Jan. 18, 2011
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. -- As UMES is less than a week away from starting the spring session, the Hawks are continuing their winter schedule with a number of tough contests. Both basketball teams continue with conference play plus indoor track headed back to Annapolis to compete in the Navy Invitational.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
After a tough loss to NC Central on the road 67-61 on January 10th, UMES returned home for a pair of MEAC games, including their first conference win on Saturday, an 86-81 overtime victory over Florida A&M, and a close loss to the #1-team record-wise in the MEAC, Bethune-Cookman, 71-64. The Hawks now stand at 4-12 and 1-3 in conference play.
Hillary Haley (Oxon Hill, Md.) scored a combined 47 points in the three games, including 20 against Florida A&M. Joseph Swift (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was named MEAC Rookie of the Week after scoring 13 against N.C. Central plus seven against Florida A&M. Tyler Hines (Sicklerville, N.J.) had a least eight points and six rebounds in all three contests.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Over the course of eight days, the Lady Hawks got three victories in four contests, defeating N.C. Central in Durham 48-47, falling to Delaware State 74-69 in overtime in Dover, winning against Florida A&M 64-62 at home and finishing with a win against Bethune-Cookman 69-52 in Princess Anne. UMES stands at 5-11, 2-2 in the MEAC.
Kwinnyata Mercer (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) has scored double digit points in her last five contests, including 15 points and eight boards against Florida A&M. Casey Morton (Mardela Springs, Md.) matched a season high with 24 points against Bethune-Cookman. Chelsea Sanders (Rochester, N.Y.) got two double digit point games against Florida A&M and Bethune Cookman, plus Latoya Buckner (Washington, D.C.) got 20 points against Delaware State.
INDOOR TRACK
At the Navy Invitational, UMES competed in their first team scoring event of the season. The men finished third in the invitational while the women finished fifth.
Cynthia Anais (Martinique, France) qualified for the ECAC Championship by winning the 1000-meter run with a time of 2:54.79, setting a school record. Andre Walsh (St. Catherine, Jamaica) qualified for the IC4A after winning the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.93 seconds and the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.59 seconds.
Other first place finishes for UMES included Thomas Keane-Dawes (Camden, N.C.) getting first in the 400-meter dash in 49.32 seconds and Vanessa Henry (Capital Heights, Md.) in the shot put with a distance of 13.82 meters to qualify her for the ECAC.
BOWLING
UMES took fourth place in the Mid-Winter Classic over the weekend, hosted by Arkansas State. Vanderbilt won the event.
The Hawks got three bowlers in the top four of the individual standings. Martha Perez (Bogota, Colombia) finished first with a total score of 1135, Maria Rodriguez (Ibaque Tolima, Colombia) ended third with 1,097 pins, and Kristina Frahm (Oswego, Ill.) got fourth with a score of 1,085.
UPCOMING WEEK (JAN. 18-24)
The Lady Hawks will host future MEAC member Savannah State on Wednesday, January 19th, at 6:00 p.m. at the Hytche Athletic Center. Tickets to the game are just ten dollars.
The MEAC doubleheaders will continue with a pair of games against Coppin State on January 22nd, with the women starting at 2:00 p.m. followed by the men's tip off at 4:00 p.m. Then on Monday, January 24th, reigning MEAC champion Morgan State comes to Princess Anne. The women play at 5:30 p.m. followed by the men at 7:30 p.m. All basketball games will be carried on the Hawks Radio Network.
The Hawks indoor track team will head to the state of New York for the Great Dane Classic, hosted by the University at Albany on Friday, January 21st. This will be UMES's second track event of the season in New York, the other being the NYU Invitiational.
The bowling team will head to Lincoln to compete in the Big Red Invite from January 20th to the 22nd, hosted by the University of Nebraska.
