DES PLAINES, Ill. -- The UW-Whitewater women's bowling team finished fifth in a field of 16 teams at the 2026 Windy City Classic hosted by Le Moyne College this weekend. 

UW-Whitewater went into bracket Sunday as the fourth seed matched up with Carroll in the first round. The Pioneers took the Baker series in seven games: 173-169, 147-191, 165-180, 158-159, 169-122, 163-140, 174-180 (UWW scores listed first). 

In the second round, the Warhawks fell to Oklahoma Christian: 148-170, 152-182, 203-146, 213-215, 154-180. UWW won the battle for fifth in seven games over Western Illinois. The squads traded games with WIU taking game one 213-195. The Warhawks evened the match with a 223-181 win before WIU took the next two 158-206 and 163-179. The next three games came down to the wire, but UWW took all three by a total of six pins -- 191-190, 193-189, 167-166 -- to secure fifth. 

Ashley Bowe (Brillion, Wis./Brillion) paced the Warhawks individually finishing third in the field of over 100 bowlers. Bowe averaged 193.20 across UWW's five traditional games with a total pinfall of 966. Jackie Knowles added a top 10 finish with a total pinall of 947 for sixth overall. Samantha Radig (Beaver Dam, Wis./Beaver Dam) was among the top 30 on the individual leaderboard with 861 pins in five games to round out the Warhawks that bowled all five traditional team games. 

INDIVIDUAL MATCH RESULTS
Baker
1 - Oklahoma Christian 905, UWW 878
2 - UWW 879, Thomas More 749
3 - UWW 903, Univ. of Indianapolis 849
4 - UWW 898, Elmhurst 772
5 - Marian (WI) 886, UWW 874
Traditional
6 - Western Illinois 889, UWW 853
7 - UWW 981, Farleigh Dickinson 881
8 - Quincy 864, UWW 841
9 - Le Moyne 843, UWW 804
10 - UWW 913, Carroll 812
Bracket - Baker Series
11 - Carroll 4, UWW 3
12 - Oklahoma Christian 4, UWW 1
5th Place - UWW 4, Western Illinois 3