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]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 15–16, 2022 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | McKendree (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Stephen F. Austin (4th title match) |
Format edit
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]
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
- ^ "NC Bowling Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "2022 NCAA bowling championship: Selection show, schedule | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ "Memorandum: NCAA Bowling Season and Championship Information" (PDF). NCAA Women's Bowling Committee. September 9, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ "2022 Women's Bowling Regionals Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. March 30, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Women's Bowling Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. April 16, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.