SINKING SPRING, Pa. -- The Kutztown University women's bowling team earned victories over D'Youville (946-870), Bloomfield (877-871), and Chestnut Hill (926-811) to open the Golden Bear Invite with a 3-2 record Saturday at Berks Lanes.

The Golden Bears opened the day on fire, taking down D'Youville. The duo Chloe Sromovski (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./G.A.R. Memorial) and Madison Brenneman (York, Pa./Central York) led the way for KU, posting scores of 228 and 207 in the first match. The team averaged 189.2 as the Saints could only muster a 174 average. It was the highest pin total of the day for the Golden Bears.

The lineup of Brenneman, Sromovski, Ally Sipe (York, Pa./Central York), Shelby Wunch (Easton, Md./Easton), and Rachel Wagner (Cheektowaga, N.Y./Depew) then pulled out a narrow six-pin victory over Bloomfield in the third match of the day on the back of a 216 performance from Wunch. Jordan Dean (Manorville, N.Y./Eastport South Manor) stepped in for Wagner in the fifth game and helped the Golden Bears steamroll Chestnut Hill by a 115-pin margin in the fifth and final match of the day. 

KU's two defeats came to Molloy (928-946) in the second match and No. 19 Morgan State (895-868) in the fourth match of the day.

Sromovski made the all-tournament team by virtue of her fourth-place average in the individual standings. The junior from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., registered a team-leading 197.6 average across all five matches. Sipe was 15th at 186.8 and Wunch 20th at 182.6.

The Golden Bears are back on the lanes tomorrow for day two of the Golden Bear Invite beginning at 10:15 a.m.