Monday, November 10, 2014

UMES Closes Out MEAC North Meet with Another Perfect Day

HYATTSVILLE, Maryland -- The University of Maryland Eastern Shore's women's bowling team concluded the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference northern division play with another perfect 5-0 record Sunday and improved to 10-0 in league play and 17-7 overall.

The No. 5 ranked Hawks finished the day in first place with their 5-0 record while #19 Delaware State went 4-1. Morgan State was 3-2, Howard was 2-3, Coppin State was 1-4 and Hampton was 0-5. Those standings would mirror the final results as the Hawks went 10-0, Delaware State 7-3, Morgan State 6-4, Howard 5-5, Coppin State 2-8 and Hampton at 0-10.

The Hawks won the day with a total pinfall of 4,759, besting DSU by 410 pins.

UMES topped Howard to open the day. They easily rolled past the Bison 918-740 in the total-pinfall five-game Baker format. The Hawks opened with a 243 and never looked back. Next up was rival Delaware State. The Hornets made a match of it as UMES edged them 968-945. The Hawks opened with a 232 to start the scoring. They didn't roll another 200 plus game the rest of the match and DSU got two, a 205 and a 202, but UMES kept it close enough after they built the 54 pin lead in game one.

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