Photo: First Team All-MEAC honorees are recognized before the start of competition; L to R: Melanie Katen (North Carolina A&T State), Brooke Roberts (Maryland Eastern Shore), Saralyne Nassberg (Delaware State), Ericka Quesada (North Carolina A&T State) and Lauren Tomaszewski (North Carolina A&T State). Photo by James Motley / MEAC.


Bracket


VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., March 24, 2022 – The 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Bowling Championship is underway at Pinboy’s at the Beach, with Delaware State and Howard picking up first-round wins.
 
Second-seeded Delaware State advanced with a 2-0 win over Coppin State, winning the traditional format and the Baker total pinfall. The Hornets took the traditional portion 993-882, thanks in large part to a 234 from Kesley Cummings and a 222 from Alyssa Breidegam.
 
MEAC Rookie of the Year Sydney Reardon was one of two Delaware State bowlers (along with Emily Garl) to record a 188.
 
Jalyne Myers had Coppin State’s high game in the traditional round with a 211.
 
Coppin State opened Baker total pinfall with a clean first game, filling every frame en route to a 212-168 win. But the Hornets answered with scores of 205-148, 223-152, 184-157 and 208-158 to take the round 988-827 and win the match.
 
In Thursday’s other match, Howard took the traditional round of its match against Norfolk State. The ninth-seeded Bison won 826-738, and Aleyana DeBrest led the way with a 188, while Janae Bradford added a 175.
 
Megan Wheat led the eighth-seeded Spartans with a 179.
 
Norfolk State bounced back to take the Baker total pinfall portion, winning 850-725. The two teams tied 155-155 in the first game, before the Spartans won the next four games by scores of 170-134, 161-121, 169-164 and 195-151 to force the Baker best-of-seven round.
 
Howard then took the best-of-seven round 4-2, coming from behind in the 10^th frame of the sixth game. Norfolk State appeared poised to force a seventh game, leading into the 10th frame, but Jahnai Phillips came through with three strikes in the final frame to help the Bison take the win.
 
Friday’s action will begin at 9 a.m., with top seed North Carolina A&T State taking on Howard, while No. 3 Maryland Eastern Shore will take on No. 6 UAB and No. 4 Monmouth will square off against No. 5 Morgan State. The first elimination match will also take place at 9 a.m., pitting Norfolk State against Coppin State.
 
Four more matches will start at 1 p.m. – a pair of elimination matches and the winner’s bracket semifinals.
 
Saturday will see three more matches get underway at 9 a.m., including the winner’s bracket final, with another elimination match wrapping up the day at 1 p.m.
 
Sunday will see one last elimination match at 9 a.m., followed by the championship match at 2 p.m. The championship match will broadcast on ESPNU via re-air on Sunday, April 3 at 5:30 p.m., leading into ESPN’s coverage of the NCAA women’s basketball championship game.
 
For more information on the 2022 MEAC Bowling Championship, visit the Championship Central page.
 
 
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is in its 51^st year of intercollegiate competition with the 2021-22 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of eight outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.