NC bowling: 2025 selection show
The 2025 NC bowling championship selections were announced on Wednesday, March 25, ahead of regional matches in early April. The championships are on April 11 and April 12 at Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2025 NC bowling championship bracket
Click or tap here to view the regional brackets | Championship bracket
2025 NC bowling championship schedule (Eastern Times)
- Opening round (Single-elimination mega-match)| Thursday, April 3
- Belmont Abbey 2, Prairie View 1
- Kutztown 2, Fayetteville St. 1
- Marian (WI) 2, Saint Vincent 1
- Regional round (Double-elimination mega-match)| Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5
- No. 1 Jacksonville St. vs. Belmont Abbey
- No. 2 Nebraska vs. Kutztown
- No. 3 Youngstown St. vs. Marian (WI)
- Vanderbilt vs. FDU
- No. 4 Wichita St. vs. Felician
- N.C. A&T vs. Louisiana Tech
- Arkansas St. vs. Maryville (MO)
- Sam Houston vs. SFA
- Finals round | Friday, April 11 鈥 Watch live on sifoeeprocess.com
- 4-team double-elimination mega-match format
- Championship round | Saturday, April 12
- Best-of-seven Baker Match championship format |
NC bowling championship history
Jacksonville State won the 2024 NC bowling national championship in the first year of its program. The Gamecocks beat Arkansas State 4-3 in a best-of-seven championship match.
Check out the full history of the NC bowling championship:
| Year | Champion | Coach | Games | Runner-Up | Games | Host/Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | Shannon O'Keefe | 4 | Arkansas State | 3 | Allen Park, MI |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | John Williamson | 4 | Arkansas State | 3 | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2022 | McKendree | Shannon O'Keefe | 4 | Stephen F. Austin | 0 | Columbus, OH |
| 2021 | Nebraska | Paul Klempa | 4 | Arkansas State | 1 | Kansas City, Mo. |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Stephen F. Austin | Amber Lemke | 4 | Vanderbilt | 1 | Wickliffe, Ohio |
| 2018 | Vanderbilt | John Williamson | 4 | McKendree | 3 | St. Louis, Mo. |
| 2017 | McKendree | Shannon O'Keefe | 4 | Nebraska | 0 | Baton Rogue, La. |
| 2016 | Stephen F. Austin | Amber Lemke | 4 | Nebraska | 3 | North Brunswick, N.J. |
| 2015 | Nebraska | Bill Straub | 4 | Stephen F. Austin | 2 | St. Louis |
| 2014 | Sam Houston State | Brad Hagen | 4 | Nebraska | 2 | Wickliffe, Ohio |
| 2013 | Nebraska | Bill Straub | 4.5 | Vanderbilt | 2.5 | Canton, Mich. |
| 2012 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | Kristina Frahm | 4 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 2 | Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2011 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | Sharon Brummell | 4 | Vanderbilt | 2 | Taylor, Mich. |
| 2010 | Fairleigh Dickinson | Mike LoPresti | 4 | Nebraska | 3 | New Jersey City |
| 2009 | Nebraska | Bill Straub | 4 | Central Missouri | 1 | Detroit, Mich. |
| 2008 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | Sharon Brummell | 4 | Arkansas State | 2 | Omaha, Neb. |
| 2007 | Vanderbilt | John Williamson | 4 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 3 | Apopka, Fla. |
| 2006 | Fairleigh Dickinson | Mike LoPresti | 4 | Alabama A&M | 1 | Houston, Texas |
| 2005 | Nebraska | Bill Straub | 4 | Central Missouri | 2 | Orlando, Fla. |
| 2004 | Nebraska | Bill Straub | 4 | Central Missouri | 2 | Houston, Texas |
