Morgan State University Athletics

NORFOLK, Va. (March 21, 201)-The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will host its 2014 MEAC Bowling Championship, March 21-23, at the AMF Lanes in Chesapeake, Virginia.
 
Coppin State, Delaware State, Maryland Eastern Shore and Morgan State qualified from the northern division, while Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, Norfolk State and North Carolina A&T will compete from the southern division.
 
The Lady Bears (47-43) finished the regular season in third-place in the north division with a 20-10 league mark behind division winner, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and second-place Delaware State.
 
Morgan State was led this season by seniors Atoya Leatherbury and Danielle Hale. Leatherbury totaled a team-leading 7,626 pins for an average of 186 pins per match and had a high game of 234 pins against Delaware State. Hale tallied 7,551 pins for an average of 184.1 pins per match. Hale notched a season-best 265 pins against Howard (3/1/14), which ranks ninth this season amongst league leaders.
 
Maryland Eastern Shore, the three-time defending NCAA Champion, captured their fifth northern divisional title with 28-2 mark in MEAC play. The Lady Hawks posted a 14-1 mark in team play and 14-1 record in Baker games during northern division action this season.
 
Norfolk State Spartans finished atop of divisional play for the fourth straight year with an 18-6 record en route to the southern crown to clinch the title. The Spartans were 6-2 in team play and 7-1 in Baker games during southern division action this season.
 
Only the top four teams from each division are eligible to compete in the championship tournament. Howard (11-41), Hampton (9-63), and North Carolina Central (36-53) were eliminated from postseason play.
 
The tournament begins tomorrow with a qualifying round of traditional play to determine seeding. The action continues on Saturday with teams competing in a best-of-seven Baker series in a bracket format.
 
The 2014 MEAC Bowling Championship will conclude on Sunday, March 23 beginning with the semifinal round at 9:30 a.m. and concluding with the championship final.  The championship finale will air tape-delayed on ESPNU on Monday, March 31 at 10:30 p.m.
 
The MEAC media relations office contributed to portions of this release.