DEPTFORD, N.J. (Jan. 22, 2023)--The Morgan State Lady Bears went 1-2 in Sunday's matches and finished in 13^th place at the Northeast Classic. There were 34 teams in the field and 22 of the top 25 teams were competing in this tournament.
 
Match 1
#24 Morgan State 2, Central Missouri 4
What is important to note is Morgan State beat their first opponent, Central Missouri, 4-3 in the Best 4-of-7 Baker. It wasn't until after the match the Central Missouri coach advised the head official of an infraction in Game #5 which cost the Bears to score a 0 for the 5^th and 10^th frames in Games 6 and 7. The score change altered the result of the match to Central Missouri 4-2. A formal protest was filed in writing with the NCAA Rules official, but the decision of the official was upheld.
 
Match 2
#24 Morgan State 2, #18 Mercyhurst 4
Morgan State showed strong scoring in the Games 1, 2 & 4 with Games of 223, 211 and 223, but the match was tied at 2 games apiece. It was in Games 4 and 5 that Morgan found themselves playing catch up in each game, but it wasn't enough to catch Mercyhurst which closed out the match 4-2. Cheyenne Washington led all striking from the anchor position, striking 10 times in the match. Both Aliya Adams and Johnna Hill struck five times during the match.
 
Match 3
#24 Morgan State 4, #25 Merrimack 0               
This match was all Morgan State. The Bears rattled off games of 199-224-192-195 which was enough to end the match early against Merrimack. Washington again paced the Bears with seven strikes as anchor. Adams followed with six strikes in the match.
 
Morgan State Baker Averages for the weekend:
Johnna Hill 21.34 (78 frames), Cheyenne Washington 20.44 (68 frames), Aliya Adams 19.87 (80 frames), Carrington Beaman 18.84 (82 frames), Natalia Miranda Vega 18.34 (72 frames), La'Monique Berrios 18.15 (13 frames), Naomi Smith 14.06 (15 frames).
 
Cheyenne Washington received individual honors for her performance in Saturday's traditional came play. Cheyenne averaged 217.8 and placed 10^th in a field of 181 bowlers. This earned her all-tournament 2^nd team honors in the most competitive field of bowlers in any single tournament this season.
 
Coach Falbo states about Cheyenne's performance, "It was great to see Cheyenne breakout to her potential this weekend. Her decisions about ball progression and line play were spot on," said Morgan State head coach Tom Falbo on Cheyenne's performance. "On Saturday, she stayed confident and consistent along with communicating with her teammates to help them. It was a great showing and congratulate her on her deserved honors."
 
"We had a strong weekend, being right in a tight total pinfall mix in the top third of the leaderboard in the strongest field of the season," added Falbo on the weekend. "We have to stay to our work ethic and continue to focus on ways to improve upon this great showing for our Lady Bears."
 
Morgan State will next be in action at their home tournament, the James Brown Invitational on February 10-12, 2023 at AMF Towson Lanes in Towson, Md.