2022 NCAA Bowling Championship

2022 NCAA Bowling Championship

Tournament details
Dates	April 15–16, 2022
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	McKendree (2nd title)
Runner-up	Stephen F. Austin (4th title match)

The 2022 NCAA Bowling Championship was the 18th edition of the NCAA Bowling Championship, the annual tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA collegiate ten-pin bowling.[1] The finals were hosted by the Mid-American Conference and played at Wayne Webb's Columbus Bowl in Columbus, Ohio from April 15–16, 2022.[2]

Format

The 2022 championship continued the 16-team format that debuted in the 2021 tournament. However, whereas the 2021 regionals were also contested at the championship site, the 2022 regionals took place at four pre-determined locations:[2]

• Arlington, Texas
• Erie, Pennsylvania
• Lansing, Michigan
• Rochester, New York

Each regional was played as a double-elimination tournament. All regional matches, except for what the NCAA calls "if necessary regional finals", were best-of-three matches bowled in the following order: five-person team, Baker total pinfall, Baker best-of-seven match play. Any "if necessary regional final" was Baker best-of-seven. Regional winners advanced to the championship event, which was also double-elimination. All matches were bowled under the standard format for regionals (best-of-three matches using specified formats in a specific order) except the championship final, which was Baker best-of-seven.[3]

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 16 teams competed in the double-elimination tournament, with eight conference champions receiving automatic bids and eight teams receiving at-large bids. The teams were revealed in a selection show on March 30, 2022.[2]

Bids

There were 16 teams selected to the tournament - eight were selected automatically as conference champions, while another eight were selected at-large.[2] The top four teams in the tournament were seeded and assigned to separate regions; they were the only teams seeded for this tournament

The Southland Bowling League (SBL) had the most bids of any conference with six, while the Northeast Conference (NEC) had three. The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC), Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), East Coast Conference (ECC), Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC), Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) sent only their conference tournament champions. Additionally, one independent team received an at-large bid to the tournament.

Seed	Team	Conference	Bid type	Appearance	Last
1	McKendree	GLVC	Automatic	6th	2021
2	Nebraska	Independent	At-large	18th	2021
3	Vanderbilt	SBL	Automatic	16th	2021
4	Sam Houston State	SBL	At-large	10th	2021
	Alabama State	SWAC	Automatic	1st	Never
	Arkansas State	SBL	At-large	14th	2021
	Bowie State	CIAA	Automatic	3rd	2019
	Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC	At-large	14th	2021
	Louisiana Tech	SBL	At-large	2nd	2021
	Medaille	AMCC	Automatic	3rd	2021
	Mount St. Mary's	NEC	At-large	2nd	2021
	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	Automatic	4th	2021
	Sacred Heart	NEC	Automatic	8th	2021
	Stephen F. Austin	SBL	At-large	5th	2019
	Wilmington (DE)	ECC	Automatic	1st	Never
	Youngstown State	SBL	At-large	2nd	2021

Tournament bracket

All regions were double-elimination, except for the finals, which was double-elimination before a single Baker best-of-7 championship match.[4][5]

Erie Regional

	First round Consolation first round					Second round Consolation second round					Regional final
	1	McKendree	2
		Bowie State	0
						1	McKendree	2
	Winner's bracket
							Mount St. Mary's	0
	Mount St. Mary's		2
	Medaille		1
											1	McKendree	0	4
												Mount St. Mary's	2	2
	Bowie State		0
	Medaille		2
						Mount St. Mary's		2
	Loser's bracket
						Medaille		1

Arlington Regional

	First round Consolation first round					Second round Consolation second round					Regional final
	4	Sam Houston State	0
		Stephen F. Austin	2
						Stephen F. Austin		2
	Winner's bracket
						North Carolina A&T		0
	Louisiana Tech		1
	North Carolina A&T		2
											Stephen F. Austin		2	-
											Louisiana Tech		0	-
	4	Sam Houston State	0
		Louisiana Tech	2
						North Carolina A&T		0
	Loser's bracket
						Louisiana Tech		2

Rochester Regional

	First round Consolation first round					Second round Consolation second round					Regional final
	2	Nebraska	0
		Wilmington (DE)	2
						Wilmington (DE)		0
	Winner's bracket
						Fairleigh Dickinson		2
	Fairleigh Dickinson		2
	Sacred Heart		0
												Fairleigh Dickinson	2	-
											2	Nebraska	0	-
	2	Nebraska	2
		Sacred Heart	0
							Wilmington (DE)	0
	Loser's bracket
						2	Nebraska	2

Lansing Regional

	First round Consolation first round					Second round Consolation second round					Regional final
	3	Vanderbilt	2
		Alabama State	0
						3	Vanderbilt	2
	Winner's bracket
							Arkansas State	1
	Arkansas State		2
	Youngstown State		1
											3	Vanderbilt	2	-
												Arkansas State	0	-
	Alabama State		0
	Youngstown State		2
						Arkansas State		2
	Loser's bracket
						Youngstown State		1

Finals

	First round Consolation first round					Second round Consolation second round					Championship final
	1	McKendree	1
		Stephen F. Austin	2
							Stephen F. Austin	2
	Winner's bracket
						3	Vanderbilt	1
		Fairleigh Dickinson	1
	3	Vanderbilt	2
												Stephen F. Austin		0
											1	McKendree		4
	1	McKendree	2
		Fairleigh Dickinson	0
						3	Vanderbilt	1
	Loser's bracket
						1	McKendree	2

References

1. "NC Bowling Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
2. "2022 NCAA bowling championship: Selection show, schedule | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
3. "Memorandum: NCAA Bowling Season and Championship Information" (PDF). NCAA Women's Bowling Committee. September 9, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
4. "2022 Women's Bowling Regionals Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. March 30, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
5. "2022 Women's Bowling Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. April 16, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.