Nov. 9, 2009

HAMPTON, Va. - In what turned out to be a total team effort, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) women's bowling team posted a 9-1 mark in the first Mid-Eastern Athletic (MEAC) Conference event of the season.

The Northern Division match-up pitted the Lady Hawks against their rivals from the region, including two ranked squads in no. 6 Delaware State and no. 15 Morgan State (MSU). UMES had just one hiccup against the field a 1024-961 loss in team games to Delaware State on the first day of competition.

Other than that UMES cruised to wins over Howard (1028-848), Coppin State (1066-807), MSU (996-917) and Hampton (1099-1032) in team games. Nine of the 10 Hawks on the roster saw action and combined they posted 15 games of 200 or more. Maria Rodriguez (Ibague Tolima, Colombia) tallied four of those games herself in five tries, for a pin fall of 1,100 and an average of 220.

Katherine Brown (Level Green, Pa.) and Kristina Frahm (Oswego, Ill.) both tallied three games over the two century mark with Brown posting an 887 pinfall in four games and the highest average of the team with a 221.75. Frahm tallied a 637 in three games with a 212.3 average.

Paula Vilas (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) tallied two games over 200 and posted a 630 pin fall in three games with a 210 average. Redshirt freshman Kaitlyn Young also bowled well with one 200 plus game but a 608 pin fall and an average of 202.67.

In Baker games UMES went a perfect 5-0, avenging their loss to Delaware State 736-701 while also topping the remaining four MEAC teams.

"This was a good outing for us," said Head Coach Sharon Brummell. "We gave everyone a chance to bowl, we go to gauge the conference opponents and pick up nine much needed wins. We will try to make it one better next weekend."

Brummell leads her hawks into another MEAC Northern Division meet this weekend in Dover, Del.