The women's bowling team competed in the UNOH Racers Classic on Saturday in Lima, Ohio.  After bowling six team games and 16 baker games of qualifying, the team was in third place going into the live TV step ladder finals. They would face the fourth place team Wright State-Pink in a best-of-three baker game match. In a very close match, Wright State-Pink won both games winning 179-167 and 159-157. The team was led by freshmen Chelsea Essenmacher and Emily Gesell. Essenmacher averaging 185.83 for the day, made the All-Tournament team finishing fourth overall, which is the highest individual finish in program history. She rolled three 200 games on the day with a high game of 224. Gesell also fired off two 200 games and finished sixth overall with an average of 180. Sophomore Shannon McKowen also had a strong showing starting off the day clean through 17 frames. Both McKowen and Gesell each bowled a clean game during the team games, which is not easy to do on a difficult sport pattern. 

"The team continues to improve and now we have had three different bowlers lead the way for the team in the first three tournaments of the year," said head coach Jody Fetterhoff.  "I am very proud of how the girls bowled under the pressure of a TV finals. We kept our composure and threw good shots, unfortunately we got some bad breaks. I'm confident with two weeks of practice until our next two conference tournaments in Monroe, Mich. on Nov. 6 and 7, we will have a strong showing."