On the women's side, Trine fell to 7 Cumberland 4-3 and were eliminated. St Vincent lost to 13 SCAD 4-3 and were also eliminated.
On the men's side, Trine were beaten by 14 Spring Arbor 4-1 and were eliminated. Marian (WI) however went on a run in the losers bracket. First they took down 13 Purdue 4-3, then 9 McKendree 4-2, followed by 4 Wichita St 4-3, and 16 Southern Nazarene 4-3. That sent them to a rematch with 5 St Ambrose who made it through the winners bracket. They would need to defeat them twice to make it to the finals but they lost the first match 4-3.

The men's ITC title will be between a pair of NAIA schools from Iowa. The St Ambrose Fighting Bees from Davenport and the Mount Mercy Mustangs from Cedar Rapids.
The women's title will be D1 Jacksonville State Gamecocks from Jacksonville, Alabama vs D2 McKendree Bearcats from Lebanon, Illinois.

Qualifying didn't go great, on the mens side Marian (WI) shot 4337 to take the 12th seed while Trine shot 4272 and was 15th. For the women, St Vincent shot 4273 and are 12th while Trine went 4218 for 15th.

In early men's double elimination bracket play Marian lost their opening best of 7 match against 5th seed St Ambrose 4-1. They will open the day against 13 seed Purdue and if they win that they'll face 9 seed McKendree. Trine meanwhile pulled the upset against 2nd seed SCAD 4-3 before losing to 7 Lawrence Tech 4-1. They await the winner of 11 Belmont Abbey and 14 Spring Arbor.

In the women's bracket St Vincent lost to 5 seed Sacred Heart 4-3. They will start the day with 13 seed SCAD and if they win will face 9 Central Missouri. Trine almost continued to match their men but lost to 2 Louisiana Tech 4-3. They start the day against 7 Cumberland and if they win will face 11 Tulane.

NCAA update: Jacksonville St defeated Wichita St 4-1 to win their second title in three years.

ISC update
Brody Wildenmann of Muskingum topped the qualifying round shooting 1306 for 6 games. Brady Lauber from UW-Whitewater struggle the last two games and fell to 9th just missing the first round bye in the bracket.
Lauber beat 24 seed Brandon Handog of Southern Nazarene 581-556 in the three game series. Next round he lost to 8 seed Tyler Close from St. Ambrose 655-669.
Wildenmann had a bye in the first round then beat 17 seed Camden Malott from Indiana Wesleyan 577-562. Then in the quarterfinals he too fell to Tyler Close 554-677.
Semis and finals are Saturday. 5 Kaeden White from Midland vs 8 Tyler Close from St Ambrose and 2 Nate Trentler from Calumet College of St. Joseph vs 14 Landin Jordan from Savannah College of Art and Design

On the women's side Elizabeth Springsteen of Muskingum qualified 22nd shooting 1006 for 6 games. She lost in the opening round to 11 seed Saphyre Nofuente from Vanderbilt 569-677.
In the semifinals its 1 Gianna Brandolino from Jacksonville State vs 13 Katarina Hagler from Pikeville and 10 Kaitlyn Stull from Jacksonville State vs 14 Dannielle Henderson from Vanderbilt

Teams get underway later today with qualifying consisting of 24 baker games.

Was anyone else reminded of 1983 NC State? Whittenburg to Charles for the title? Just needed coach Marcus Kahn to run around looking for someone to hug.

Big comeback at the end for Emory to tie it but Mary Washington beats the buzzer and wins the title 75-73

NCAA tournament matches are first to two points. First is the traditional 5 bowler team game, second is 5 baker game total. Then if necessary a best of 7 baker games. (For those unfamiliar, baker games are where the team bowls a single game so leadoff bowls frames 1 and 6, second bowls frames 2 and 7, etc.)

In the opening round of the NCAA tournament St Vincent lost to Belmont Abbey 2-1 (traditional team game: 876-918, 5 baker games: 956-812, best of 7 baker games 1-4) and were eliminated.

Carroll won their opening round match 2-1 over Fayetteville St (909-856, 890-892, 4-0) and advanced to double elimination play but lost 2-0 to #1 ranked Jacksonville St (899-1062, 852-1046) and then 2-1 to defending champs Youngstown St (902-890, 891-917, 0-4)

The four regional winners headed to the championships are Arkansas St, Jacksonville St, Vanderbilt, and Wichita St

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Thomas Ferdinando - Babson
CJ Minton - Belhaven
Parker Hovey - Hope
Lamar Lovelace - Keuka
Jack Haynes - Loras
Jason Reynolds - Maine-Farmington
Tray Huguley - MUW
Donte Dupriest - Neumann
Phil Dotson - Rhodes
Tommy Scholls - Stevens
Nick Koch - TCNJ
Hunter Barr - Transylvania
Shea Fitzgerald - Vassar
Stephen Behil - Whitworth
Justin Molen - WPI
Zevi Samet - Yeshiva

R1 Total: 414

Round 2
Timmy Mulvey - Babson
Reid Jones - Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Joey Kennedy - Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Elijah Kinney - Endicott
Marcus Montagnino - Endicott
Kullen Robinson - Hood
Jevon Yarbrough - Hood
Luke Chicone - John Carroll
Hudson Johnson - Mary Hardin-Baylor
Carnegie Johnson - NYU
Julian Heckman - Otterbein
Lucas Gordon - Redlands
Jackson Bell - Roanoke
Matthew Solomon - TCNJ
Collin Madson - UW-Whitewater
Nathan Plotner - Washington and Jefferson

R2 Total: 440
Total: 854

Round 3
Toa Hollenbeck - Chris Newport
Myles Barnette - Gustavus Adolphus
Garrett Cox - Hood
Karron Mallory - Hood
Dustin Desrousseau - UW-La Crosse
Sam Grieger - UW-La Crosse
Connor May - WashU
Yoay Oselka - Yeshiva

R3 Total: 196
Total: 1050

Round 4
Shane Regan - Chicago
Jair Knight - Emory
Noah Cleveland - Illinois Wesleyan
Mason Funk - Illinois Wesleyan
Kye Robinson - Mary Washington
Nathan Kongolo - St Thomas
Joshua Bernstein - Tufts
Jon Medley - Tufts

R4 Total: 215
Total: 1265

Round 5
Collin Hines - Christopher Newport
Ethan Fauss - Emory
Ben Pearce - Emory
Jay Randall - Mary Washington

R5 Total: 95
Total: 1360

Round 6
Mario Awasum - Emory
AJ Harris - Emory
Jadon Burgess - Mary Washington
Ulysses Young - Mary Washington

NCAA action isn't the only bowling. The USBC Intercollegiate Team Championship and Intercollegiate Singles Championship are also taking place. Pretty much any school is eligible whether NCAA, NAIA, even Community Colleges.

Men's ITC Sectional results
Pittsburgh (20 teams)
2) Trine*
6) Muskingum
7) William Paterson
12) RIT
14) Olivet
16) St Vincent
Smyrna, TN (20 teams)
6) UW-Whitewater
13) Coe
Addison, IL (20 teams)
3) Marian (WI)*
13) Ohio Northern
14) Wartburg
15) UW-Oshkosh
20) UW-Platteville

Women's ITC Sectional results
Pittsburgh (17 teams)
2) St Vincent*
4) Trine*
8) Muskingum
14) Olivet
Smyrna, TN (19 teams)
12) Coe
Addison, IL (25 teams)
5) UW-Whitewater
10) Marian (WI)
13) Carroll
16) Wartburg
19) Alma
23) Capital

Marian and Trine men along with St Vincent and Trine women will head to the 16 team nationals in a few weeks. The UW-Whitewater men will not be repeating as champions.

Men's ISC Sectional results (top 20 finishers)
Pittsburgh (175 bowlers)
3) Brody Wildenmann - Muskingum*
T7) Hayden Hale - Trine
9) Nick Suemnick - Olivet
12) Jacob Willard - Muskingum
16) Alex Smith - Muskingum
18) Chase Wensel - Trine
Smyrna, TN (173 bowlers)
1) Brady Lauber - UW-Whitewater*
13) Nicholas Sachs - UW-Whitewater
Addison, IL (285 bowlers)
10) Alexander Duong - Marian (WI)
14) Zacharey Cornell - UW-Oshkosh
T15) Jaysen Spanbauer - Marian (WI)
20) Cayleb Carey - Marian (WI)

Women's ISC Sectionals results (top 20 finishers)
Pittsburgh (163 bowlers)
4) Elizabeth Springsteen - Muskingum*
T17) Brianna Fowlston - Olivet
T17) Lydia Flanagan - Trine
Addison, IL (244 bowlers)
18) Samantha Sciortino - Carroll
19) Emma Johnson - UW-Whitewater
20) Jacqueline Knowles - UW-Whitewater

Brady Lauber from UW-Whitewater and Brody Wildenmann from Muskingum are two of the final 24 men who will compete for the title while Elizabeth Springsteen from Muskingum is the only D3 woman to advance.

The 2025-26 NCAA Women's bracket is out. Two D3 teams are in the 19 team field.

Carroll (52-35) won the CCIW tournament and is headed to the Lansing regional. They will face Fayetteville St, a D2 school from North Carolina, in the opening round which is single elimination. If they win they'll move on to the double elimination portion of the bracket and take on Jacksonville St who is the #1 team in the country.

St Vincent (45-3) repeated as AMCC champs and will head to the Pittsburgh regional. The Bearcats finished with the best record in the country with a .938 win percentage. They also play in the opening round facing Belmont Abbey, a D2 school from North Carolina. If they win they'll face 3rd overall seed Arkansas St.

Bowling is currently only NCAA sanctioned for women and there's no divisions so D3 schools can compete against schools like Nebraska, Vanderbilt, and Wichita St. Last year the championship was won by Youngstown St over Jacksonville St

Congrats to Denison on winning the title 55-41 over Scranton. After only going 15-11 last year and 10-16 just three years ago, they finished 30-2 and lift the Walnut and Bronze.

Congrats Denison on winning The Women's Belt^TM and also that other trophy.

Should have combined it with bowling. The PBA was in Fort Wayne this week for the Indiana Classic. The televised finals are tomorrow and I bet that will have at least 200-300 in attendance.

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Thomas Ferdinando - Babson
CJ Minton - Belhaven
Parker Hovey - Hope
Lamar Lovelace - Keuka
Jack Haynes - Loras
Jason Reynolds - Maine-Farmington
Tray Huguley - MUW
Donte Dupriest - Neumann
Phil Dotson - Rhodes
Tommy Scholls - Stevens
Nick Koch - TCNJ
Hunter Barr - Transylvania
Shea Fitzgerald - Vassar
Stephen Behil - Whitworth
Justin Molen - WPI
Zevi Samet - Yeshiva

R1 Total: 414

Round 2
Timmy Mulvey - Babson
Reid Jones - Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Joey Kennedy - Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Elijah Kinney - Endicott
Marcus Montagnino - Endicott
Kullen Robinson - Hood
Jevon Yarbrough - Hood
Luke Chicone - John Carroll
Hudson Johnson - Mary Hardin-Baylor
Carnegie Johnson - NYU
Julian Heckman - Otterbein
Lucas Gordon - Redlands
Jackson Bell - Roanoke
Matthew Solomon - TCNJ
Collin Madson - UW-Whitewater
Nathan Plotner - Washington and Jefferson

R2 Total: 440
Total: 854

Round 3
Toa Hollenbeck - Chris Newport
Myles Barnette - Gustavus Adolphus
Garrett Cox - Hood
Karron Mallory - Hood
Dustin Desrousseau - UW-La Crosse
Sam Grieger - UW-La Crosse
Connor May - WashU
Yoay Oselka - Yeshiva

R3 Total: 196
Total: 1050

Round 4
Shane Regan - Chicago
Jair Knight - Emory
Noah Cleveland - Illinois Wesleyan
Mason Funk - Illinois Wesleyan
Kye Robinson - Mary Washington
Nathan Kongolo - St Thomas
Joshua Bernstein - Tufts
Jon Medley - Tufts

R4 Total: 215
Total: 1265

Round 5
Collin Hines - Christopher Newport
Ethan Fauss - Emory
Ben Pearce - Emory
Jay Randall - Mary Washington

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Aurora
Babson
Belhaven
Bethany Lutheran
Grinnell
Loras
Maine-Farmington
MUW
Neumann
Rhodes
Susquehanna
TCNJ
Vassar
Western Connecticut
Whitworth
Yeshiva

R1 Total: 1931

Round 2
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Endicott
Hood
John Carroll
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Redlands
Trinity (TX)
Washington & Jefferson

R2 Total: 975
Total: 2906

Round 3
Chris Newport
Gustavus Adolphus
Tufts
UW-La Crosse

R3 Total: 457
Total: 3363

Round 4
Illinois Wesleyan
Mary Washington

R4 Total: 256
Total: 3619

Round 5
Emory