Nov. 15, 2010
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - T'nia Falbo (Greensburg, Pa.) and Maria Rodriguez (Ibague Tolima, Colombia) each averaged over 208 in five games to help guide the second ranked University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) to a perfect 10-0 mark in conference play over the weekend. The Hawks (21-4, 10-0 MEAC) posted five wins each in team and Baker games to take sole possession of the standings in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Northern Division.
Falbo had her best performance as a Hawk, rolling a career high 256 in the win over No. 16 Morgan State and averaging a 208.60, another career high for a tournament average. She also posted plus 200 games in wins over Hampton (208) and Coppin State (203). She would tally a pin fall of 1,043 over all five team games.
Rodriguez was almost as good, posting a pin fall of 1,042, just one pin less, to average a 208.40. She rolled a 257 against Morgan State, the highest individual game of the meet. Rodriguez, the MEAC Pre-season Player of the Year, posted other plus 200 games in wins over Coppin State (208) and Howard (228).
Paula Vilas (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) rebounded from her previous struggles at the New Jersey Jamboree to roll three games of 200 or better, averaging a tournament high 215.67 in her only three games of competition. She would post a 202, 234 and 211 in wins over Coppin State, Howard and No. 7 Delaware State, respectively.
The reigning MEAC Bowler of the Week, Kristina Frahm (Oswego, Ill.) would tally a 211 in the Hampton win, rolling in just three total games, while fellow senior All-American Martha Perez (Bogota, Colombia) tallied a 209, 226 and 222 in wins over Morgan State, Coppin State and Howard respectively.
Freshman Megan Buja (Rockford, Ill.) in her first conference match was also strong, rolling in just two games but posting a 205 and 206 in the Howard and Delaware State wins. Stacy Parsons (Delran, N.J.) also saw action, notching a 201 game against Hampton.
In the Baker sets the Hawks dominated in all five matches. They posted an 811-753 win over the Bears of Morgan State and kept rolling from there, tallying a 138 pin win over Hampton (773-635), just shy of a 200 pin win over Howard (791-592), a 99 pin win over Delaware State (773-674) and a thumping of Coppin State by a whopping 362 pins, 887-525.
"This was a good event for us," said head coach Sharon Brummell. "Everyone got to bowl and they all bowled well. This is what we needed heading into our meet next weekend with many of the nation's top teams."
UMES hosts the sixth annual UMES Hawk Classic next weekend, November 19-21 at Millsboro Lanes, in Millsboro, Delaware. It features 20 teams from around the country, including eight of the nation's Top 10 teams and six others ranked in the Top 20.
