Conference

Joely Carrillo, Fairleigh Dickinson
Clifton, NJ / Paramus Catholic
Right
Senior
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Carrillo’s latest performance served as the centerpiece for Fairleigh Dickinson’s fifth tournament title of the season.  Leading a lineup that featured four bowlers accounting for individual frame averages in excess of 20.0, Carrillo averaged 22.05 pins per frame at Morgan State’s James Brown Invitational.  As indicated by the stat sheet, the veteran bowler was “locked in” throughout the entire three-day event, which welcomed 23 teams, including five NEC members, to Towson, MD.  Carrillo left only eight opens and accounted for a .929 filled frames percentage over the course of the tournament.  The right-handed New Jersey native threw 71 strikes in 120 attempts for a team-best .929 strike percentage.  She also cleaned up 81.3 percent of her spare attempts.  Carrillo’s 2,447 three-day total pinfall was the highest of all NEC bowlers who contested the competition. The veteran kegler was at her best during the baker play portion of the meet, averaging 22.7 pins per frame as FDU went a perfect 7-0 in baker matches.  Contributing to two best-of-seven baker match victories during championship bracket play, Carrillo filled 21 of 22 frames on Sunday.  She also threw 12 strikes during the two-match sample that saw FDU defeat No. 6 Central Missouri and No. 8 Nebraska for the meet title. It was not the first time Carrillo came through in the clutch against Nebraska with a tournament crown on the line.  As a sophomore, Carrillo put FDU on the cusp of victory with 8th-frame strike in Game 7 of the Knights’ 4-to-3 triumph over the Cornhuskers in the 2010 NCAA Championship Final.