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 |