Top teams highlight Jersey Jamboree Field
10/30/2014 8:38:00 PM | Women's Bowling
With a championship in hand after their first tournament of the season, the defending NCAA national championship women's bowling team looks to defend its No. 3 ranking this weekend against a tough field in North Brunswick, New Jersey.
Eight of the top 10 teams in the country and six more squads ranked 11-20 will be participating in the Fairleigh Dickinson New Jersey Jamboree at the Brunswick Zone Carolier Lanes.
Competition will consist of quad baker action on Friday, tradition team matches on Saturday and best-of-seven baker bracket play on Sunday.
Other top 10 teams joining Sam Houston in the field are No. 2 Arkansas State, No. 4 Vanderbilt, No. 5 Maryland Eastern Shore, No. 7 Fairleigh Dickinson, No. 8 Wisconsin-Whitewater, No. 9 Stephen F. Austin and No. 10 Saint Francis (Penn.)
Ranked in the second 10 nationally are No. 12 Kutztown, 13 North Carolina A&T, No. 15 Valparaiso, No. 17 Saint Francis (Brooklyn), 19 Delaware State and No. 20 Monmouth. Other teams in the event include Bethune-Cookman, Cheyney, Coppin State, Franklin Pierce, Pittsburgh Bradford, Saint Peter's and Virginia State.
Sam Houston chalked up three victories again nationally-ranked opponents in winning the All-State Sugar Bowl Invitational in Kenner, La., two weeks ago. The Bearkats defeated SFA twice and Vanderbilt once.
