BALTIMORE, Md. - Freshmen Carissa Smith and Kendall Reynolds pace women's track while juniors Anthony Kiser and Brian Williams lead men at UMBC Big Dawg Invitational. Smith claimed the top spot in the women's 100 Meter Hurdles with a time of 15.02 and Reynolds placed first in the Triple Jump (12.18m). Kiser was Bowie State's top male finisher, coming in first in the 400 Meter Hurdles (56.69) while Williams finished third in the Triple Jump (13.56m) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County event. 

 The Lady Bulldogs had four other individual participants to finish in the top five at UMBC. Sophomore Kayla Watson placed 2nd in the Long Jump (5.56m) while junior teammate Jade George went 5.02m in the same event for a 5th place finish.

 Junior Brelyn Finley threw the Shot Put 12.49m to place 4th for Bowie State and senior Brittany Williams was 5th in the 800 Meter Run with a time of 2:21.12.

 Senior Indya Price came in 5th in the women’s 200 Meter Dash (25.36) and placed 6th in the 100 Meter Dash (12.52). Freshman Jasmine Street participated in the 100 Meter Dash, placing just behind Street with a time of 12.70.

 The BSU women’s 4x100 and 4x400 Meter Relay teams placed 4th overall at the Big Dawg Invitational. Smith, George, Street and freshman Faith Sykes made up the Bowie State “B” team and crossed the finish line with a time of 50.46 in the 4x100. The 4x400 “A” team ran a time of 3:57.77 and consisted of Sykes, Price, Smith and junior Michelle Palmer.

 n the men’s side, the combination of freshman Travis Scarborough, junior Rodney Williamson and sophomores Jalame Gomez and Daniel Ballah finished with a time of 43.18 in the 4x100 Meter Relay, placing them 5th overall.

 Sophomore Sonny Hicks had a 5th place finish in the 800 Meter run, crossing the finish line with a time of 1:58.26.

BALTIMORE, Md. – Competing in their second outdoor meet of the season, the Bowie State women’s track and field team finished second overall and the men placed fifth at the Coppin State University Twilight event. Phyllicia Ennis and Faith Sykes led the Lady Bulldogs and Sonny Hicks along with Kadeem Bailey were leaders for the Bulldogs. COMPLETE RESULTS ATTACHED

 Ennis placed first in the women’s Shot Put with a throw of 10.93m while teammate Shahirah Johnson finished third (8.98m) in the same event. Sykes crossed the finish line of the 800 Meter Run with a time of 2:36.75 and a second place finish.

 Six other Lady Bulldog participants had top five finishes’ as well. Jasmine Street was fifth in the 100 Meter Dash (13.16) and Michelle Palmer finished fifth in the women’s 400 Meter Dash (1:00.33). Kendall Reynolds finished in the Long Jump (5.28m). The BSU trio of Sherice Stones, Jade George and Crishonda Coffey place third, fourth and fifth in the Triple Jump.

 Hicks was BSU’s top male student-athlete in the 800 Meter Run placing second with a time of 2:03.40. Bailey threw the Shot Put 11.10m, placing him fifth overall and Herman Watkins placed sixth in the same event with a throw of 10.72. Cullen Mosley participated in the men’s 1500 Meter Run and placed sixth, clocking in at 4:32.81.

 The Bowie State 4x100 Meter Relay “A” teams performed well, finishing second in the respective women and men’s fields. The women’s team consisted of Indya Price, Kayla Watson, Coffey and Palmer and finished behind host Coppin State with a time of 49.21. Travis Scarborough, Jalame Gomez, Rodney Williamson and Daniel Ballah made up BSU’s men team and ran a time of 44.48.

 The ladies had a “B” Team in the 4x100 with Carissa Smith, Sykes, Stones and Street crossing the finish line with a time of 52.13.

DURHAM, N.C. – Bowie State University never panicked despite losing the first match to Virginia State University in the championship round of the CIAA Women’s Bowling Championships on Monday, March 25, 2013.

The Lady Bulldogs simply regrouped and swept the Lady Trojans 4-0 in the second match to claim the league crown at AMF Durham Lanes. The title is the second in four years for the Lady Bulldogs, who were seeded third in bracket play.

“We knew once we got into bracket play we had the capability to make a run,” Bowie State Head Coach Ken Scott said. “We were blessed to have determination and luck.”

The Lady Bulldogs never lost their composure despite losing 4-0 in the first championship match to Virginia State, which won three straight matches in the elimination bracket to reach the finals in the double-elimination tournament. After the loss in the first match, the Lady Bulldogs bounced back to defeat the Lady Trojans, who needed to win twice to gain the title.

The second match was a complete reversal from the first match. The Lady Bulldogs dominated from the start, winning 164-154, 196-168 and 202-136 in the best-of-seven Bakers format for a 3-0 lead. The Lady Trojans battled back in the fourth game to take a 149-140 lead, but tournament MVP Shayla Lightfoot rolled a strike for a 150-149 Lady Bulldogs’ lead. The Lady Trojans regained the lead 159-150 with a strike, but Lightfoot knocked down nine pins on her first roll in the final frame to tie the score. Her one-pin spare gave the game and the championship to the Lady Bulldogs.

Scott says Lightfoot was unaware of the situation in the final frame. “We teach the kids not to look at the scoreboard,” Scott said. “She didn’t know what the score was.”

The spare by Lightfoot touched off a celebration by the Bowie State players, coaches and fans. The Lady Bulldogs captured the title before a large contingent of Bowie State supporters who attended each session of the three-day tournament.

“This team is truly blessed to have support from the athletic department, staff, alumni and our president," Scott said. "They come to watch every match during the regular season.”

The championship capped an outstanding run by the Lady Bulldogs in the tournament. After entering bracket play as the third seed, the Lady Bulldogs won three matches in the winner’s bracket, including a 4-1 win over Elizabeth City State on Monday, to reach the finals.

Meanwhile, the Lady Trojans had a more difficult path after a loss on Sunday sent then to the elimination bracket. On Monday, the fourth-seeded Lady Trojans had their best bowling day, beating two-time defending champ Fayetteville State 4-1, Winston-Salem State 4-2 and Elizabeth City State 4-2 to make it to the finals for the second consecutive year. The win over ECSU avenged a 4-3 loss to the Lady Vikings on Sunday which knocked the Lady Trojans to the elimination bracket. In other matches Monday, Winston-Salem State eliminated Saint Augustine’s 4-1.

The Lady Trojans continued their run against Bowie State in the finals. They won all four games by scores of 181-143, 183-144, 183-135 and 236-172 against the Lady Bulldogs, who hadn’t played since Monday morning against ECSU. In the last game, the Lady Trojans made eight strikes and two spares.

But the momentum turned in the second match. It was the Lady Bulldogs rolling the most strikes and spares. In the third game, the Lady Bulldogs recorded seven strikes including six in the last seven frames.

“[Virginia State] had a slight advantage maybe mentally but we had a break,” Scott said. “Even though we started flat, we were fresher.”

Scott also had a message for his team between the first and second matches in the final round. “I told them to ‘man up’ and they responded,” Scott said.

Scott says winning the Northern Division championship during the regular season helped the Lady Bulldogs in the tournament. The Lady Bulldogs finished in a tie with Elizabeth City State but won the division on total pins. Three Northern Division teams - Bowie State, Virginia State and Elizabeth City State – finished among the top three in the tournament.

The Lady Bulldogs captured their latest championship with a young roster including three freshmen. Lightfoot, the tourney MVP, is a sophomore.

“We didn’t jell until the last division tournament,” Scott said. “All the schools in our division our highly competitive which helped us prepare for the [CIAA] tournament.”

The All-Tournament team consisted of Amber Slater of Virginia State, Briana Evans of Bowie State, Nicole Sciortino of Saint Augustine’s and Crystal Mujica of Fayetteville State in addition to Lightfoot. They had the top five bowling averages in the tournament. Lincoln (Pa.) won the CIAA team highest grade point average award.

BOWIE, Md. - The Chowan University women's tennis team improved to 12-11 on the season after a 9-0 win over the Bowie State University Lady Bulldogs on Saturday in a CIAA match-up.

Every Hawk in the line-up picked up a win in doubles and singles competition. Chowan’s Natalya Kamenshchikova and Breanne Johnson teamed up to earn 8-1 doubles win over Bowie State’s Iyabode Sodipo. Jessica De Backre and Straffai Cleveland defeated the BSU duo of Antonique Johnson and Kassandra Bishop 8-1 followed by another Chowan 8-1 victory by Holly Egnor and Brittney Moser over Channae Manning and Diana Mackey of the Lady Bulldogs.

Chowan swept the Lady Bulldogs in singles competition, as Kamenshchikova, Johnson, Egnor, De Backre, Cleveland, and Jennifer Humphrey notched a win for the Hawks.

Bowie State will continue CIAA play on Sunday hosting Elizabeth City State at 10 am