Friday, November 9
Milwaukee, Wis.
All Day
Stephen F. Austin
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Warhawk Classic
Photo by: Hardy Meredith | SFA Photography
Bowling Heads to Wisconsin for Warhawk Classic to Wrap up Fall Slate
11/8/2018 5:38:00 PM | Women's Bowling
Ladyjacks take on 18-team tournament field, which includes 13 of the nation’s top 25 programs, for final event of the fall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – For the second consecutive weekend the SFA bowling team will be in action as the Ladyjacks visit Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's Warhawk Classic. Held at the AMF West Lanes Friday-Sunday, Nov. 9-11, the 18-tournament features 13 of the nation's top 25 bowling programs.
SFA, who is currently ranked No. 6 nationally according to the National Tenpin Coaches Association's (NTCA) preseason poll, will be joined by five fellow Southland Bowling League Teams, including top-ranked Vanderbilt, No. 4 Sam Houston State, fifth-ranked Arkansas State, Valparaiso and Youngstown State. The remaining nationally-ranked teams competing in Milwaukee over the weekend include No. 2 McKendree, third-ranked Nebraska, No. 9 Fairleigh Dickinson, 14th-ranked Lincoln Memorial, No. 15 Adelphi, 18th-ranked Central Missouri, No. 19 LIU Brooklyn, 21st-ranked and tournament host Wisconsin-Whitewater and No. 22 Maryville University. Valparaiso and Youngstown State are both receiving votes in the national top-25 poll, while Elmhurst College, Lewis University and Lincoln University complete the tournament's field.
The three-day event will get underway Friday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. CST with five Baker matches, followed by five traditional team matches starting Saturday, Nov. 10 at 9:25 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, a tournament champion will be crowned with three rounds of best 4-of-7 bracket play Baker matches beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The Ladyjacks have been placed in the white pool for Friday and Saturday's pool play matches with seeding for Sunday's bracket play based on teams' pinfall total from the first two days of competition.
SFA at the Warhawk Classic
This weekend will mark the fourth-straight year SFA has made the trip to Wisconsin for the Warhawk Classic. The Ladyjacks finished third at the tournament during the 2015-16 season, when it was held in the spring, and placed fifth in 2015-16. A year ago, SFA turned in a seventh-place showing out of 18 teams and closed out the tournament with three consecutive bracket play match victories, including wins over 14th-ranked Saint Francis (Pa.) and No. 8 Fairleigh Dickinson.
Last Time on the Lanes
Last weekend, the Ladyjacks earned six match wins and collected a pinfall total of 12,483 en route to a sixth-place finish among 17 teams at Sam Houston State's Track Kat Klash in Houston. SFA out-bowled three teams during Saturday's traditional team matches, including earning a victory over fifth-ranked Arkansas State, and claimed the No. 4 seed for bracket play. Four of the Ladyjacks' five starting bowlers in the traditional team matches collected top-20 individual finishes as sophomore Sarah Gill and freshman Carlene Beyer placed in the top 10. Gill knocked down 1,023 total pins in five traditional team matches and posted a 204.6 game average to finish in eighth place among 111 total bowlers, while Beyer was ninth with a 203.4 average and 1,017 total pins. Senior Dakotah Hazlewood placed 14th after averaging a 198.4 and owning a pinfall total of 992 as fellow senior Paige Beeney finished 16th with a 198.2 average and 991 total pins.
Up Next…
The Ladyjacks will have the remainder of the fall and the first part of the winter off from competition before returning to tournament play Friday-Sunday, Jan. 11-13 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, for Arkansas State's Mid-Winter Invitational.
Stay tuned to SFAJacks.com, as well as SFA's social media platforms, for complete coverage of Ladyjack bowling throughout the fall.
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