Girls Bowling: Velez split sparks Resurrection to sixth conference title in a row

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Updated: March 3, 2012 8:25AM

Resurrection won its sixth straight GCAC championship Saturday at Brunswick Zone in Niles by bowling a six-game team score of 5,302 to easily outdistance runner-up Trinity by 333 pins.

The team was consistent throughout, bowling a 2,680 in the morning session followed by a 2,622 in the afternoon for a 883.6 per game average.

After taking a 103-pin lead after game 1, the team struggled a bit for the only time all day until Luisa Velez (Morton Grove) picked up the 6-7 split in the 10th frame to fire up the team. Sami Comiskey continued her excellent bowling, averaging 188.5 on the day for second place in the tournament. Jennifer Voss (Niles) followed with a 181.8 average, Alicia Gamboa rolled to a 176.5 average (4th place),

Anastasia Marchiori (8th, 169.5) and Velez (10th, 167.3) also placed in the top 10.

The Bandits’ top games were turned in by Voss (216) and Voss (213). Series honors went to Comiskey (1,131) and Voss (1,091).

All-conference honors went to Marchiori, Voss, Comiskey, Gamboa and Velez.