The UW-Whitewater women's bowling team finished 10th in a 17-team field dominated by Division I programs at the Motiv LadyJack Classic hosted by Stephen F. Austin this weekend.
The competition opened with five rounds of Baker matches on Friday. The Warhawks opened with a win but suffered four narrow losses to close out the day. UWW dropped one match by a single pin and the final match of the day by just three to head into Saturday 11th in the team standings.
Saturday was filled with more exciting, close matches - this time the Warhawks came out on top each time. After a pair of big wins to open the day, UW-Whitewater won the last two matches Saturday by a combined total of 10 pins. With an overall pinfall of 9,313 after two days, the Warhawks went into bracket Sunday as the 11th seed.
Individually,
Zoey Darwin (Monona, Wis./Monona Grove) paced the Warhawks with a five-game total of 951 to finish 40th. Emily O'Bryn (936),
Kelly Whipple (Sheboygan, Wis./South) (915) and
Kayla Devine () (884) each bowled all five games for UWW Saturday.
Dani Swaisgood (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs) and
Ashley Bowe (Brillion, Wis./) split the day with three and two games respectively.
Bracket Sunday featured more Baker games with the Warhawks taking down Lewis and McKendree to set up a match against Arkansas State in a battle for ninth. UWW took a 2-1 lead in the match, but ASU won the next three for the final.
Friday Match Results (Baker games)
UWW 1021, Valparaiso 823
Louisiana Tech 947, UWW 946
Vanderbilt 967, UWW 934
Wichita State 944, UWW 916
Marian (WI) 908, UWW 905
Saturday Match Results (Traditional games)
UWW 894, Bye
UWW 872, Carthage 799
UWW 962, Oklahoma Christian 900
UWW 899, Newman 891
UWW 964, Jacksonville State 962
Bracket Sunday (Baker Series)
Round 1: UWW vs. Lewis (174-174, 149-184, 175-142, 203-204, 213-155, 157-191, 235-153, 118-95)
Round 2: UWW vs. McKendree (235-256, 217-118, 212-147, 242-182, 184-222, 212-185)
Round 3: UWW vs. Arkansas State: 203-191, 196-219, 257-256, 223-236, 213-239, 174-204)
