February 3, 2011
READING, Pennsylvania — The Lady Hawks earned the top seed heading into the final day of the 2001 Kutztown Invitational, but fell to Fairleigh Dickinson 4-2 to finish in second place. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) had a great tournament overall, with the exception of the final match, posting a 12-3 mark to run their record to an impressive 66-20 on the season.
The Hawks started hot, posting a 6-0 mark in Baker games. The four-game matches saw UMES pick up wins over SUNY-IT (795-683), No. 8 Sacred Heart (852-736), No. 10 Adelphi (851-683), No. 11 St. Francis (N.Y.) (870-853), No. 9 New Jersey City (872-819) and No. 7 Kutztown (878-822).
On day two UMES kept rolling, posting team game wins over No. 17 Delaware State (1056-1037), No. 15 Stephen F. Austin (1091-896) and Morgan State (953-938) to make it nine straight. They then fell to conference rival Norfolk State (1016-1055), their 1055 is the fourth highest score rolled against UMES this year. The Lady Hawks rebounded to top Saint Francis (Pa.) (1027-882) but then fell in another upset to upstart Monmouth who topped the Hawks 1030-1074, the second highest total against UMES this season.
"I wasn't upset about those two losses" said head coach Sharon Brummell. "We bowled well, well over 1,000 in each one. Sometimes a team has a better game and there is nothing you can do about it. What I was proud of is how consistent we were. We were putting up over 1,000 or close to it all day, that's is what kept us in first place."
The Hawks totaled 21 games of 200 or better out of 30. They got five each from Paula Vilas (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) and Maria Rodriguez (Ibague Tolima, Colombia). Vilas rolled a 244 in the Morgan State win while Rodriguez had her best game, also a 244, in the win over Ladyjacks of Stephen F. Austin. Vilas averaged a 210.5 over the six games while Rodriguez posted a 209.33 mark.
Martha Perez (Bogota, Colombia) tallied four games over 200, her best being a 223 against the Ladyjacks. Anggie Ramirez (Bogota, Colombia) had four as well, posting a 236 in the Delaware State win while Kristina Frahm (Oswego, Ill.) tallied three, including a 224 against Norfolk State.
Taking the first place seed into the final day UMES would square off against the second-seed Vanderbilt. The Hawks defeated their rival 4-0, posting games of 268, 231, 204 and 244 in the best-four-of-seven Baker format. Earning a bye into the final, UMES bowled Cheyney and topped them 4-0 with scores of 200, 208, 219 and 235.
From there the Hawks faced the Knights of FDU. UMES jumped on them early, picking up wins in the first two games, 237-141 and 227-211. FDU regrouped however to rattle off four straight wins, 213-192, 211-196, 208-189 and 245-196. The only games UMES rolled below 200 were the final four, which gave FDU the tournament title.
The Hawks take two weeks off before heading to the Capital Classic in Dover, Del, Feb. 12-13, 2011.
