Greensboro, N.C. (Feb. 21, 2021) --- Delaware State and North Carolina A&T went down to the wire in the championship match of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference meet before the Aggies prevailed in a battle of nationally-ranked women's bowling teams on Sunday.
North Carolina A&T, ranked 13^th in the latest National Tenpin Coaches Association monthly poll, defeated the No. 15 Hornets 4-3 in the best-of- seven series to determine the MEAC regular season champ and top seed in next month's conference tournament.
Delaware State fell behind 2-0 in the title match before stringing together 30 straight "clean" frames en route to three consecutive wins to pull ahead 3-2 in the series.
The Aggies rebounded to win games six and seven to claim the title.
Earlier in the day, the Hornets defeated Monmouth 4.5-to-1.5 to advance e to the title match.
In addition to reaching the championship final, Delaware State's weekend highlights included a top  traditional team game of 1136 on Saturday , the high among all clubs.  
The Hornets also had their high Baker game of the season at 266 in the championship match.
Additionally, Delaware State had four of the top eight individual scorers, led by junior Stefanny Toala, who was fourth among 29 competitors with a total pinfall of 1,059 for a five-game average of 211.8. Toala topped the 200 mark in each of the last four games, including a season-high 258, second-best among Saturday's scores.
DSU's Saralyne Nassberg was fifth in the individual standings with a 1,055 total pinfall (211.0), while Alyssa Breidegam was sixth at 1,042 (208.4) and Kaitlyn Robb eighth with 1,014 (202.8).
Toala and Nassberg were named to the All-Tournament Team for their weekend performances.