Collegiate bowling tournament
Football tournament season
2018 NCAA Bowling Championship![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/NCAA_logo.svg/140px-NCAA_logo.svg.png) |
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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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Runner-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]
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1
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Nebraska Cornhuskers |
Independent |
15th |
2017
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2
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McKendree Bearcats |
GLVC |
3rd |
2017
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3
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Arkansas State Red Wolves |
SBL |
11th |
2017
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4
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Vanderbilt Commodores |
SBL |
13th |
2017
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5
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Sam Houston State Bearkats |
SBL |
7th |
2017
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6
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North Carolina A&T Aggies |
MEAC |
2nd |
2016
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7
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Saint Francis Red Flash |
NEC |
1st |
–
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8
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Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters |
ECC |
1st |
–
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9
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Bowie State Bulldogs |
CIAA |
1st |
–
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10
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Texas Southern Lady Tigers |
SWAC |
1st |
–
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