2008 NCAA Bowling Championship

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2008 NCAA Bowling Championship
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Tournament details
DatesApril 2008
Teams8
Final positions
Champions UMES (1st title)
Runner-up Arkansas State (1st title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Attendance467 (31 per match)
Best player Jessica Worsley, UMES
  2007
2009  

The 2008 NCAA Bowling Championship was the fifth annual tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA collegiate ten-pin bowling. The tournament was played in Omaha, Nebraska during April 2007. [1]

Contents

Maryland–Eastern Shore defeated Arkansas State in the championship match, 4 games to 2, to win their first national title. [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 8 teams were invited to contest this championship, which consisted of a modified double-elimination style tournament. Two more matches, comprising Round 5, were played this year.

TeamAppearancePrevious
Arkansas State 1stNever
Central Missouri 4th 2007
Maryland–Eastern Shore 5th 2007
Minnesota State–Mankato 2nd 2007
Nebraska 5th 2007
New Jersey City 5th 2007
Sacred Heart 4th 2007
Vanderbilt 3rd 2007

Tournament bracket

Rounds 1–2Rounds 2–3Rounds 4–5Championship
Central Missouri4
Nebraska1
Central Missouri2
New Jersey City4
New Jersey City4
MSU–Mankato1
New Jersey City23
Arkansas State44
Nebraska0
MSU–Mankato4Arkansas State4
MSU–Mankato1
Arkansas State2
UMES4
UMES4
Vanderbilt0
UMES4
Arkansas State3
Arkansas State4
Sacred Heart0
UMES24
Vanderbilt43
Vanderbilt4
Sacred Heart3Central Missouri2
Vanderbilt4

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Women's Bowling National Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  2. "National Champions!!!!!" (Press release). University of Maryland Eastern Shore Athletics. April 12, 2008. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015.