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)
- Saturday, April 12
- Championship final | 9 p.m. 鈥
- No. 1 Jacksonville St. vs. No. 3 Youngstown St.
- Round 3: Match 5
- No. 3 Youngstown St. 2, No. 2 Nebraska 0
- Championship final | 9 p.m. 鈥
- 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
- No. 4 Wichita St. 2, Felician 0
- No. 2 Nebraska 2, Kutztown 0
- Maryville (MO) 2, Arkansas St.1
- No. 3 Youngstown St. 2, Marian (WI) 0
- N.C. A&T 2, Louisiana Tech 1
- Vanderbilt 2, FDU 1
- No. 1 Jacksonville St. 2, Belmont Abbey 0
- SFA 4, Sam Houston 1
- No. 2 Nebraska 2, Maryville (MO) 1
- No. 3 Youngstown St. 4, N.C. A&T 2
- No. 4 Wichita St. 2, Vanderbilt 0
- Louisiana Tech 2, Marian 0
- Arkansas State 2, Kutztown 0
- FDU 2, Felician 1
- No. 1 Jacksonville St. 2, SFA 0
- Sam Houston 2, Belmont Abbey 0
- Friday, April 4
- Regional round (Double-elimination mega-match)
- Saturday, April 5 | Regional championships
- Youngstown State 2, N.C. A&T 1
- Jacksonville State 2, SFA 0
- No. 4 Wichita State 2, Vanderbilt 0
- No. 2 Nebraska 2, Maryville (MO) 1
- Vanderbilt 2, FDU 0
- SFA 2, Sam Houston 0
- Maryville (MO) 2, Arkansas State 0
- N.C. A&T 2, Louisiana Tech 0
- Saturday, April 5 | Regional championships
- Semifinals
- Friday, April 11
- Round 1: Matches 1-2
- Round 2: Matches 3-4
- Friday, April 11
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 |
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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 |