March 18, 2011

Complete Day 1 Results

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) tallied a pin fall of 7,588, including a 3,929 in Baker games to secure the number one overall seed at the 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championships held at the Gate City Lanes in Greensboro, N.C.

The Lady Hawks bested the eight-team field in traditional team games and Baker games, posting a record of 7-2. They were dominant, topping the second-seed Hornets of Delaware State by 489 pins and the eighth seeded South Carolina State Lady Bulldogs by nearly 1,100 pins.

They will take on SCSU to open day two of the tournament.

Following DSU, who posted a 5-4 record, the third seed was Florida A&M, Norfolk State, Hampton, Morgan State, Bethune-Cookman and the eighth seeded Bulldogs.

While UMES bowled nine matches to earn the top seed, they went 2-2 in traditional games and a perfect 5-0 in Baker games. Due to an NCAA rule on matches in a single day, only the first five matches of the day counted toward the Hawks' overall season record. The team was 3-2 in those matches.

The Hawks opened the team games with a win over Delaware State 963-843, fell to FAMU 932-942, topped Morgan State 898-870 and dropped an 836-842 decision to Norfolk State. In those 20 team games they only rolled five games of 200 or better. While slightly off their average the Hawks were helped by the strong bowling of senior Martha Perez (Bogota, Colombia) who tallied an 842 pin fall with games of 243, 210, 222 and 167 to average a 210.5

Anggie Ramirez (Bogota, Colombia) was also solid, tallying a total of 771 pins for an average of 192.75. She rolled games of 174, 206, 196 and 195. Kristina Frahm (Oswego, Ill.) also rolled a 207 in the DSU win and a 174 and 147 over the next two games to average 174 in three games. MEAC Player of the year Maria Rodriguez (Ibague Tolima, Colombia) only bowled the first game, posting a 173.

After the rough start in traditional team games, UMES led by just 66 pins over Norfolk State.

Things got turned around for the Hawks in Baker games. Playing four-game sets UMES got hot. They topped Bethune-Cookman (776-657), South Carolina State (766-596), Hampton (808-727), Delaware State (834-656) and Florida A&M (775-688). Going 5-0 in Bakers they posted a total pin fall of 3,959, a high game of 224 and an average of 197.95 over all Bakers.

That impressive pin fall gave UMES a lead of 283 pins over DSU and a 771 pin advantage over Bethune-Cookman. Tallied altogether with the traditional pin fall it gave the Hawks the near 500 pin lead that secured them the top seed.

UMES will take on South Carolina State to start the day tomorrow, along with the other pairings. The matches will begin tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. with teams competing in a best-of-seven Baker series.

The MEAC bowling championship wraps up on Sunday at 10 a.m. beginning with the semifinal round and concluding with the championship final at 11:45 a.m. The championship match will be televised in a tape-delayed format and will air on ESPNU on March 28 at 7 p.m.

Admission to the bowling championship is free and open to the public. For more information on MEAC Bowling and other sponsored sports, visit www.MEACsports.com