VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (March 26, 2022)-The Morgan State University Lady Bears bowling team went into today's round facing Delaware State in Round 3 of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championships. Both teams had a 1-1 record after Friday's rounds of action. Delaware State put together another strong scoring set in this match overtaking Morgan State in both traditional and Five-Game Total Pinfall Baker.
 
Mega-Match vs Delaware State University
Traditional Game Portion
Delaware State – 993, Morgan State – 909
The game came down in the favor of Delaware State as it had two bowlers stringing strikes while their teammates filled frames outscoring Morgan State in the traditional game portion of the Mega-Match. The Lady Bears showed consistent scoring, but could not make up the pinfall difference, falling in the traditional portion against the Hornets.
 
Morgan State scoring: Natalia Miranda Vega 188, Cheyenne Washington 188, La'Monique Berrios 187, Aliya Adams 182 and Ashanti Fernandes 164.
 
Delaware State led the match at that point 1-0.
 
5-Game Total Pinfall Baker Portion
Delaware State – 1,062, Morgan State – 925                    
The Hornets fired games of 195 and 234 to take the lead early in the match. Morgan State showed grit committing to the inside portion of the lane and fired a 214-201-190 to finish the match strong. Delaware State maintained their strong scoring pace finishing with games of 229-187-217. With this win, Delaware State won the Mega-Match 2-0.
 
Traditional Averages for the weekend: Aliya Adams 192 for three games, La'Monique Berrios 186 for three games, Cheyenne Washington 184 for two games, Ashanti Fernandes 178.33 for three games, Natalia Miranda Vega 175 for three games and Naomi Smith 158 for one game.
 
Baker Averages for the weekend: Naomi Smith 19.7 for 11 frames, Natalia Miranda Vega 19.6 for 35 frames, La'Monique Berrios 19.0 for 35 frames, Aliya Adams 17.92 for 35 frames, Ashanti Fernandes 17.68 for 22 frames, Carrington Beaman 17.67 for 15 frames and Cheyenne Washington 17.15 for 32 frames.
 
About Saturday's matches and the season, Coach Falbo said, "The strings of strikes were hard to come by in the traditional match, so even though we were good on our fills we couldn't match the couple of players who got hot for Delaware State. The Baker match saw the entire team commit to playing deep inside which led to our strong finish, but not enough to reel in our opponent. These ladies will definitely take away what they learned today and this season to take their game to new heights leading into next season!"
 
Morgan State's season record after the MEAC Championship weekend is 65-35.
 
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