Bowling wins four on first day of UMES tournament
11/20/2010 7:40:00 AM | Women's Bowling
Fourteen of the 20 teams in the event are nationally ranked and the Bearkats started knocking off the ranked squads from the first match. 18-10
The Kats defeated No. 19 Morgan State 864-687, No. 15 Saint Francis (New York) 747-694, No. 2 host UMES 752-748 and No. 9 Kutztown 813-767 before falling to No. 8 New Jersey City 764-735.
The 4-1 record Friday ups the overall season record for Sam Houston to 22-11. The UMES event is the third major national tournament in which Sam Houston's bowlers have pariticpated this fall.
"We got the day started off right, hot, and on line taking down # 19 morgan state university ave 216 and firing notable games in the set of 235 and 279," head coach Brad Hagen said. "The big highlight of the afternoon was another close match with host team University of Marlyand Eastern Shore. A clutch three shot strike ending by Dayna Galganski in the final baker game solidified our win."
Sam Houston stands fifth out of the 20 teams going into the second day of competition.
"We fell just short of a perfect day, catching a few bad breaks in our last set with New Jersey City, but we are in great shape going into the team game portion of the tournament," Hagen said. "I was very happy with our overall performance today and we showed great poise and determination. We followed the transitions well and made the clutch shots count when needed and continued to show the field were here to compete".
The total pin fall seeds position for Sunday's match play championship step-ladder after the first day's action are:
1. Sacred Heart 3949
2. St. Francis College (NY) 3942
3. SFA 3925
4. Central Missouri 3914
5. SHSU 3911
6. UMES 3884
7. NJCU 3862
8. Delaware 3840
9. Valparaiso 3813
10. Fairleigh Dickinson 3685
