UMES Lady Hawks Fall; Finish 5th in NCAA Bowling Championship

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J.—Some things just aren't meant to be. With a team that has no seniors, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) will try again next year to claim their second NCAA Championship. They bowed out early, falling to New Jersey City University 4-1, and finishing tied for fifth in the nation. "We always come in with the expectation of winning," said Sharon Brummell, UMES head coach. "I think we got a fresh start this morning after a rough day yesterday. We played well under pressure in our win over Vanderbilt but we made a lot of mistakes and I think the team that makes the least mistakes on this shot will be the winner."

Mistakes may be an understatement, the Lady Hawks (103-37) left 15 open frames in their five games against NJCU (78-45), 10 of which were splits. "We couldn't get Paula going," said Brummell of sophomore All-American Paula Vilas. "She is the key to our engine, she starts us up. She wanted it so bad but as the lead-off we need her to strike and we just couldn't get her, or anyone for that matter, adjusted to the pattern." The pattern, Brummell speaks of, is how the oil is laid on the lanes.

READ MORE, CLICK TITLE.

READ RELATED ARTICLES:

UMES finishes fifth at NCAA championship

‎

UMES' Brunnell, four Hawks receive national honors at NCAA

Hawks haul in national honors

Hawks Take Nation's #1 Ranking Into NCAA Championship ‎

DSU knocked out of NCAA Bowling Championships‎

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- The Delaware State University bowling team was eliminated from the NCAA National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship after suffering two losses in double-elimination play on Friday at Brunswick Zone Carolier Lane. No. 7-seeded Delaware State (98-36) exited the tournament after a four-games-to-two loss to No. 3 Vanderbilt in a Baker format match on Friday afternoon. The Hornets had earlier lost 4-0 to No. 2 Arkansas State in the morning.

In the Vanderbilt match, Delaware State had four open frames en route to a 170-147 loss. The Hornets bounced back to even the match at 1-1 after a 245-178 victory in Game 2. DSU opened the game with five strikes. After the Commodores won game three 241-183, Delaware State evened the contest at 2-2 after a 198-184 victory in game four. The Hornets had marks in each frame, including strikes in the seventh and eighth.

READ MORE, CLICK TITLE.