SMYRNA, Tenn. --  Cumberland Women's Bowling finishes third out of 14 teams in the MSC Lynne Jordan Memorial with a score of 5,462.

This first conference tournament of the year will have four American games (one bowler on one game, with five bowlers playing) and eight Baker games (five bowlers on one game). 

To open up the day, the Phoenix scored 1,950 pins in the first two American games, with Jennifer Chiarillo leading the way with a score of 420 after two. CU sits in second place, with only the reigning NAIA Champs, Pikeville, ahead of them by 16 pins. 

After the third American game was completed, Cumberland moved up to the top spot, with the Phoenix scoring 1,012 pins for a total pin count of 2,962. Individually, Chiarillo sits at the top of the standings with a tournament-high 279 in game three and 699 pins total. All five Phoenix are in the top 25 after three games. After the final game, CU would get passed up by SCAD as the Phoenix scored 994 pins for a final total of 3,956. 

Looking at the Mid-South, CU is leading the way, with Pikeville on their tails, sitting in third with a score of 3,908. Tennessee Wesleyan finished in fifth place with a score of 3,693 pins, which is just ahead of the Cumberlands, who have 3,601 pins. Union Commonwealth (3,561 pins), Lindsey Wilson (3,446), Campbellsville (3,256 pins), and Midway (3,224) finished the American games seventh through tenth, respectively. 

Individually, Cumberland had five bowlers in the top 25, with Chiarillo finishing second with a total score of 880, Kathleen Schraer finishing seventh with a score of 835, and had a 266 game four performance. Olivia Vanhooser scored 790 pins in four games and finished in 12th. Serenity Freeman used a strong third and fourth games to finish 23rd, and Kaylie Gibson rounded out the Phoenix, finishing 25th with a score of 718.

Moving on to the baker games, the Phoenix got passed up by Pikeville after the first four bakers. Cumberland scored 742 pins in the four baker games, for an average of 185.5. In the second block of baker games, the Phoenix did just enough to maintain a third-place finish, hitting 764 pins for a four-game average of 191. CU scored 1,506 pins in the baker games, for an average of 188.25, bringing their final total to 5,462.

The Phoenix will look to build on the momentum from today as they compete in the MSC Brandon Burns Memorial on Sunday, October 25th.