The Fairleigh Dickinson University women's bowling team was one of the eight teams selected to compete at the 2010 NCAA Women's Bowling Championship, announced on a selection show that was streamed live via ncaa.com on Wednesday, March 24 at 4:00 p.m. New Jersey City University will host the championship, which will be held April 8-10 at Brunswick Zone Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick, New Jersey.
The field includes the following teams, all selected at large: Arkansas State University, University of Central Missouri, Delaware State University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, University of Maryland- Eastern Shore, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, New Jersey City University and Vanderbilt University.
Competition begins with qualifying rounds in which each team bowls one five-person regular team game against each of the other seven teams participating in the championship for a total of seven games. Teams will be seeded for bracket play based on their win-loss record during the qualifying rounds. Teams will then compete in best-of-seven-games Baker matches in a double elimination tournament. In the Baker format, each of the five team members, in order, bowls a complete frame until a complete (10-frame) game is bowled. A Baker match tied 3½ games to 3½ games after seven games will be decided using a shootout sudden death roll-off.
The championship finals will air live on ESPNU Saturday, April 10, at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, and a tape delay broadcast of the finals will air on ESPN Sunday, April 11 at 3 p.m. Eastern time.
For more information about the NCAA National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship, log on to www.ncaa.com.
The Knights are 80-34 this season, coming off the Northeast Conference Championships. After winning the conference title in its inaugural year in 2008-09, the Knights returned to the championship match but fell to Sacred Heart.
The 2005-06 NCAA Champions, Fairleigh Dickinson has reached the NCAA tournament six times in the event's seven-year existence.
Tickets can be purchased by calling 201/200-2444 prior to the championship.
