Monday, January 21, 2013

LADY BULLDOGS BOWLING PLACE 7th IN OWN FRED UNDERWOOD CLASSIC

LAUREL, Md. The Lady Bulldogs bowling team placed seventh overall out of 14 teams in their own Frederick Underwood Classic over the past weekend. 
Sam Houston State University was the overall winner followed by North Carolina A and T State University, Bethune-Cookman University, University of Alabama Birmingham and Howard University rounded out the top five. North Carolina Central University finished sixth followed by Bowie State University, Virginia State University, Morgan State University and Virginia Union University. The bottom four consists of Coppin State University (11th), Salem International University (12th), Lincoln University of Pennsylvania (13th) and Chowan University (14th).

Bowie State began Friday's (1/18) Baker System Scoring play with 770-679 victory over conference foe Virginia State. North Carolina A and T defeated the Lady Bulldogs 745-684. Bowie State bounced back to claim a 663-562 decision over Virginia Union in Match 3. BSU won their second straight Baker match, edging eventual champion Sam Houston State 770-762. Bethune-Cookman rolled to a 724-669 win over the Lady Bulldogs in Match 5 to close out the first full day of competition.

Day two (1/19) featured Match play and the Lady Bulldogs picked up back-to-back victories against Lincoln (PA) and Salem International, winning easily by scores of 913-700 and 877-590 respectively. The Lady Bulldogs lost a close one to Morgan State, falling by a total pin count of 841-810, but rebounded to defeat Coppin State by 80 pins, 762-682. Bowie State wrapped up Saturday with a 895-836 setback to Howard.

Bowie State entered Sunday's (1/20) Bracket play with a record of 6-4. Morgan State's Lady Bears defeated the Lady Bulldogs for the second time over the weekend, capturing a 1304-1282 decision. BSU experienced their first back-to-back losses of the Frederick Underwood Classic, coming up just short to Howard by a score of 1011-991. The Lady Bulldogs closed out the weekend just like they started by defeating Virginia State Lady Trojans 1130-1017.

Sophomore Shayla Lightfoot led the Lady Bulldogs with a 198.60 average; rolling a team-high game of 237 and d totaled 993 pins. Freshman Keyandra Bankston and (Sophomore) sister Ambrianna Bankston ranked second and third on the team, recording 865 and 832 total pins. Freshmen Briana Evans and Tanisha Younger had a pretty productive weekend, tallying 788 and 720 total pins respectively.

Bowie State returns to the lanes January 25-27 at the CIAA North / South Division Event II in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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