2021 NCAA Bowling Championship Regional Brackets


The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will have two teams competing in the 2021 NCAA Women's National Collegiate Bowling Championship, as the tournament field was officially unveiled Wednesday afternoon.

North Carolina A&T State, ranked No. 4 in the March 2021 National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) Top 25 Poll, earned the MEAC's automatic bid by winning the 2021 MEAC Bowling Championship on March 21, defeating Monmouth 4-2. The Aggies will be the tournament's No. 3 overall seed and will face Prairie View A&M, the SWAC champion, in regional play beginning on  Wednesday,April 7.

The Aggies are making their first NCAA appearance since 2018.

Delaware State, ranked No. 12 in the March 2021 NTCA poll, received an at-large bid and will face Arkansas State on April 7. The Hornets, who are making their first NCAA appearance since 2010, will be in the same regional as the Aggies.

McKendree is the tournament's No. 1 overall seed, with Nebraska claiming the No. 2 seed and Louisiana Tech the No. 4.

The 2021 NCAA Women's National Collegiate Bowling Championship will be held Wednesday-Saturday, April 7-10 at AMF Pro Bowl Lanes in North Kansas City, Mo. The 16-team, double-elimination tournament will begin with regional play on April 7-8.

The winners of each regional will advance to the NCAA championship. The championship matches will be played April 9-10. Both regional and championship rounds will be played at AMF Pro Bowl Lanes. The University of Central Missouri and Kansas City Sports Commission are the hosts.

The regional and championship brackets will be double-elimination, with each round consisting of a best-of-three match that includes the use of three team game formats- baker total pin fall, five-person team match and a best-of-seven baker match play. Regional competition will conclude with one team from each regional bracket advancing to compete in the championship.

The champion will be determined using a best-of-seven baker match play. The championship final will air at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 10 on ESPNU.

All matches will stream live on NCAA.com.