DES PLAINES, Ill. – The Quincy University women's bowling team put together an 8-5 record over three days of competition at the 2026 Windy City Classic, finishing 10th out of 16 teams at the event hosted by Le Moyne College.

The Hawks finished qualifying with a 7-3 record, going 3-2 during Baker competition on Friday before turning in a strong 4-1 showing during traditional match play on Saturday.

Quincy opened Baker competition with an 880-801 loss to McKendree before responding with three consecutive victories. The Hawks defeated Le Moyne 883-816, Edgewood 818-704 and Lewis 984-891, with the 984 against Lewis marking Quincy's highest qualifying total of the weekend. Carthage closed the Baker portion with an 896-829 win over the Hawks.

The Hawks carried the momentum into traditional play on Saturday, winning four of their five matches. Quincy opened with an 859-801 victory over Aurora before defeating Carroll 852-841 and Wisconsin-Whitewater 864-841. Thomas More handed the Hawks their lone loss of traditional competition, 851-805, before Quincy closed qualifying with an 881-830 victory over Elmhurst.

Quincy's 7-3 qualifying record earned the Hawks the No. 9 seed for Sunday's championship bracket.

The Hawks opened bracket play against No. 10 seed Le Moyne and controlled the match, winning 4-1. Quincy took the first three Baker games 169-154, 181-129 and 183-161. After Le Moyne took game four, the Hawks answered with a 188-155 victory in game five to close out the match.

Quincy moved on to face eighth-seeded Marian University in the second round. Despite holding a 1,159-1,144 advantage in total pinfall, the Hawks dropped the best-of-seven match 4-2. Quincy posted its two victories with scores of 246 and 224 in games three and four.

The loss sent the Hawks into the ninth-place position match against Indianapolis. The Greyhounds took the match 4-0, leaving Quincy with a 10th-place final finish. The Hawks concluded the tournament with an 8-5 overall match record, knocking down 11,251 total pins across qualifying and bracket competition.

Fernanda Garcia led Quincy during individual competition, finishing 14th out of 113 bowlers. Garcia competed in all five traditional games, totaling 907 pins for a 181.4 average. She rolled games of 179, 188, 209, 173 and 158, with her 209 marking her high game of the weekend.

Mackinzie McPeak gave the Hawks a second top-20 finisher, placing 18th overall. McPeak knocked down 891 pins over five games for a 178.2 average, highlighted by a 190 in game three.

Reese Cecil finished 37th with 822 pins and a 164.4 average across five games, posting a high game of 189.

Several other Hawks saw action throughout traditional competition. Lillian Fields totaled 520 pins across three games for a 173.33 average, highlighted by a 183. Macie Johnson made the most of her two appearances, rolling a 155 and a team-high single-game score of 210 for a 182.5 average.

Hannah Herdklotz totaled 451 pins across three games, while Payton Zulfer rolled a 178 in her lone appearance. Josephine Rodriguez also appeared in one traditional game, recording a 127.

Quincy finished the weekend with 4,315 pins in Baker qualifying, 4,261 during traditional competition and 2,675 in bracket play for 11,251 total pins and a tournament average of 173.1 per game.

The Hawks will return to action November 13-15 at the 2026 Bearcat Invitational in Fairview Heights, Illinois.