April 14, 2011

TAYLOR, Michigan — After a short break for lunch, the Hawks started their afternoon session with a match-up against fifth-ranked Vanderbilt. The two rivals played a close match but the Hawks won big in the second position as Martha Perez put on a dominating performance, topping her counterpart by 58 pins, 243-185. That helped UMES to a 1029-1000 win.

Perez threw eight strikes over the last nine frames. The only glitch was the sixth where she started off with a five but kicked up some pins to clean the frame, her only open would be the first where she left one pin after a split seven.

It was back and forth for most of the match but the Commodores rolled back-to-back-t-back splits in the third through fifth positions of game four and the Hawks took advantage to take a lead.

Kristina Frahm was solid with a 211, adding to her field leading pin fall. In the fourth position she would garner a 19 pin edge while T'nia Falbo stayed strong winning her spot by 16 pins. Falbo left two opens in the first five frames but recovered to roll five strikes over the rest of the game.

The Hawks left eight open frames in the match, three by Rodriguez who struggled on the fresh oil laid down between sessions. She would throw splits in the ninth and tenth frames to tally a 163. Vandy's anchor posted a 200 to have the 37 pin advantage.

Next UMES takes on Kutztown who is tied for seventh with Vanderbilt at 1-4. That match will start at 4:40 p.m.