NORTH BOSTON, N.Y. – The Penn State Altoona women's bowling team was voted ninth place in the 2024-25 edition of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, which was released by the league office on Thursday afternoon.

Defending conference champion William Smith College was voted first in the poll, with Alvernia University and Saint Vincent College placing second and third, respectively.

Penn State Altoona women's bowling went 13-38 overall last season, including a 4-16 record in the AMCC that placed the team 10th in the conference's regular season standings. Elizabeth Rhodes returns for her fourth year as the program's head coach and will lead a team that returns four bowlers from last season.

Named as "Players to Watch" for the Lions this season in the AMCC poll were senior Isabelle Forcey (Clearfield, PA/DuBois Central Catholic) and junior Kennedie Lauver (New Berlin, PA/Mifflinburg).

Forcey averaged 128.8 per game in traditional format matches last season, rolling 176 frames. In 255 frames of baker match play, she compiled a baker average of 12.45.

Lauver was second on Penn State Altoona in both traditional average (167.1 per game) and baker average (15.68) last season, and she tied for the most baker frames rolled (200) and was second in traditional format frames (311) on her team.