Saturday, April 16, 2011

UMES Takes Home 2011 Crown; Lady Hawks Win Second National Title, Top Vandy

Coach Sharon Brummell wins second NCAA
National Bowling Championship (2011, 2008)
with a talented roster with FIVE 2011 All-Americans,
Paula Vilas, Martha Perez, Anggie Ramirez,
Kristina Frahm and Maria Rodriguez.
TAYLOR, Mich. -- Maryland-Eastern Shore took home the crown at the 2011 NCAA Women's Bowling Championships, defeating Vanderbilt, 4-2 at Skore Lanes in Taylor, Mich. Saturday. The Lady Hawks rebounded from a two-games-to-one deficit to win three consecutive games and the match.

UMES grabbed the early lead with a 215-197 win in the opening game but Vanderbilt answered with a 193-164 win in game two. The Commodores struck in each of the first six frames en route to a 248-201 win in game three. The Lady Hawks roared back with a 30-pin win for the equalizer in game four and it became a best-of-three for the national title.

The Lady Hawks re-gained the lead with a commanding 235-166 victory in the fifth game, inching UMES closer to its second national championship. The sixth game was a back-and-forth affair all the way to the final frame when a Vanderbilt open frame opened the door for UMES. Lady Hawk anchor Maria Rodriguez marked 29 in the 10th to put it away.

To qualify for the championship match, both teams needed to win a pair of matches against undefeated and higher-seeded teams earlier in the bracket. Each did.

UMES knocked-out top seed Fairleigh Dickinson with a 4-2 win Saturday morning, following-up a 4-1 win in Friday's final round in the double-elimination bracket. VU duplicated its Friday afternoon win over second-seeded Nebraska with 4-1 victories on each occasion to advance to the championship.

Saturday's championship will air on ESPN Sunday afternoon beginning at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time.

Courtesy Detroit Athletics

Championship Bracket

2010/11 UMES Lady Hawks National Champions Roster

NONAMEYearHandedHometownLast School
04Buja, MeganFRRightRockford, Ill.Thomas Jefferson H.S.
23Falbo, T'niaSORightGreensburg, Pa.Hempfield Senior H.S.
14Frahm, KristinaSRLeftOswego Ill.Oswego East H.S.
21Perez, MarthaSRRightBogota, ColombiaEnglish School
02Ramirez, AnggieSOLeftBogota, ColombiaSaint George School
01Rodriguez, MariaSRRightIbague Tolima, ColombiaLa Presentacion
05Vilas, PaulaJRRightSanto Domingo, Dominican RepubUniv. of APEC
Sharon Brummell - Head Coach
Doug Dukes - Assistant Coach
Vince Brummell - Assistant Coach
Maurice Lee - Manager

VISIT: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE
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