BOWIE STATE BOWLING CLAIMS FIRST IN NORTH AT CIAA EVENT #1

BOWIE STATE BOWLING CLAIMS FIRST IN NORTH AT CIAA EVENT #1

BOWIE, Md. – The Lady Bulldogs bowling team hosted the first CIAA North/South event of the season and claimed the top spot in the North with a total pin count of 11719. Bowie State recorded a 13-2 record of the weekend. 

Elizabeth City State finished second overall with a record of 12-3 and 10666 total pins and Virginia State was third (11-4) with 10984 total pins. Virginia Union finished fourth at 5-10 with 8934 total pins, followed by Lincoln (PA) in fifth with 3-12 record and 8906 total pins and Chowan placed sixth (0-15) with 7896 total pins.

Bowie State went a perfect 5-0 on day one (11/9) defeating Lincoln (PA) 845-603, Elizabeth City State 814-781, Chowan 856-615, Virginia Union 741-686 and Virginia State 940-854. Freshman Briana Evans led the Lady Bulldogs on Friday with 944 total pins followed by sophomore Shayla Lightfoot with 922 total pins.

The Lady Bulldogs were perfect again on day two of competition (11/10), beating Virginia State 820-805, Virginia Union 1001-676, Chowan 793-533, Elizabeth City State 831-773 and Lincoln (PA) 884-693. Lightfoot took the lead on Saturday, rolling high-games of 232 and 275 and ended with 999 total pins.

In Sunday’s (11/11) Baker System Scoring, Bowie State claimed victory in matches one and two against Chowan and Virginia Union. In match one, the Lady Bulldogs downed the CU Hawks 634-447 and had no trouble beating the VUU Lady Panthers 640-469. Virginia State gave Bowie State their first loss of the weekend in match three as the Lady Trojans edged the Lady Bulldogs 684-630. BSU bounced back in match four, cruising past Lincoln (PA) 632-507, but fell short in match five to Elizabeth City State 699-658.

Bowie State’s next date of competition is November 30th-December 2^nd at the Virginia Union University Invitational in Midlothian, Va.