2022 NCAA Bowling Championship
Tournament details
DatesApril 15–16, 2022
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsMcKendree (2nd title)
Runner-upStephen 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]

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.

SeedTeamConferenceBid typeAppearanceLast
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. 1 2 3 4 "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.
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