2021 NCAA Bowling Championship

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2021 NCAA Bowling Championship
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Tournament details
DatesApril 7–10, 2021
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Nebraska (6th title)
Runner-up Arkansas State (2nd title match)
←  2019
2022  →

The 2021 NCAA Bowling Championship was the 17th edition of the NCAA Bowling Championship, the annual tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA collegiate ten-pin bowling. [1] The tournament was hosted by the University of Central Missouri and played at the AMF Pro Bowl Lanes in North Kansas City, Missouri from April 7–10, 2021. [2]

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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 six conference champions receiving automatic bids and ten teams receiving at-large bids. The teams were revealed in a selection show on March 31, 2021. [2]

Bids

Sixteen teams contested the tournament. The Southland Bowling League (SBL) had the most bids of any conference with five, while the Northeast Conference (NEC) had four and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) had two. The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC), Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), East Coast Conference (ECC), and Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) sent only their conference tournament champion; the first three by an automatic bid and the last by an at-large bid. Additionally, one independent team received an at-large bid to the tournament.

Due in part to the tournament's expansion to sixteen teams, seven programs made their NCAA Tournament debut; three automatic qualifiers and four at-large bids.

SeedTeamConferenceBid typeAppearanceLast [lower-alpha 1] Ref
1McKendree Bearcats GLVC At-large [lower-alpha 2] 5th2019 [3]
2Nebraska CornhuskersIndependentAt-large17th2019 [4]
3North Carolina A&T Aggies MEAC Automatic3rd2018 [5]
4Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters SBL At-large1st— [6]
5Fairleigh Dickinson KnightsNECAutomatic13th2017 [7]
6Arkansas State Red WolvesSBLAt-large13th2019 [8]
7Vanderbilt CommodoresSBLAutomatic15th2019 [9]
8Duquesne Dukes NEC At-large1st— [10]
9Sacred Heart PioneersNECAt-large7th2019 [11]
10Mount St. Mary's MountaineersNECAt-large1st— [12]
11Delaware State HornetsMEACAt-large3rd2010 [13]
12Sam Houston State BearkatsSBLAt-large9th2019 [14]
13Youngstown State PenguinsSBLAt-large1st— [15]
14Prairie View A&M Panthers SWAC Automatic1st— [16]
15Medaille Mavericks AMCC Automatic1st— [17]
16Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks ECC Automatic1st— [18]
  1. ↑ Since the 2020 championship tournament was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the last tournament to be held was in 2019.
  2. ↑ McKendree won the GLVC tournament championship, but the conference does not have an automatic bid to the tournament for their champion.

Schedule

All times Central (UTC-05:00).

RoundDateTime
Regional stage
First roundApril 79:00 a.m.
Second round3:00 p.m.
Consolation first round
Consolation second roundApril 89:00 a.m.
Regional final3:00 p.m.
Finals first roundApril 99:00 a.m.
Finals consolation first round3:00 p.m.
Finals second round
Finals consolation second roundApril 109:00 a.m.
National championship
Broadcast on ESPNU 		6:00 p.m.

Tournament bracket

Region 1

First round
Consolation first round		Second round
Consolation second round		Regional final
1 McKendree 2
16 Roberts Wesleyan 0
1McKendree2
9Sacred Heart1
8 Duquesne 0
9 Sacred Heart 2
1McKendree
9Sacred Heart
Lower round 1Lower final
9Sacred Heart2
16Roberts Wesleyan08Duquesne1
8Duquesne2

Region 2

First round
Consolation first round		Second round
Consolation second round		Regional final
2 Nebraska 1
15 Medaille 2
15Medaille0
7Vanderbilt2
7 Vanderbilt 2
10 Mount St. Mary's 0
7Vanderbilt
2Nebraska
Lower round 1Lower final
15Medaille0
2Nebraska22Nebraska2
10Mount St. Mary's1

Region 3

First round
Consolation first round		Second round
Consolation second round		Regional final
3 North Carolina A&T 2
14 Prairie View A&M 1
3North Carolina A&T1
6Arkansas State2
6 Arkansas State 2
11 Delaware State 0
6Arkansas State
3North Carolina A&T
Lower round 1Lower final
3North Carolina A&T2
14Prairie View A&M011Delaware State1
11Delaware State2

Region 4

First round
Consolation first round		Second round
Consolation second round		Regional final
4 Louisiana Tech 0
13 Youngstown State 2
13Youngstown State2
5Fairleigh Dickinson0
5 Fairleigh Dickinson 2
12 Sam Houston State 0
13Youngstown State
12Sam Houston State
Lower round 1Lower final
5Fairleigh Dickinson1
4Louisiana Tech112Sam Houston State2
12Sam Houston State2

Finals

Finals first round
Consolation first round		Finals second round
Consolation second round		National championship
1McKendree2
13Youngstown State0
1McKendree1
2Nebraska2
2Nebraska2
6Arkansas State0
2Nebraska
6Arkansas State
Lower round 1Lower final
1McKendree1
13Youngstown State16Arkansas State2
6Arkansas State2

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