please visit www.felician.edu.
