DOVER, Del. --- The Delaware State University women’s bowling team is in the news this off-season. Hornet head coach Elysia Current has drawn attention to her program after capturing the championship of the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Storm Sacramento Open this past weekend.

Current defeated top seed Kristina Wendell of Kingston, N.Y., 246-194, in the championship match Saturday evening.

The Storm Sacramento Open was the first regular-season event on the PWBA Tour in more than a dozen years. The tour ceased operations in 2003 and has been revived this year with the help of the bowling industry.

"This is really amazing because the PWBA Tour folded when I graduated high school and everything I had looked forward to I had to put on hold," Current said. "To come out here and win on the PWBA Tour is seriously a dream come true."

Current entered the stepladder finals as the No. 2 seed and took advantage of her unbeatable ball reaction in the finals. She knocked off Missy Parkin of Laguna Hills, California, 248-233, before defeating Wendell in the championship.

"All I have been working on this week was my mental game because physically I have been throwing the ball well," Current said. "Finally, it all started to click together."

Current earned $12,000 for the title and a spot in the season-ending PWBA Tour Championship, which will be contested in Arlington, Texas, in September.

A native of Ephrata, Pa., is in her fourth season as head coach of the Delaware State women’s bowling team.