Greensboro, NC --  Following preliminary competition at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) 2010 Bowling Championship at the Gate City Lanes, the South Carolina State women, who qualified for the championship for the first time in three seasons, were seeded seventh in the eight-team field.

                Making up this year's Lady Bulldog team are seniors Darcie Evans, Mirisa Hicks and Teriny Bailey; juniors Stephanie Sinclair, Autumn Glencamp and Brittani Haynes; sophomores Sirrena Favors and Brienna Jones; and freshmen Mariah Hebbe and Marina Akers.

The eight teams competed in team games and Baker games to determine seeding for the remainder of the championship.

Delaware State, the defending MEAC champion, earned the top seed with an 8-1 mark. They posted 7,418 pinfall including 3,763 in Baker play. Florida A&M, last year's tournament runners-up, received the second seed with a 7-2 mark and 7,076 total pinfall. Maryland Eastern Shore earned the third seed, followed by Norfolk State in fourth and Hampton in fifth. Morgan State, the Lady Bulldogs and Bethune-Cookman earned the sixth through eighth seeds, respectively.

The competition will continue through Sunday. On Saturday, beginning at 8:30 a.m., the teams will compete in a best-of-seven Baker series.

The championship wraps up on Sunday at 9:50 a.m. beginning with the semifinal round and concluding with the championship final at 11:45 a.m. The championship match will be televised in a tape-delayed format and will air on ESPNU.

Admission to the bowling championship is free and open to the public.