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Bowling Teams Sent to Tennessee for Sectionals

For the first time since 2022, men's and women's bowling will head to Smyrna, Tennessee for Sectional competition March 14-15. The USBC Collegiate announced the complete post-season field earlier this week for all four Sectional locations, additionally including Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Addison, Illinois; and Fort Worth, Texas.

The Lady Lions are the second highest seed in Tennessee as they finished with the No. 6 power ranking in the women's division. SCAD – Savannah is the top seed at the location with a ranking of No. 3. William Penn (No. 13) and Cumberland (No. 15) round out the top four. The location also includes Jacksonville State, the top team in the NCAA RPI rankings. Wright State (NCAA RPI No. 10), Mount St. Mary's (NCAA RPI No. 17) and the University of Alabama – Birmingham (NCAA RPI No. 20) will also be competing in Tennessee.

On the men's side, the Lions are the eight seed with a No. 31 power ranking. Wisconsin – Whitewater (No. 5) is the top seed followed by Webber International (No. 7), SCAD – Savannah (No. 10), Purdue (No. 13), Belmont Abbey (No. 17), Tennessee Wesleyan (No. 20), and Emmanuel (No. 30).

Here is a complete summary of the fields at all four Sectional locations. Teams will bowl 64 baker games total, 32 each day Saturday and Sunday, with the top four teams in total pin fall at each location advancing to the Intercollegiate Team Championships (ITC) April 16-18 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Smyrna, Tenn.
Women

Jacksonville State (NCAA RPI No. 1)
SCAD – Savannah (No. 3)
Lindenwood (No. 6)
Wright State (NCAA RPI No. 10)
William Penn (No. 13)
Cumberland (No. 15)
Mount St. Mary's (NCAA RPI No. 17)
Tennessee Wesleyan (No. 18)
University of Alabama – Birmingham (NCAA RPI No. 20)
Coe College (No. 21)
Emmanuel (No. 25)
Cumberlands (No. 30)
Columbia College (No. 39)
Culver – Stockton (No. 41)
Purdue (No. 52)
SCAD – Atlanta (No. 59)
Goshen (No. 76)
Belmont Abbey (No. 78)
Baker (No. 81)
Union Commonwealth (No. 84)

Smyrna, Tenn.
Men

Wisconsin – Whitewater (No. 5)
Webber International (No. 7)
SCAD – Savannah (No. 10)
Purdue (No. 13)
Belmont Abbey (No. 17)
Tennessee Wesleyan (No. 20)
Emmanuel (No. 30)
Lindenwood (No. 31)
Quincy (No. 35)
Baker (No. 36)
Cumberland (No. 38)
Vincennes (No. 43)
William Penn (No. 47)
Florida State (No. 50)
Coe College (No. 51)
SCAD – Atlanta (No. 60)
Midway (No. 61)
Southeastern Illinois College (No. 69)
Campbellsville (No. 73)
Mobile (No. 74)

 
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Women

Lawrence Tech (No. 2)
Milligan (No. 7)
McKendree (NCAA RPI No. 11)
St. Vincent (No. 12)
Indiana Tech (No. 16)
Trine (No. 17)
Duquesne (NCAA RPI No. 23)
Aquinas (No. 24)
Delaware State (NCAA RPI No. 24)
Dominican (NY) (NCAA RPI No. 25)
Olivet (No. 26)
Muskingum (No. 26)
Kutztown (NCAA RPI No. 26)
Rochester Christian (No. 35)
Rio Grande (No. 42)
Lourdes (No. 43)
Shawnee State (No. 62)
Cleary (No. 80)

Pittsburg, Pa.
Men

Lawrence Tech (No. 6)
Indiana Tech (No. 8)
McKendree (No. 11)
Trine (No. 16)
Aquinas (No. 18)
Muskingum (No. 21)
Robert Morris (Pa.) (No. 28)
William Patterson (No. 32)
Milligan (No. 34)
Olivet (No. 41)
New Jersey Tech (No. 44)
Rochester Tech (No. 45)
Indiana Wesleyan (No. 49)
Mercyhurst (No. 58)
Madonna (No. 63)
SUNY – Stony Brook (No. 64)
Erie Community College (No. 70)
Cleary (No. 71)
St. Vincent (No. 76)
Rochester Christian (No. 79)

 
Addison, Ill.
Women

Mount Mercy (No. 1)
Pikeville (No. 5)
Maryville (NCAA RPI No. 8)
Calumet College of St. Joseph (No. 10)
Sacred Heart (NCAA RPI No. 13)
Spring Arbor (No. 14)
Monmouth (NCAA RPI No. 15)
McPherson (No. 19)
Central Missouri (NCAA RPI No. 21)
Marian (Ind.) (No. 28)
Wisconsin – Whitewater (NCAA RPI No. 29)
Carroll (Wisc.) (NCAA RPI No. 30)
St. Ambrose (No. 31)
Marian (Wisc.) (NCAA RPI No. 37)
Waldorf (No. 40)
Wartburg (No. 44)
Governor's State (No. 50)
Alma (No. 51)
Wisconsin – Madison (No. 67)
Davenport (No. 70)
Ohio State (No. 73)
Clarke (No. 77)
Huntington (No. 82)
Grand View (No. 83)

Addison, Ill.
Men

St. Ambrose (No. 1)
Mount Mercy (No. 3)
Calumet College of St. Joseph (No. 9)
Marian (Ind.) (No. 14)
Marian (Wisc.) (No. 19)
Pikeville (No. 24)
Ohio State (No. 25)
Spring Arbor (No. 27)
Rock Valley (No. 33)
Viterbo (No. 37)
Wartburg (No. 40)
Davenport (No. 48)
Ohio Northern (No. 53)
Hastings (No. 54)
Wisconsin – Platteville (No. 57)
Michigan – Dearborn (No. 65)
Wisconsin – Oshkosh (No. 66)
Clarke (No. 75)
Huntington (No. 77)
Iowa Western (No. 80)

 
Fort Worth, Texas
Women

Judson (No. 4)
Louisiana Tech (NCAA RPI No. 5)
Ottawa (Kan.) (No. 8)
Northwestern Ohio (No. 9)
Missouri Baptist (No. 11)
North Carolina A & T (NCAA RPI No. 14)
Newman (NCAA RPI No. 16)
Tulane (NCAA RPI No. 19)
St. Francis (Ill.) (No. 23)
Morningside (No. 29)
St. Xavier (No. 32)
Oklahoma Christian (NCAA RPI No. 32)
Peru State (No. 53)
Southern Nazarene (No. 60)
Texas A & M (No. 64)
Avila (No. 72)
Iowa Central Community College (No. 79)
Texas – San Antonio (No. 84)

Fort Worth, Texas
Men

Wichita State (No. 2)
Newman (No. 4)
St. Francis (Ill.) (No. 12)
Saint Xavier (No. 15)
Northwestern Ohio (No. 21)
Oklahoma Christian (No. 23)
Midland (No. 26)
Southern Nazarene (No. 29)
Grand Canyon (No. 39)
Ottawa (Kan.) (No. 42)
San Jose State (No. 46)
Texas – San Antonio (No. 52)
Missouri Baptist (No. 55)
Arizona State (No. 56)
Avila (No. 59)
Dallas Baptist (No. 62)
Iowa Central Community College (No. 67)
California State – Fresno (No. 68)
Judson (No. 72)
Kansas Wesleyan (No. 78)


 
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