CHESAPEAKE, Va. - The Bethune-Cookman bowling team closed this weekend's Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference Southern Division Tournament with a split of four matches
on Sunday at the AMF Lanes in Chesapeake, Va. The two-day event was hosted by
Norfolk State University.
Coming off a 2-2
record in team matches on Saturday, the 18th-ranked Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
took to the lanes in four baker matches to conclude the event Sunday. The Cats
came away with a split of the four matches and a 2-2 record after defeating
rival Florida A&M and North Carolina A&T, but falling to North Carolina
Central and Norfolk State, respectively.
On the weekend,
B-CU had three bowlers - Natalee Armstrong, Felicia Baker and Staci Hilliard -
rank amongst the top six individual bowlers. Additionally, Hilliard and
Armstrong earned spots on the all-tournament team. For Hilliard, it represents
the second time this season she has made her way onto the all-tournament team
for an MEAC event, concluding the season's first event as the top individual
bowler.
"Individually,
we are bowling well," said B-CU head coach Tony O'Neal. "We just aren't putting
it all together as a collective unit right now. Once we start putting our
individual efforts together with our team efforts, I think we'll have it figured
out and have the chance to be pretty good."
Hilliard
concluded Saturday with a 205 average, while Armstrong finished with an average
of 202. Baker was just one pin off from the all-tournament team with an average
of 201 in the team matches.
Overall for the
weekend, the Wildcats finished 4-4 in team and baker matches, respectively.
The Wildcats
will get back to the lanes again Jan. 25-27 when they travel to the Kutztown
Invitational in Ready, Pa.
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