KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 12 teams who have qualified for the third annual NAIA Women's Bowling National Championship have been revealed. The Battle For The Red Banner is hosted by Lawrence Tech University (Mich.) and will take place at Five Star Lanes.

The automatic qualifiers were determined by conference/group championship, conference/group regular-season winner or conference/group regular-season runner-up. The remaining teams not receiving an automatic berth are selected for an at-large berth by the bowling selection committee made up of coaches and administrators from across the NAIA.

The championship will open with baker play to decide seeding on Thursday, March 23. Once seeding is confirmed, brackets will be announced and teams will compete through a double-elimination bracket to decide the 2023 champion.

Qualifier Notes

• Returning Champions SCAD-Savannah (Ga.) are back to defend their crown
• Inuagural winners Indiana Tech have eyes on regaining the Red Banner
• Cumberlands (Ky.) and Milligan (Tenn.) are making their first appearance at the National Championships
• Baker (Kan.), Indiana Tech, Pikeville (Ky.), St. Francis (Ill.), and Tennessee Southern have reached the field all four years of the events existence
• SCAD-Savannah and William Penn (Iowa) are in in for the third time
• Ottawa (Kan.) and Spring Arbor (Mich.) are returning to the field for their second appearance 
• Teams were credited with an appearance in 2020 after teams were announced before the championship was canceled due to COVID-19