Kats advance at CUSA Bowling Championship
3/19/2025 4:37:00 PM | Women's Bowling
HARAHAN, La. — Sam Houston got off to a fantastic start to the 2025 Conference USA Bowling Championship Wednesday morning at Colonial Lanes.
The No. 7 Bearkats dominated on their way to knocking off No. 10 Valparaiso 2-0. The Bearkats advanced to play No. 2 Youngstown State Thursday at 9 a.m.
Sam Houston jumped on Valparaiso in the first traditional game, cruising to a 1-0 lead with a 1,046-948 pin total score. The clinching match went about the same as the Kats rolled 1,112-986.
No. 9 Tulane took down No. 8 LA Tech in a best-of-seven tiebreaker thriller in the other opening round match Wednesday. The Wave won the first three games, but LA Tech fought back winning the next two games.
Tulane responded with a win in game six. Tulane will move on to face defending national champions, No. 1 Jax State on Thursday at 9 a.m.
Valparaiso and LA Tech will both move to the contender's bracket.
Round One
Match One – No. 9 Tulane 2 (976-945-4), No. 8 LA Tech 1 (960-986-2)
Match Two - No. 7 Sam Houston 2 (1046-1112), No. 10 Valparaiso 0 (948-962)
Up Next – Round Two (9 a.m. CT)
Match Three – No. 1 Jax State vs. No. 9 Tulane
Match Four – No. 2 Youngstown State vs. No. 7 Sam Houston
Match Five – No. 4 Wichita State vs. No. 5 Arkansas State
Match Six – No. 3 Vanderbilt vs. No. 6 Stephen F. Austin
Round 3 (2 p.m. CT)
Match Seven – No. 10 Valpo vs. Losing Team of Match 5
Match Eight – No. 8 LA Tech vs. Losing Team of Match 6
Championship Format
The Conference USA Championship is determined by the mega-match format. A mega-match encompasses three different rounds or points, and a team must get to two points to win the match.
The first round is the traditional format. Each team in the match has five players bowl a full game, and each individual's total score is added together for the team total. Whichever team has the highest score from all five individual games wins the point and leads the mega-match 1-0.
The second round of the mega-match is the Baker total pinfall portion, which consists of five games. The winner is determined by adding the pinfall of all five games together. In the Baker format, lineups are comprised of five bowlers with each being responsible for two frames in each game. The leadoff player bowls in frames one and six. The second person in the lineup bowls in frames two and seven, etc. If the team that wins the traditional round also wins the Baker pinfall round, they win the match 2-0. If the team that lost the traditional round wins the Baker point, the mega-match is tied 1-1 and goes to a best-of-seven Baker match play format.
In the best-of-seven tiebreaker format, instead of adding five games together to determine a total, all that matters is the score each game. Winning 300-175 of 176-175 has the same weight. The first team to four games wins the point and wins the mega-match 2-1.
How To Keep Up
The tournament bracket, results and TV links can be found on our Championship Central page.
The No. 7 Bearkats dominated on their way to knocking off No. 10 Valparaiso 2-0. The Bearkats advanced to play No. 2 Youngstown State Thursday at 9 a.m.
Sam Houston jumped on Valparaiso in the first traditional game, cruising to a 1-0 lead with a 1,046-948 pin total score. The clinching match went about the same as the Kats rolled 1,112-986.
No. 9 Tulane took down No. 8 LA Tech in a best-of-seven tiebreaker thriller in the other opening round match Wednesday. The Wave won the first three games, but LA Tech fought back winning the next two games.
Tulane responded with a win in game six. Tulane will move on to face defending national champions, No. 1 Jax State on Thursday at 9 a.m.
Valparaiso and LA Tech will both move to the contender's bracket.
Round One
Match One – No. 9 Tulane 2 (976-945-4), No. 8 LA Tech 1 (960-986-2)
Match Two - No. 7 Sam Houston 2 (1046-1112), No. 10 Valparaiso 0 (948-962)
Up Next – Round Two (9 a.m. CT)
Match Three – No. 1 Jax State vs. No. 9 Tulane
Match Four – No. 2 Youngstown State vs. No. 7 Sam Houston
Match Five – No. 4 Wichita State vs. No. 5 Arkansas State
Match Six – No. 3 Vanderbilt vs. No. 6 Stephen F. Austin
Round 3 (2 p.m. CT)
Match Seven – No. 10 Valpo vs. Losing Team of Match 5
Match Eight – No. 8 LA Tech vs. Losing Team of Match 6
Championship Format
The Conference USA Championship is determined by the mega-match format. A mega-match encompasses three different rounds or points, and a team must get to two points to win the match.
The first round is the traditional format. Each team in the match has five players bowl a full game, and each individual's total score is added together for the team total. Whichever team has the highest score from all five individual games wins the point and leads the mega-match 1-0.
The second round of the mega-match is the Baker total pinfall portion, which consists of five games. The winner is determined by adding the pinfall of all five games together. In the Baker format, lineups are comprised of five bowlers with each being responsible for two frames in each game. The leadoff player bowls in frames one and six. The second person in the lineup bowls in frames two and seven, etc. If the team that wins the traditional round also wins the Baker pinfall round, they win the match 2-0. If the team that lost the traditional round wins the Baker point, the mega-match is tied 1-1 and goes to a best-of-seven Baker match play format.
In the best-of-seven tiebreaker format, instead of adding five games together to determine a total, all that matters is the score each game. Winning 300-175 of 176-175 has the same weight. The first team to four games wins the point and wins the mega-match 2-1.
How To Keep Up
The tournament bracket, results and TV links can be found on our Championship Central page.
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