UAB Heads North for Bearcat Hammer Open

Friday, October 25

O'Fallon, Ill.

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UAB

Bearcat Hammer Open

UAB Heads North for Bearcat Hammer Open

10/24/2019 9:00:00 AM | Women's Bowling

BIRMINGHAM –The No. 19 UAB bowling team returns to action this weekend when it travels to O'Fallon, Ill. for the Bearcat Hammer Open hosted by McKendree.

The tournament will follow the traditional format with five Baker games on Friday, five Traditional games on Saturday and three best-of-seven bracket-round matches on Sunday.

"We are excited to return back to the Bearcat Open. It has been a few years since we attended this event, but McKendree is a powerhouse program, and they run a fantastic tournament," said coach Michelle Crews. "We had some highs and lows last weekend at the Allstate Sugar Bowl, but we learned a lot and will look to use all the new information we learned last week to have more consistency in O'Fallon."

UAB is one of seven ranked teams in the field this weekend, including No. 2 McKendree, No. 4 Nebraska, No. 10 Wisconsin-Whitewater, No. 12 Central Missouri, No. 13 Lincoln Memorial, and No. 18 Maryville.

The Blazers finished ninth in this competition in 2017. Individually, Rachel Strogin finished 16th and Taylor Russell finished 29th.

The Blazers are coming off a sixth-place finish at the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Individually, Rachel Strogin led the way with a total pinfall of 1,059 to finish in third place overall and was named to the Allstate Sugar Bowl All-Tournament Team. Samantha Johnson was also named to the Allstate Sugar Bowl All-Tournament Team with a total pinfall of 1,036 to finish in fourth place overall. Annie Hurley (1,009) and Taylor Russell (969) placed 10th and 16th, respectively, to finish the Blazers in the top-25 overall.

Competing for UAB in the Bearcat Hammer Open will be Rachel Strogin, Sierra Lewis, Annie Hurley, Elise London, Samantha Johnson, Cameron Snyder, Cayla Davidson and Jamie Krasnigor.

UAB will have a weekend off before traveling to Baltimore, Md. for its first conference match.

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