North Carolina A&T State Finishes Runner-Up in Stallings Invite
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Even though the Aggies failed to win their invitational for the first time in three years as Vanderbilt took the crown, they took some steps toward their goal of capturing a national championship. The Aggies are 71-34 on the season after a 10-1 weekend. Ericka Quesada, Melanie Katen and Lauren Tomaszewski earned all-tournament honors.
Quesda earned tournament MVP honors.
The Aggies came into Sunday's bracket play 9-0, having knocked down 10,224 total pins against some of the best teams in America as seven nationally-ranked teams made their way to Greensboro this weekend. N.C. A&T's total pins earned the Aggies a second seed in bracket play behind top-seeded Vanderbilt, with 10,411 total pins coming into Sunday morning.
Therefore, the Aggies and the Commodores faced each other in a best-of-seven to start the day. The matchup became what was expected from two top-10 nationally-ranked squads as the Aggies defeated the Commodores, 4-3.
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Delaware State Has Strong Showing at Stallings Invite
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Delaware State University bowling team competed in the Stallings Invitational hosted by North Carolina A&T State over the weekend.
The Hornets tallied a 6-3 record for the weekend and earned a sixth-place finish overall.
Delaware State was led by four top-20 finishes from Saralyne Nassberg, Alyssa Breidegam, Emily Breidegam and Kelsey Cummings.
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Maryland Eastern Shore Defeats Two Ranked Teams on Saturday at Stallings Invite
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The University of Maryland Eastern Shore finished Day 2 at the Stallings Invitational with a 4-1 overall record and win's against National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) No. 10 Mount St. Mary's and No. 14 Delaware State.
But while the win-loss record was right in line with what the No. 16 Hawks were looking for, the total pinfall numbers were still not enough to make any positive moves in the overall standings heading into bracket play on Sunday.
Brooke Roberts led the Hawks with a 213.60 average over five Traditional games — she was seventh overall. Paulina Torres averaged 198.0 over five games, which was good enough for 15th individually.
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Brewer Leads Spartans at Stallings Invite
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Senior Crystal Brewer bowled a 200 against Texas Southern and followed up with a 214 against Coppin State to lead the Norfolk State bowling team over the weekend at the Vernell Stallings Invitational hosted by N.C. A&T.
As a team, the Spartans 3-9 with wins over Belmont Abbey in a Baker format match along with wins over Florida A&M and Texas Southern.
Brewer averaged 192 pins in the five traditional matches, while teammate junior Chanel Staton had a game-high 202 against in the win over Texas Southern and averaged 176.8 pins a match.
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Coppin State Finishes 12th at Stallings Invite
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Logan Brown averaged a 184.20 in traditional play to lead the Coppin State bowling team to a 12
th place finish at the Stallings Invitational, hosted by North Carolina A&T State at Triad Lanes this weekend.
The Eagles totaled 8,147 pins to average 162.9 per game for the Tournament.
A sophomore from Waldorf, Md., Brown posted a 201 against Belmont Abbey and a 217 against Norfolk State while rolling a 196 against Delaware State and 180 in the Bye. Brown totaled 921 pins in her five traditional matches with an 18.42 average per frame and 36 percent strike percentage. Kaylah Castillo finished with 815 total pins to average a 163.00, rolling a high of 190 against UMES.
Castillo converted on 90.9% of her single pin spare attempts and 69.6% of her makeable conversions.
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