April 14, 2011

TAYLOR, Michigan — For just the third time in school history the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) shot a 1200 team game. This one however was a little more special as they set a school-record with a 1240 game in a 336 pin win over Sam Houston State in round two of the seeding day of the NCAA Championships. The Bearkats posted a respectable 904 in the contest.

All five UMES bowlers posted 200 games with Kristina Frahm again dominating, The First-Team All-American missed one ball in the ninth frame which turned out to be a nine. That was the difference in a perfect game as she closed with three strikes to post a 279. Player of the year Maria Rodriguez also rebounded to tally a 267, throwing a 9-spare in the sixth and on the last two balls of the tenth.

Martha Perez also put together a nice game with a 254, sparing just two frames. Paula Vilas rolled the lead-off, posting a 224 and T'nia Falbo came off the bench to roll for Anggie Ramirez and threw a solid 216, normally an impressive game, but lucky for the Hawks, was their fifth best.

Each bowler won their position with Frahm dominating by 75 pins while Perez was up 73 pins and Vilas 72 pins. Rodriguez won by 62 pins and Falbo by 54.

In contrast to game one UMES left just three opens and one was on the third ball in the tenth by Rodriguez. The Bearkats left numerous opens and only mustered two games over 200, a 204 and 205 in their fourth and fifth spots respectively.

The Hawks even their seeding round record to 1-1 and now take on Fairleigh Dickinson, the only 2-0 team in the event. There is a six way tie for second place with Kutztown in eighth as the only 0-2 team.