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The No. 21 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater bowling team remained in fifth place Saturday after the second day at McKendree's Bearcat Hammer Open at St. Clair Bowl in Fairview Heights, Ill.
 
The Warhawks posted two victories Saturday, besting Lincoln (Mo.) 1013-768 and edging No. 18 Central Missouri 925-921 to close the day.
 
UW-Whitewater carries 9,434 pins for the weekend heading into Sunday's bracket play. The team is averaging 188.7 per game.
 
Junior Kailee Tubbs (Flint, Mich./Davison) placed eighth out of 100 bowlers in traditional games with a 210.80 average in five games, including a 237 to start the day. Senior Emma Kuhn (Texas City, Texas/Texas City) finished 18th with her 203.80 average, including a team-best 244.
 
Senior Lauren Price (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) averaged a 178.20 to finish 43rd overall. Senior Brett Butschke (Watertown, Wis./Watertown) rolled a 178 average in four games, good for 64th. Freshman Jackie Carper (Lake Geneva, Wis./Badger) averaged a 164 in two games and finished 85th.
 
Sophomores Peyton Attig (Oak Lawn, Ill./Harold L. Richards), Karlee Barton (Joliet, Ill./Joliet West), Mary Conneely (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West) and freshman Jaelynn Hoehnen (Waukesha, Wis./West) each completed one game for the day.
 
The Warhawks open best-of-seven Baker bracket play Sunday against Central Missouri.