Sept. 21, 2010
PRINCESS ANNE, Md.- The athletic season is just getting warmed up as the volleyball team continued their September tournaments and the cross country squad hosted their second tournament in Princess Anne, with a Hawk earning a conference award.
VOLLEYBALL
Junior Zoe Bowens (Long Beach, Calif.) registered a match-high 18 kills and freshman Maline Vaitai (Salt Lake City, Utah) tallied her second double-double of the season as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore women's volleyball team outlasted Kristin Dickmann Memorial Tournament host Navy, 3-2 (25-21, 25-18, 22-25, 20-25, 15-7), at Wesley A. Brown Field House Saturday.
The win moved the UMES record in the tournament to 2-1 and pushed its overall mark to 5-8. The win is also the Hawks' fourth in the all-time series against the Midshipmen and second in five-set matches. Navy fell to 4-10 in the losing effort. UMES got second place in the tournament as Hartford took first with a 2-1 record, earning the tiebreaker after defeating UMES in the second match.
CROSS COUNTRY
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore men's and women's cross country teams hosted their second meet of the season Saturday morning with the Cappy Anderson Invitational and finished second and fourth, respectively, in their races.
The men's squad continues to be led by sophomore Basil Melek (Grand Prairie, Texas), who finished second overall with a time of 25:43.76. As a team, the Hawks scored 88 points, second only to St. Francis University (Pa.), who nearly swept the top ten with eight spots and received 19 points on the day.
The Lady Hawks finished fourth for Division I schools with a point total of 122. The St. Francis women's team also took home the gold with 32 points.
UMES ATHLETICS
University of Maryland Eastern Shore freshman Kaveingna Lea'Aetoa (Salt Lake City, Utah) was named MEAC Rookie of the Week, the league announced Monday. Lea'Aetoa, a 5-foot-11 middle blocker, led UMES to a 2-1 record at the Kristin Dickmann Memorial Tournament, hosted by Navy.
Lea'Aetoa was one of two Hawks named to the all-tournament team as she tallied 43 kills (3.31 per game) and a .315 hitting percentage in three matches. She also had 13 total blocks (1.08 per game), seven digs and two aces.
UPCOMING WEEK (SEPT. 20-26)
The Hawks volleyball team will play their final regular season tournament as they head to Durham, NC for the NCCU Tournament on Friday and Saturday. They will take on current conference foes Hampton and South Carolina State along with East Tennessee State and North Carolina Central.
The Hawks cross country team will head out to Oregon Ridge Park in Hunt Valley, MD for the Towson Invitational on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m., where numerous schools, including some local teams, will compete.
The Hawks softball team will play two exhibition games in the Lady Hawks Fall Classic on Sautrday. UMES will play Chesapeake College at 10:00 a.m. and Bowie State at 2:00 p.m. at Hawk Field.
