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Nov. 28, 2006
Houston, Texas - Fifteen matches in three days might seem like a lot in other sports, but in women's bowling five matches a day is par for the course. What is not par for the course is for a team to go undefeated in those 15 events. That is just what the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Lady Hawks did. They ran the table on five southern schools each day during ten Baker games and five head to head contests. UMES improves to 38-5 on the season. On day two of the event the Hawks bowled head to head, knocking off Grambling (978-867), Prairie View A & M (929-766), Florida A & M (1110-672), host Texas Southern (1042-949) and Louisiana Tech (1035-840). UMES put up some impressive numbers. Individually Laura Zanrucha knocked down the most pins of anyone, tallying 1,126 pins and earning MVP honors of the event. The Hawks placed two other bowlers on the All-Tournament Team as well with Christine King tallying 1,032 pins and Marion Singleton totaling 1,024. Zanrucha averaged an impressive 224 over five games and bowled the second highest game of the Le Tiger Classic with a 243. In fact every game was over 200. She bowled a 225, 220, 236, 243 and a 202. Also with 200 games were Jessica Worsley with a 236 and a 223, King with a 231, 232 and a 207, Michelle Wallace with a 213 and a 204 and Singleton with a 206, 227 and 241. King averaged a 206 while Singleton's was a 204. In Baker games on days one and three the Hawks never let up. They opened the event with wins over Prairie View A & M (542-493), Grambling (942-823), Louisiana Tech (765-691), Florida A & M (765-542) and Texas Southern (970-887) in a best three out of five format. On the final day of competition it was much of the same story. Prairie View A & M (629-469), Grambling (589-491), Louisiana Tech (797-742), Florida A & M (810-724) and Texas Southern (787-764) all fell victim to the Hawks.
"15-0 is a nice feeling," said Head Bowling Coach Sharon Brummell. "I am proud of these young ladies, we bowled really well. Its not just the wins though, look at our scores, we bowled great, the pinfall and averages tell you that," she added. UMES now takes a well-deserved month off before returning to action in the NCAA Holiday Jamboree on December 27-28, 2006. |
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