By Ashley Griffin
ECHO staff reporter
The N.C. Central University women's bowling team is a young and developing sports program.
The program has humble roots. Initially it was a club sport that was integrated under the Title IX act which forced it to become a school sport.
In its very first season the team won the CIAA championship.
"We had the advantage of already having a team because it was a club sport on campus, many other schools took several years to build their program," said head coach Karen Sanford.
Currently, the bowling program has six members and one team manager. Many are natives of North Carolina.
Many may not realize it, but the bowling season is a lengthy one. It's an all year sport that runs from September to March.
The team also plays schools from all over the country.
"We can easily go to a bowling tournament and play Nebraska, Morgan or maybe Elizabeth City," said Coach Sanford.
The team practices at the six-lane bowling alley next to the Alfonso Elder Student Union four times a week.
They also have team workouts two days a week for one hour. The workout focuses on cardio, abs and a variety of lower body exercises.
So far the Lady Eagles have played in the Deep South Open in which they logged a win over Fayetteville State in October.
Their next event is the South Carolina State tourney on Saturday.
"I feel the team is getting stronger. We now have more people from last year and this will help us more," said Lindsay Green, sophomore elementary education major.
The bowling team wants to raise campus awareness of the program by raising the team's average and pushing each player to their best, according to Coach Sanford
"The all time highest score from NCCU was 235 by NeClea Coleman in 2001. We want to break this record this year," said Sanford.
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