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NCAA's top women's bowling teams to battle for national title
The NCAA will crown its sixth national championship bowling team at the 2009 National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship, which will be held April 9-11 at Super Bowl Lanes in Canton, Mich.
The eight-team field for this year's event includes: Arkansas State University, Central Missouri University, Delaware State University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, University of Nebraska, New Jersey City University and Vanderbilt University. Teams were selected by the NCAA Women's Bowling Committee based on the following criteria:
- Eligibility and availability of student athletes
- Overall win-loss percentage
- Head-to-head competition as compared between two teams
- Results versus common opponents
- Results versus previously-selected and/or ranked teams
- Overall strength of schedule
- Overall quality of wins index
Teams learned of their berths to this year's national tournament on March 25 during a live selection show that was televised on the Web-based NCAA Channel.
Maryland-Eastern Shore is the defending champion by virtue of its 4-2 victory over Arkansas State during the 2008 finals. The Hawks authored a 98-32 record this season and enter the event as the fifth-ranked team in the National Tenpin Coaches Association Women's Bowling Rankings.
Vanderbilt (75-17) comes in as the nation's No. 1-ranked team although Nebraska (67-19) and Fairleigh Dickinson (92-20) also received first-place votes.
National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship action begins Thursday, April 9 with a qualifying round that features four traditional team games and 20 Baker-style games. At the end of those 24 games, total pinfall is used to seed teams for best-of-seven, double-elimination Baker match play. Matches continue until a champion is crowned. The championship match will be broadcast live on ESPNU, April 11 at 7 p.m. EDT.
Previous National Women's Collegiate Bowling Championship winners
2008 - University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
2007 - Vanderbilt University
2006 - Fairleigh Dickinson University
2005 - University of Nebraska
2004 - University of Nebraska
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