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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., March 27, 2022 – Delaware State advanced to the championship final of the 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Bowling Championship at Pinboy’s at the Beach on Sunday morning with a 2-0 elimination win over Maryland Eastern Shore.
 
The Hornerts will face top seed North Carolina A&T State in a best-of-seven Baker match for the MEAC title at 2 p.m.
 
The Hornets will be in search of their fourth MEAC bowling title. They last won the MEAC in 2016, during head coach Elysia Current’s first stint with the program. In fact, both Current and Aggies head coach Kim Terrell-Kearney have won MEAC hardware while in Dover, Del.; Kearney won her MEAC title with the Hornets in 2009.
 
NCAT is in search of its seventh MEAC championship overall and its second straight.
 
Delaware State opened with a 1,016-984 win in the traditional round, thanks to three 200 games. Stefanny Toala continued her strong weekend with a team-best 246, while Kelsey Cummings bowled a 224 and MEAC Rookie of the Year Sydney Reardon added a 216.
 
Two UMES bowlers broke the 200 mark: Diana Ochoa with a 215 and Elizabeth Ross with a 212.
 
The Hornets then stormed into Baker total pinfall play by taking a 198-153 lead in the first game. After a 209-203 second game, Delaware State broke things open again in the third game, taking that one 224-169 to open up a 631-525 overall lead.
 
Delaware State’s lead ballooned to 138 pins after a 202-170 fourth game, and despite UMES taking the fifth game 217-186, the Hornets won the round 1,019-912 to take the Mega Match and advance to the final.
 
Sunday’s 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.