FINAL CIAA REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS 

(HAMPTON, Va.) Bowie State University captured their fourth CIAA Eastern Division title by way of a tie-breaker with Elizabeth City State University and will enter the conference championships as the #1 seed for the East. The Lady Bulldogs finished the regular season with an identical 43-11 CIAA record with ECSU and a 52-11 record overall. BSU pulled ahead of ECSU in a tie-breaker matching total pins versus conference teams.

BSU's Lady Bulldogs officially wrapped up the East title last weekend at the final CIAA Eastern Division event hosted by Bowie State. Junior Rebecca Frusciante (Mahopac, NY, Mahopac) led team with a high average of 189.90 and a high game of 248. Junior Dominique Carroll (Bowie, MD, Bowie) was second on the team, averaging 187.50 to go along with a high game of 215. Junior Tycora Brown (Pocomoke City, MD, Pocomoke) averaged 182.50 with a high game of 278. Junior Verra Diggs (Fort Washington, MD, Oxon Hill, Hampton Univ.) averaged 179.13 over the three-day weekend event and rolled a high game of 234. Diggs showed heart, bowling with a pulled thigh muscle.

The CIAA Women's Bowling Championship will be held in Durham, North Carolina at the Durham AMF Lanes- March 20-22, 2010.

All-Conference honors have also been given; based on the Top 10 player averages in the conference.

Fayetteville State and Bowie State load the team with four and three players, respectively. Elizabeth City State, Fayetteville State and Livingstone College also earned spots on the squad. 

CIAA ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

		Average	Total Pins
Akia Turner	Fayetteville State	198.77	6,957
Jessica Styers	Fayetteville State	189.33	5,680
Clarisse Bible	Fayetteville State	187.19	5,803
Verra Diggs	Bowie State	184.51	6,458
Ria Sweeney	Livingstone	184.05	6,994
Jessica Collins	Fayetteville State	178.46	4,997
Shanice Watkins	Elizabeth City State	178.11	6,412
Tycora Brown	Bowie State	177.30	6,383
Tiffany Johnson	Elizabeth City State	177.02	6,019
Rebecca Frusciante	Bowie State	175.41	6,315