Friday, November 10
Kenosha, Wis.
Stephen F. Austin
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Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawk Classic
Bowling Wraps up Fall Tournament Slate with Warhawk Classic
11/9/2017 5:59:00 PM | Women's Bowling
Ladyjacks compete in fourth and final tournament of their fall schedule over the weekend in Kenosha, Wisconsin, at the Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawk Classic
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – After three top-five finishes the past three weekends, the Stephen F. Austin bowling team will go for its fourth of the fall this weekend at the Warhawk Classic in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The three-day tournament presented by Roto Grip and held at the Sheridan Lanes Friday-Sunday, Nov. 10-12 is hosted by NCAA Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater, who is currently ranked No. 11 in the nation according to the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA).
Competing in their final event of the fall schedule, the Ladyjacks will face a strong field of NCAA Championship contenders once again. Ranked sixth nationally, SFA is one of 13 teams in the 20-team field who is ranked among the top 20 in the nation. Fellow Southland Bowling League members No. 3 Arkansas State, No. 4 Vanderbilt and No. 13 Monmouth are also competing at the Warhawk Classic, along with top-ranked and defending NCAA champion McKendree University, No. 2 Nebraska, No. 8 Fairleigh Dickinson, No. 9 Sacred Heart, No. 10 Central Missouri, No. 14 Saint Francis University (Pa.), No. 15 Adelphi and No. 16 LIU Brooklyn.
Play will get underway Friday at 11 a.m. with five, five-game Baker matches, followed by five traditional team matches Saturday starting at 9:35 a.m. Bracket play will conclude the tournament on Sunday with teams' pinfall total from the first two days of play determining seeding. Sunday's bracket play will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will feature three best 4-of-7 Baker matches.
The Ladyjacks are coming off of a fifth-place finish at Sam Houston State's Track Kat Klash where they went 6-6 and totaled 13,113 pins across the three days. SFA picked up three wins over ranked opponents at the event, including a 4-2 victory over the fifth-ranked Bearkats in the fifth-place match of bracket play Sunday.
Having placed in the top 10 for 46-straight tournaments, the Ladyjacks will look to continue that streak this weekend. Senior Stephanie Schwartz (Racine, Wis.) will lead SFA as the Ladyjacks' top bowler and one of the best in the Southland Bowling League. She was recently named Southland Bowler of the Month for October after averaging a game score of 224.4 in 10 traditional games bowled in the month. Schwartz tossed a career-best 278 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Invitational in SFA's win over Valparaiso for the fourth-highest score ever posted by a Ladyjack in program history.
It will be SFA's third time competing in Wisconsin-Whitewater's Warhawk Classic. The Ladyjacks finished third at the event during the 2015-16 season, when it was held in the spring, and placed fifth at the tournament a year ago.
SFA's play at the Warhawk Classic can be watched live via the team's Facebook page here.
Stay tuned to SFAJacks.com, as well as SFA's social media platforms, for complete coverage of Ladyjack bowling throughout the 2017-18 season.
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