April 8, 2004
Houston, TX - The competition was fierce on the first day of bowling as the NCAA kicked off the inaugural Women's Bowling Championship at Emerald Bowl in Houston, TX on Thursday afternoon.
The Lady Rams, and seven other schools that were chosen as the field of the first-ever championship were, at random, paired against one another in head to head competition that would be used to determine the seedings of day two that will begin on Friday.
The Lady Rams found the first session to be a tough one as they turned in a record of 0-4 overall before breaking for dinner at 5:00 pm.
WSSU faced the Gothic Knights of New Jersey City University in the first match of the day and fell short by the score of 1177 to 781. The loss was overshadowed by NJCU's Jennifer Vienes who rolled the first 300 game in the history of the NCAA Women's Bowling Championship. Vienes led the Gothic Knights who improved to 60-33-2 in the victory. WSSU falls to 59-11 on the season, and were led by Lashonda Horton who turned in a team-high 196 for WSSU.
Scoring Breakdown:
New Jersey City University
Christine Zsilayetz-258
Kathleen Wellsman-171
Lisa Mecchior-212
Jennifer Vienes-300
Eryn Cully-236
Total-1177
Scoring Breakdown:
Winston-Salem State
Lashonda Horton-196
Shannon Davis-159
Janelle Lewis-143
LeAndrea Suggs-124
Latoya Deschamps-159
Total-781
The Lady Rams found much more success in their next match as they succumbed to a late Lady Hawks of Maryland Eastern Shore by the score of 1026 to 852.
The Lady Rams were led by Shannon Davis who tallied a 190 game in the loss. Maryland Eastern Shore was led by Victoria Gay with a 223. WSSU falls to 59-12 with the loss while UMES improves to 80-39.
Scoring Breakdown:
Winston-Salem State
Lashonda Horton-140
Shannon Davis-190
Janelle Lewis-160
LeAndrea Suggs-188
Latoya DesChamps-174
Total-852
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Scoring Breakdown:
Maryland Eastern Shore
Maryetta Lewis-207
Megan Raymond-202
Erin Fagan-191
Sandra Maresca-203
Victoria Gay-223
Total-1026
The Lady Rams fell to 0-3 in the first session when they fell in defeat to the Pioneers of Sacred Heart University by the score of 1117-689.
WSSU matched up well versus the Pioneers, but SHU proved to be too strong as they tallied five games of 200 or better en route to the win.
The Lady Rams fall to 59-13 on the season and 0-3 in the tournament as they look towards their last match of the session, versus Farleigh Dickinson.
Scoring Breakdown:
Winston-Salem State
Lashonda Horton-169
Shannon Davis-119
Janelle Lewis-116
LeAndrea Suggs-146
Latoya Deschamps-139
Total-689
Scoring Breakdown:
Sacred Heart
Katie Atkins-258
Christine Orderdonk-200
Carolyn Rich-213
Nicole Peloquin-200
Erin Gore-246
Total-1117
WSSU rounded out the day as they fell to 0-4 in the first session by dropping a match to the Knights of Farleigh University. The Lady Rams fought valiantly but came up short versus FDU by the score of 1046-768.
WSSU, who falls to 59-14 overall was led by Shannon Davis with a 183 while the Knights were led by Elysia Current who rolled a 237 game in the contest.
Scoring Breakdown:
Farleigh Dickinson
Amy Bohleber-183
Lisa Friscioni-214
Kathryn Szalay-219
Erica Bixby-193
Elysia Current-237
Total-1046
Scoring Breakdown:
Winston-Salem State
Lashonda Horton-109
Shannon Davis-183
Janelle Lewis-149
LeAndrea Suggs-166
Latoya Deschamps-161
Total-768
WSSU will break for lunch and return to action at 7:00 pm at Emerald Bowl when they face off against Nebraska-Lincoln.
For additional information log on to the NCAA women's bowling championship site at www.ncaa.org and click on the "Women's Bowling" link.
