One of three Red Flash bowlers to compete in all 14 matches at the UMES Hawk Invitational, the freshman right-hander averaged 18.49 pins per frame and converted 94.7 percent of her non-split spare attempts. Balas was at her best during the baker portions of the meet, leading the team to baker wins over a pair of 2016 NCAA Championship qualifiers -- No. 7 Central Missouri and No. 9 North Carolina A&T – on Friday. She averaged 20.07 pins per frame during Sunday’s champion bracket baker rounds, contributing to victories over nationally-ranked Norfolk State and St. Francis Brooklyn. She threw 56 strikes in 143 attempts over the course of the three-day event.