Courtesy: Paul Ridings, Jr., SHSU Sports Information

Sam Houston’s No. 4 ranked women’s bowling team bagged another first place trophy Sunday, winning the team title at the Frederick Underwood Classic in Laurel, Maryland.

The tournament was hosted by Bowie State at the AMF Laurel Bowling Center.

In best-of-seven bracket play Sunday, Sam Houston defeated No. 19 Bethune-Cookman 4-3, Chowan 4-0 and North Carolina A&T 4-0 in the finals.

“Today was an important day for us not only from a competitive stand point but more mental,” head coach Brad Hagen said. “We needed to make shots, manage the emotions, and gear down. Everyone had a piece of today’s success and despite a few silly losses a lot of good came out of this weekend.”

“We have a lot of work to do and still have 50+ matches so its officially time to lock down the focus and take care of business if we want a legit shot at a nationals selection. This team has the heart to get it done.”

Sam Houston ended the tournament with an 11-2 record.

Saturday in traditional team match action, the Kat bowlers defeated Howard 1,046-882, Lincoln University 898-637, Chowan 1,019-686 and Virginia Union 1,011-755.

The only loss came in the second match of the day as Sam Houston feel to North Carolina Central 970-943.

In Friday’s quad baker team play results, the Bearkats started with a 900-781 win over Alabama-Birmingham.

The Kats defeated Coppin State 850-500 and Salem International 740-535 before falling to Bowie State 770-762.

Sam Houston bounced back to down Morgan State 771-690 in the day’s final match.

Sam Houston now stands 63-19 in dual match play for the season.

During the fall semester, the Kats won tournament championships at the Tulane Invitational, the Alabama A&M tournament and the Track Kat Klash in Huntsville and finished as team runner-up at the Bethune-Cookman tournament.