Football tournament season
2004 NCAA Bowling Championship Dates April 2004 Teams 8 Champions Nebraska (1st title)Runner-up Central Missouri State (1st title match)Matches played 15 Attendance 439 (29 per match)
The 2004 NCAA Bowling Championship was the first annual tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA collegiate ten-pin bowling . The tournament was played at Emerald Bowl in Houston, Texas during April 2004.[ 1]
Nebraska defeated Central Missouri State in the championship match, 4 games to 2, to win their first national title. The Cornhuskers were coached by Bill Straub .[ 2]
The awards for Most outstanding bowler and All-tournament team were not given out until 2005 .
Qualification
Since there is only one national collegiate championship for women's bowling, all NCAA bowling programs (whether from Division I , Division II , or Division III ) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest the inaugural championship.
Tournament bracket
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3–4 Rounds 6–7 April 10C. Missouri State 4 Winston-Salem State 1 C. Missouri State 4 Fairleigh Dickinson 3 Fairleigh Dickinson 4 Southern 3 C. Missouri State 4 Nebraska 3 Sacred Heart 4 New Jersey City 0 Sacred Heart 2 Nebraska 4 Nebraska 4 UMES 3 C. Missouri State 2 2 Nebraska 4 4 Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower final Fairleigh Dickinson 4 Winston-Salem State 0 Southern 1 Nebraska 4 Southern 4 Fairleigh Dickinson 1 New Jersey City 3 New Jersey City 4 Sacred Heart 1 New Jersey City 4 New Jersey City 4 UMES 0
See also
References
2003–04 NCAA Division I championships
† Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship