HBCUs in the hunt for NCAA Bowling Championship

Three HBCUs will compete for the NCAA Bowling Championship next month. Bowie State University, Prairie View A&M and Maryland Eastern Shore are all in the twelve team field after winning their respective conference championships.

The Bowling Championship isn’t broken down by divisions like most NCAA sports, hence the Division II and Division I HBCUs competing for the same title.

The field also includes Arkansas State University, Sacred Heart University, Sam Houston State, Caldwell University, McKendree University, Medaille College, Nebraska, and Vanderbilt.

Four teams will be placed into the championship bracket, with the remaining eight teams competing in opening- round matches to finalize the championship bracket. Opening-round matches are as follows:

Date	Match	Venue	Location	Host Institution
April 5	Stephen F. Austin vs. Prairie View A&M	Emerald Bowl	Houston, Texas	Prairie View A&M
April 6	Maryland Eastern Shore vs. Bowie State Sacred Heart vs. Caldwell	Millsboro Lanes	Millsboro, Delaware	Maryland Eastern Shore
April 9	Arkansas State vs. Medaille	RollHouse Wickliffe	Wickliffe, Ohio	Mid-America Conference

The championship matches will be played April 11-13 at RollHouse Wickliffe in Wickliffe, Ohio.

The championship bracket will be a double-elimination, with each round consisting of a best-of-three match that includes the use of three team game formats- baker total pin fall,five– person team match and a best-of-seven baker match play. The champion will be determined using a  best-of-seven baker match play. The championship final will air at 6:30 p.m.Eastern Time, Saturday, April 13 on ESPNU.

Vanderbilt University won the 2018 National Collegiate Women’s Bowling Championship at Tropicana Lanes in St. Louis, Missouri defeating McKendree University.