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. 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.
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.
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. Seed Team Conference Bid type Appearance Last Ref 1 McKendree Bearcats GLVC At-large 5th 2019 2Nebraska Cornhuskers Independent At-large 17th 2019 3North Carolina A&T Aggies MEAC Automatic 3rd 2018 4Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters SBL At-large 1st — 5Fairleigh Dickinson Knights NEC Automatic 13th 2017 6Arkansas State Red Wolves SBL At-large 13th 2019 7Vanderbilt Commodores SBL Automatic 15th 2019 8Duquesne Dukes NEC At-large 1st — 9Sacred Heart Pioneers NEC At-large 7th 2019 10Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers NEC At-large 1st — 11Delaware State Hornets MEAC At-large 3rd 2010 12Sam Houston State Bearkats SBL At-large 9th 2019 13Youngstown State Penguins SBL At-large 1st — 14Prairie View A&M Panthers SWAC Automatic 1st — 15Medaille Mavericks AMCC Automatic 1st — 16Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks ECC Automatic 1st —
Schedule
Round Date TimeRegional stage First round April 7 9:00 a.m. Second round 3:00 p.m. Consolation first round Consolation second round April 8 9:00 a.m. Regional final 3:00 p.m. Finals first round April 9 9:00 a.m. Finals consolation first round 3:00 p.m. Finals second round Finals consolation second round April 10 9:00 a.m. National championship 6:00 p.m.
Tournament bracket Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Finals
References