Provides head coach Kim Terrell-Kearney with some depth on the women’s bowling roster … Also adds leadership and a veteran presence heading into her fifth year in the program … Has played an integral role in three straight MEAC titles from 2021-23 … Also helped the program with its social media pages during her career.
2022-23 Season: Bowled in 116 total frames … Bowled in five traditional matches during the season … Bowled 44 total strokes with 20 coming in Bakers play … Qualified for the Intercollegiate Singles Championship (ISC) at the Dayton, Ohio sectional … Finished in the top-16 nationally at the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) ISC in Las Vegas … Had a 36.4 percent strike percentage and a 63.6 spare percentage … Made 81 percent of her makeable spares, 90.7 percent of her one-pin spares and 67.7 percent of her multiple-pin spares … Made 15.7 percent of her split spares … Played in five traditional matches with 897 total pins … Averaged 179.40 with a game-high 204 against Coppin State on Feb. 20.
2021-22 season: Bowled in 21 matches for the Aggies … Knocked over 4,068 pins for an average of 193.7 per match … Her highest score all season was a 234, and she had eight 200-plus matches throughout the season … Best finish was 22nd at the James Brown Invitational Feb. 11-13.
2020-21 Season: Participated in six matches as a junior … Had three 200-plus games including a season-high 222 … Bowled over 1,089 pins for an average of 181.5 per match … Best finish of the season came at the Coppin State Invitational Jan. 30 when she finished 28th.
2019-20 Season: Bowled in a career-best 27 matches in her second year at A&T … Knocked down 4,915 pins at an average of 182.0 per match … Tallied four 200-plus games including a season-best 229 … Posted the best finish of her career finishing seventh at the first MEAC Meet of the season, Nov. 8-10.
2018-19 Season: Played in 24 matches during her freshman campaign … Accrued six 200-plus games including a season-high and career-best 246 throughout the year … Smacked over 4,434 pins at an average of 184.8 per match … Turned in a season-best 34th-place finish at the second MEAC Meet of the season Feb. 23-24.
High School/Club: Acosta was named Most Valuable Athlete of the Year and Most Dedicated Student for 2018.
Personal: Full name is Cristina Marie Acosta Ortiz… She is the daughter of Roger Acosta and Panama Ortiz… She has one sibling, Rogelio… She was born March 24, 2000, and is majoring in Business Administration Marketing… Her favorite food is tacos and steaks and she enjoys watching Netflix.
