April 14, 2011
TAYLOR, Michigan — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) opened the seeding day on Thursday with a loss to No. 3 Central Missouri State University. The two teams slugged it out with the lead exchanging hands numerous times. The Lady Hawks took a lead of almost 30 pins into the 10th frame, but a clutch spare on a split gave the win to the Jennies.
The Hawks can attribute the loss to seven open frames they left along the way, two coming from an unlikely source, National Player of the Year Maria Rodriguez. Anggie Ramirez and Martha Perez also left a pair. While they hurt the total pinfall, UMES was able to recover to win three of the five positions.
Paula Vilas, bowling lead-off left an open in the second, but recovered throwing five more strikes along the way to post a 204 and top her lead-off counterpart by 10 pins (194). Perez in the second spot also rolled a 200 game but gave up 35 pins to her counterpart. It was in that spot that CMSU picked up a nasty split in the tenth to distance herself from Perez, ultimately by 35 pins (235).
The Hawks were hurt in the third position. Ramirez started with an open frame and them rolled one again in the sixth. What ultimately hurt her was her inability to throw strikes as she threw just four. She tallied a 184 but her opponent posted an impressive 244 to top Ramirez by 60 pins.
Kristina Frahm was on fire for the Hawks, opening with five straight strikes before throwing a spare in the sixth. She would recover to roll two more before again sparing in the ninth and 10th frames. She finished with a 246, a game high for anyone in the two teams. Her opponent posted a 214, 32 pins behind Frahm.
Rodriguez, who also started with an open in the first frame and had one in the fifth, tallied eight strikes, including three in the tenth to salvage a 205 and top her opponent by nine pins (196).
Despite winning three of those four positions and having four of the five games over 200, UMES was topped by 44 pins, 1083-1039 and drops to 0-1 in the seeding round and is 98-31 on the season. They take on Sam Houston State next who topped Vanderbilt in the opening frame, 958-946.
