Maryland Eastern Shore Finishes Fifth in Music City Classic
SMYRNA, Tenn. -- Maryland Eastern Shore needed a good showing this past weekend at the Music City Classic against a 33-team field that sported 17 teams in the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) Top 25 — including nine of the Top 10.
The No. 16 Hawks finished fifth overall after entering Sunday's bracket play in the No. 5 seed position.
On Sunday, the Hawks (71-48, 11-5 MEAC) topped No. 5 North Carolina A&T State 4.5-2.5 taking down one of the MEAC squads they will face at this week's championship.
Eastern Shore continued to bowl well, but still dropped the second match to No. 4 Vanderbilt before taking another win against the Aggies to finish the event in fifth place.
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North Carolina A&T State Comes in Sixth in Music City Classic
SMYRNA, Tenn. -- North Carolina A&T State finished sixth at Vanderbilt University's Columbia 300 Music City Classic, Sunday afternoon in their final regular-season bowling tournament.
The Aggies began the day as the sixth seed and faced fifth-seeded Maryland Eastern Shore to start the day.
A&T dropped into the loser's bracket and faced eighth-seeded Maryville. The Aggies dropped the first game, 189-187, but responded with three-straight 200-plus games, including a scorching 278 in Game 4 to take a 3-1 lead.
Maryville picked up a final point before A&T finished them off, 4-2, earning them another bout with the Hawks for fifth place.
The Aggies fell behind quickly 2-0 but bowled two consecutive 200-plus games to even the game at 2. However, they faltered late while UMES bowled a 203 followed by a 211 to claim the match victory, 4-2, to take fifth place.
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Monmouth Wraps Up Regular Season at Music City Classic
SMYRNA, Tenn. -- The No. 24 Monmouth University bowling team closed out its regular-season slate at Vanderbilt's Music City Classic over the weekend.
In a tough field that included 19 ranked squads, the Hawks earned a 16
th-place finish overall out of 33 competing schools.
On Friday, Monmouth picked up a win over No. 12 Maryville in Baker play. The Blue and White also notched a victory on Saturday in a traditional match against Alabama State, who received votes in the latest NTCA poll.
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UAB Comes in 25th in Music City Classic
SMYRNA, Tenn. -- The UAB bowling team placed 25th in its final regular-season tournament of the 2022 spring season at the Music City Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt.
The Blazers opened with traditional games on Friday, bowling five traditional games. UAB went 0-5 in that stretch with losses to Emmanuel College (822-837), Tusculum University (882-951), Sacred Heart University (865-923), Central Missouri (933-906) and McKendree University (918-1,062).
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