2018 NCAA Bowling Championship |
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Dates | April 12–14, 2018 |
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Teams | 10 |
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Champions | Vanderbilt (2nd title) |
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Runners-up | McKendree (2nd title match) |
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Matches played | 14 |
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The 2018 NCAA Bowling Championship was the 15th edition of the NCAA Bowling Championship, an annual tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA collegiate ten-pin bowling.[1] The tournament was played at the Tropicana Lanes in St. Louis, Missouri from April 12–14, 2018.[2]
Qualification
Since there is only one national collegiate championship for women's bowling, all NCAA bowling programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of ten teams contested the championship (six automatically qualifying conference champions and four at-large bids), which consisted of a modified double-elimination style tournament.
Bids
Seed | Team | Conference | Appearance | Last[3] |
1 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Independent | 15th | 2017 |
2 | McKendree Bearcats | GLVC | 3rd | 2017 |
3 | Arkansas State Red Wolves | SBL | 11th | 2017 |
4 | Vanderbilt Commodores | SBL | 13th | 2017 |
5 | Sam Houston State Bearkats | SBL | 7th | 2017 |
6 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | MEAC | 2nd | 2016 |
7 | Saint Francis Red Flash | NEC | 1st | – |
8 | Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters | ECC | 1st | – |
9 | Bowie State Bulldogs | CIAA | 1st | – |
10 | Texas Southern Lady Tigers | SWAC | 1st | – |
Tournament bracket
Play-in rounds
| Play-in | |
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| 7 | Saint Francis | 2 | |
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| 9 | Bowie State | 0 | |
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| 8 | Lincoln Memorial | 2 | |
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| 10 | Texas Southern | 0 | |
Championship tournament
| First round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Championship | |
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| 1 | Nebraska | 2 | | | | |
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| 8 | Lincoln Memorial | 0 | |
| | 1 | Nebraska | 0 | |
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| | | 4 | Vanderbilt | 2 | |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 2 | |
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| 5 | Sam Houston State | 1 | |
| | 4 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 2 | |
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| | | 5 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | Sam Houston State | 2 | | |
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| 8 | Lincoln Memorial | 0 | |
| | 5 | Sam Houston State | 2 | |
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| | | 3 | Arkansas State | 0 | |
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| | 4 | Vanderbilt | 4 | |
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| | | 2 | McKendree | 3 | |
| 3 | Arkansas State | 2 | | | |
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| 6 | North Carolina A&T | 0 | |
| | 3 | Arkansas State | 1 | |
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| | | 2 | McKendree | 2 | |
| 2 | McKendree | 2 | |
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| 7 | Saint Francis | 0 | |
| | 2 | McKendree | 2 | | |
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| | | 1 | Nebraska | 0 | | |
| 6 | North Carolina A&T | 2 | | |
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| 7 | Saint Francis | 0 | |
| | 6 | North Carolina A&T | 0 | |
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| | | 1 | Nebraska | 2 | |
References
2017–18 NCAA Division I championships |
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- † Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship
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