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Feb. 19, 2007
BALTIMORE, Md. - The Lady Hawks of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) posted an 8-2 record this past weekend at the Morgan State University Invitational. The event, featuring most of the top teams in the country featured one of the toughest shots the team has seen this season and some of the best individual performances of the collegiate bowling season. The event ranked the teams 1-24 based on total pin fall with each team bowling ten matches in the event. UMES was sixth with 8,602 pins, just 47 pins out of fifth and 132 out of fourth. In the five team games on day one the Hawks posted a 4-1 record falling in the fourth game of the day to tournament champion Nebraska (1036-929). Nebraska went on to post an amazing 9,220 pins en route to the title. Individually Nebraska took the top two spots with Amanda Burgoyne posting a 230.6 average and Lindsay Baker averaging a 220.4. In that match Jessica Worsley tallied a 212 and Marion Singleton and Michelle Wallace a 193 and 192 respectively. It was no where near enough for the dominating Huskers who beat UMES by 107 pins. The Lady Hawks opened the day with wins over Florida A & M University (FAMU) (972-761), Fayetteville State (874-847) and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (UWW) (935-805). They finished the day and team matches with a big win over Arkansas State (ASU) (984-903). Worsley posted another 200 plus game against FAMU with a 201. Singleton had a 200 against UWW and Wallace a 214 against FAMU and a team high 244 over ASU. Christine King also added a 205 against UWW. Wallace was the highest individual finisher for UMES with a 206.2 average in 10th place. Laura Zanrucha was 33rd with a 188.4 among the 133 bowlers.
On day two UMES posted another 4-1 record, this time in four game Baker matches. They opened with a loss to Vanderbilt who finished the tournament fourth and is ranked second in the nation. They fell 840-824. The Lady Hawks then rattled off four straight wins with victories over St. Francis College (772-644), Grambling (726-581), Southern (846-680) and St. Peter's (740-606). "Well, we are ranked sixth in the country and finished that way, below the top five teams," said Head Coach Sharon Brummell. "I would have liked to have seem some more of the teams ahead of us but I can' be upset with how we bowled. We did well in our two losses to the tournament champion and second ranked team in the country. I think this event helps us really prepare for the post season," added Brummell. UMES improves to 77-18 on the season and prepares for the ECAC Championships on March 10-11 in East Brunswick, N.J. |
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