2008 Woodie Awards
Women's bowling places sixth at National Championships
Molly Rosa
Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: Sports
The Sacred Heart women's bowling team made its third trip to the NCAA Championship this weekend, traveling to Omaha, Neb. and ranked fourth in the country.
The Pioneers placed sixth out of the eight teams and was eliminated on April 11, in a match against defending national champions, Vanderbilt University.
Eight total teams were selected for a trip to Nationals, including Arkansas State University, University of Central Missouri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Minnesota -Mankato, University of Nebraska, New Jersey City University, and Vanderbilt.
Maryland Eastern Shore took home the 2008 NCAA Women's National Championship next to runner-up Arkansas State.
The UMES Hawks went into the tournament and ranked second in the country. They started slow however and qualified seventh on the first day and fought their way to the title.
Based on the qualifying round, teams are placed in two four-team double-elimination brackets. Teams compete against each other in a best-of seven Baker-style bowling competition. Ties within a Baker game will be decided by another full Baker game.
Once bracket play has commenced, the higher seed receives starting lane preference for the start, during the 7th game of the match, and any tie-breaker game that must be played.
Sacred Heart grabbed a win in the first round in the third match at the NCAA Championships against Arkansas State.
MESU quickly sent Vanderbilt into the loser's bracket, casting them into a sudden elimination game with Sacred Heart.
During the second round, in the eighth match, a retuning battle with Vanderbilt took place. Vanderbilt was able to come out with a win.
The turning point of Vanderbilt's best of seven might have occurred in the first game. Sacred Heart appeared to hold its fate in its own hands and its anchor needed just eight pins in the tenth frame to slam the door on the defending champs.
However, the first ball resulted in a split with four pins left standing and a spare attempt netted just one pin, giving Vanderbilt a 208-207 win.
The Pioneers placed sixth out of the eight teams and was eliminated on April 11, in a match against defending national champions, Vanderbilt University.
Eight total teams were selected for a trip to Nationals, including Arkansas State University, University of Central Missouri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Minnesota -Mankato, University of Nebraska, New Jersey City University, and Vanderbilt.
Maryland Eastern Shore took home the 2008 NCAA Women's National Championship next to runner-up Arkansas State.
The UMES Hawks went into the tournament and ranked second in the country. They started slow however and qualified seventh on the first day and fought their way to the title.
Based on the qualifying round, teams are placed in two four-team double-elimination brackets. Teams compete against each other in a best-of seven Baker-style bowling competition. Ties within a Baker game will be decided by another full Baker game.
Once bracket play has commenced, the higher seed receives starting lane preference for the start, during the 7th game of the match, and any tie-breaker game that must be played.
Sacred Heart grabbed a win in the first round in the third match at the NCAA Championships against Arkansas State.
MESU quickly sent Vanderbilt into the loser's bracket, casting them into a sudden elimination game with Sacred Heart.
During the second round, in the eighth match, a retuning battle with Vanderbilt took place. Vanderbilt was able to come out with a win.
The turning point of Vanderbilt's best of seven might have occurred in the first game. Sacred Heart appeared to hold its fate in its own hands and its anchor needed just eight pins in the tenth frame to slam the door on the defending champs.
However, the first ball resulted in a split with four pins left standing and a spare attempt netted just one pin, giving Vanderbilt a 208-207 win.
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