UMES Opens Conference Play With A 9-1 MEAC Mark

 DOVER, Del. — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) women’s bowling team is on familiar ground, sitting atop the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) standings.  The Hawks opened the conference season this weekend in Dover, Del. with the first of three MEAC Northern Division meets.  They went 9-1 on the weekend and sit in first place.

UMES closed out the weekend on a high note, going a perfect 5-0 Sunday.  They opened with a win over rival Delaware State 769-752 in the four-game Baker format matches.  UMES won three of the four games, with the highest game coming in the second with a 248-242 edge.

Morgan State was the next win as the Hawks underperformed 712-656 but were still good enough to win.  They again took three of the four games in the match, their best this time, a 200.

Coppin State was win number three (750-663) but the upstart Eagles bowled well, topping UMES in game two 202-200 and tying them in game three at 192.    UMES used large wins in games one and four to secure the win.

Games four and five saw UMES roll through Howard (746-597) and Hampton (809-547) winning all four games in each match. 

All eight Hawks saw action on Sunday.

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 Bethune-Cookman Concludes First MEAC Southern Division Event 

GREENSBORO, N.C. – No. 20 Bethune-Cookman concluded its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Southern Division event of the 2013-14 season on Sunday, taking part in the two-day tournament hosted by North Carolina A&T State University.

A day after finishing 3-1 in Traditional games, the Wildcats took to the lanes for Baker format Sunday. The Wildcats finished up the day 1-3, giving them a two-day total of 4-4 overall.

However, Bethune-Cookman collected the highest pinfall of the weekend with 8,141 pins. That was 197 better than North Carolina A&T (5-3 overall) and 613 more than Norfolk State (5-3 overall).  Florida A&M was also 5-3 in the event, using a total of 7,061 pins, followed by N.C. Central at 1-7 (6,666 total pins).

B-CU fell in its first three games of Baker bowling Sunday, including a tough opening match deficit of 671-636 against Florida A&M. The Cats fell to Norfolk State in their next matchup, 875-806, followed by a 774-698 setback to host North Carolina A&T.

The lone victory in Baker games for B-CU came against North Carolina Central in the final match, using a 692-637 decision over the Eagles.

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