Qualifiers Revealed for 2025 NAIA Women’s Bowling National Championship

Qualifiers Revealed for 2025 NAIA Women’s Bowling National Championship

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2025 NAIA Women’s Bowling National Championship field is set, including automatic qualifier and host Lawrence Tech (Mich.) in a 12-team field that features four first-time qualifiers and seven programs returning from last year's championship field. Play begins March 20 and continues through March 22 at 5 Star Lanes, in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

Six automatic qualifiers were determined by conference championship or conference regular-season titles, and the remaining six teams were selected for an at-large berth by the bowling selection committee made up of NAIA coaches and administrators.

The championship opens with baker play, deciding seeding on Thursday, March 20. Once seeded, brackets will be announced and teams will compete through a double-elimination bracket, March 21-22, that will crown the 2025 NAIA Women’s Bowling National Champion.

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More about the 2025 Championship Field

  • Defending national champion SCAD Savannah (Ga.) is back in the field, in search of its fourth-straight national championship.
  • Culver-Stockton (Mo.), Marian (Ind.), Morningside (Iowa), and Mount Mercy (Iowa) qualified for the first time in program history
  • One program – Pikeville (Ky.) – is making its sixth championship appearance, the only team to appear in all six championship brackets.
  • Concordia (Mich.), Milligan (Tenn.), Pikeville (Ky.), Saint Xavier (Ill.), SCAD Savannah (Ga.), Spring Arbor (Mich.), and William Penn (Iowa) return to the championship field after earning an appearance in 2024.
  • Teams that were announced for the 2020 championship were credited with an appearance, as the championship was canceled due to COVID-19.

Team

Qualification

Appearances

Last

Titles

Concordia (Mich.)

At-Large

2

2024

 

Culver-Stockton (Mo.)

Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Champion

1

 

Lawrence Tech

Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament Champion

4

2022

 

Marian (Ind.)

At-Large

1

 

Milligan (Tenn.)

At-Large

3

2024

 

Morningside (Iowa)

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Champion

1

 

Mount Mercy (Iowa)

At-Large

1

 

Pikeville (Ky.)

Mid-South Conference Tournament Champion

6

2024

 

Saint Xavier (Ill.)

At-Large

3

2024

 

SCAD Savannah (Ga.)

Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament Champion

5

2024

3

Spring Arbor (Mich.)

Crossroads League Regular Season Champion

4

2024

 

William Penn (Iowa)

At-Large

5

2024

 

Championship Information

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6th ANNUAL
WOMEN'S BOWLING

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
March 19-21, 2026
Royal Scot
Lansing, Mich. 

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