INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Pikeville women's bowling team recorded a third-place finish in the season-opening DV8 Western Shootout last weekend.
 
The Bears finished with a score of 8744, behind only Lindenwood (Mo.) and Missouri Baptist in the field of 24 varsity teams.
 
In 16 games in the Baker format, the Bears peaked at 231 in the 11^th game.
 
Junior Kaytlen Peck, from Fort Lawn, S.C., led the Bears with a six-game score of 1195, averaging 199.17 to finish 16^th in the field of 200 competing bowlers. Among her scores was a 220 finish in the fourth game.
 
Katarina Hagler, a junior from Cape Coral, Fla., followed by shooting 1136 over six games, averaging 189.33. Her day featured a score of 237 in the fifth game.
 
Taylor Sams, a junior from Shelbyville, had a five-game score of 936 to average 187.2.
 
UPike will be back in action on Oct. 16-17 when it travels to Addison, Ill. There it will compete in the NAIABCA Fall Invite.