Katie Saffold (Lake Zurich, IL/Lake Zurich) placed forty-seventh with a 184.4 average, in a field of 119 competitors, to lead UW-Whitewater to twelfth place in the eighteen team, three day, Mid-Winter Classic hosted by Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas.  Whitewater rolled a 1,029 game in the second match of the tournament, the best by the team this season and just four pins from being listed in the top ten of the UW-W record book.

results

The University of Maryland-Eastern Shore won the team title with an overall pin total of 13,829.  Whitewater, which went 7-8 in head-to-head competition, totaled 12,273 pins.

Following UM-ES were Sacred Heart 13, 703, Fairleigh Dickinson 13, 637, Nebraska 13, 635, Central Missouri, 13,472, Minnesota State 13, 325, Alabama A&M 13, 204, Arkansas State 13,000, Vanderbilt 13,997, Delaware State 12, 665, Jackson State 12, 311, UW-W, Prairie View 11,781, Saint Francis 11.656, Grambling State 11.410, Bethune Cookman, 11,267, Florida A&M 11,195, and Morgan State 10,779.

Other UW-W competitors included Kim Ashby (Loves Park, IL/Harlem), 66th at 173.3; Kayla Waldman (Fort Wayne, IN/R. Nelson Snider), 76th at 169.3; Kayla Schmidt (Johnston, IA/Johnston), 83rd at 167; and Whitney Kueltzo (Homer Glen, IL/Lockport Township), 85th at 165.9.  Katie Gould (Naperville, IL/Waubonsie Valley) led UW-W with a 191.7 average, but bowled just three of the ten games.  Ashley Keclik (Hoffman Estates, IL/Fremd) averaged 180.5 in two games, and Lynn Smith (Dixon, IL/Dixon) bowled four games for a 154.5 average.  Gould had UW-W's top game in the tournament, a 240, fourth best on the team this season. 

Sarah Pelletier of Sacred Heart won the tournament with a 218.7 average. 

UW-W's next competition will be Wednesday, February 9, a dual meet at Elmhurst College.

For more information contact coach Amber Griffin (Kenosha/Tremper).