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Kats keep winning at CUSA Championship
3/20/2025 4:22:00 PM | Women's Bowling
HARAHAN, La. — Sam Houston continued to post solid scores to march on to the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Bowling Championship at Colonial Lanes on Thursday.
The seventh-seeded Bearkats took it to second-seeded Youngstown State, rolling to a 967-956 in the traditional portion of the match. The baker game was all Sam Houston as it crushed Youngstown 1,047-956 to advance in the winner's bracket with a 2-0 victory.
Friday's Schedule
Up Next – Quarterfinals (9 a.m. CT)
Match Nine – No. 4 Wichita State vs. No. 9 Tulane
Match 10 – No. 2 Youngstown State vs. No. 6 SFA
Match 11 – No. 1 Jax State vs. No. 5 Arkansas State
Match 12 – No. 7 Sam Houston vs. No. 3 Vanderbilt
Round 3 (2 p.m. CT)
Match 13 – Losing Team of Match 12 vs. Winning Team of Match Nine
Match 14 - Losing Team of Match 11 vs. Winning Team of Match 10
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. Each round of the tournament will be streamed live on ESPN+. Admission to the championship is free.
The seventh-seeded Bearkats took it to second-seeded Youngstown State, rolling to a 967-956 in the traditional portion of the match. The baker game was all Sam Houston as it crushed Youngstown 1,047-956 to advance in the winner's bracket with a 2-0 victory.
Friday's Schedule
Up Next – Quarterfinals (9 a.m. CT)
Match Nine – No. 4 Wichita State vs. No. 9 Tulane
Match 10 – No. 2 Youngstown State vs. No. 6 SFA
Match 11 – No. 1 Jax State vs. No. 5 Arkansas State
Match 12 – No. 7 Sam Houston vs. No. 3 Vanderbilt
Round 3 (2 p.m. CT)
Match 13 – Losing Team of Match 12 vs. Winning Team of Match Nine
Match 14 - Losing Team of Match 11 vs. Winning Team of Match 10
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. Each round of the tournament will be streamed live on ESPN+. Admission to the championship is free.
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