2024 National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship • April 12-13, 2024 • Thunderbowl Lanes • Allen Park, MI THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY AND THE DETROIT SPORTS COMMISSION will host the nation's top collegiate bowlers when the 2024 NCAA® Bowling National Championships returns to Detroit and rolls into Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, MI, April 12-13. Since 1962, Thunderbowl has been the bowling center of choice for both pros and amateurs. With 94 total lanes, it's the largest bowling center in the country.
Widely recognized as the Bowling Capitol of the World, Detroit has proudly hosted hundreds of major bowling events of sanctioning organizations including the NCAA championships in 2009, 2011 and 2013.
The 2024 National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship will feature a 18-team double-elimination tournament. Ten conferences have been granted automatic qualification, and eight additional teams will be selected at-large (a total of 18 teams selected) and placed into the bracket. The Selections for the 2024 National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship will be announced on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, via web stream on NCAA.com. The championship playoff format involves four predetermined regional sites (Regions 1, 2, 3 and 4). Four teams will be assigned to two sites. Two sites will host five teams. Regional competition will be conducted April 5-6, 2024 (four team sites) and April 4-6, 2024 (five team sites). The four regional winners will advance to the National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship, April 12-13.
Each match of the double-elimination tournament, will consist of teams competing in a best-of-three match format, bowled in the following order:
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, April 12 Doors open at 8 a.m. Announcements/Anthem 8:25 a.m. Open Practice (12 min.), 8:35 a.m. Championship Round #1 (Matches 1-2), 9 a.m.
Doors open at 2 p.m. Open Practice (12 min.), 2:35 -3 p.m. Championship Round #2 (Matches 3-4), 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 13 Doors open at 8 a.m. Announcements/Anthem 8:25 a.m. Open Practice (12 min.). 8:35 – 9:00 a.m. Championship Round #3 (Match 5), 9 a.m.
Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Championship Final, 9:00 p.m. *Arena will be cleared in between rounds