Jackson State, Prairie View A&M to meet for 2019 SWAC Championship
March 23, 2019
ARLINGTON, Texas - After two days of qualifying and match play at the 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship, Jackson State and Prairie View A&M have advanced to the finals and will bowl for the title Sunday.
The championship match will take place at the International Training and Research Center at 2 p.m. Eastern and will air on ESPNU on March 31 at 10:30 p.m. Eastern.
The winner of the SWAC Championship receives an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Women’s Bowling Championship tournament that will take place April 11-13 in Cleveland.
Jackson State, which entered Saturday's best-of-seven Baker double-elimination match-play bracket as the No. 1 seed, defeated 2017 champion Alabama State (4-3) and rallied from a 3-1 deficit to defeat Southern (4-3) to end the day as the only undefeated team in the six-team field.
The Lady Tigers, the 2018 runner-up, return to the finals for the third time in four years and will face Prairie View A&M in a rematch of the 2016 finals where they captured their first and only tournament championship.
Prairie View A&M, who received a first-round bye as the No. 2 seed after Friday's qualifying rounds, were swept 4-0 by Southern to open match play which sent them to the elimination bracket.
From the elimination bracket, the Lady Panthers knocked off defending champion Texas Southern (4-3), Alabama State (4-3) and Southern (4-2) to advance to the championship round.
Prairie View A&M will have to defeat Jackson State twice in Sunday's final at the ITRC to claim their fourth championship in eight years.
Friday's qualifying and Saturday's match-play rounds were livestreamed on BowlTV.com. You can watch the archives here.
Go to SWAC.org for complete tournament information, including the bracket, results, photos and more.
The championship match will take place at the International Training and Research Center at 2 p.m. Eastern and will air on ESPNU on March 31 at 10:30 p.m. Eastern.
The winner of the SWAC Championship receives an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Women’s Bowling Championship tournament that will take place April 11-13 in Cleveland.
Jackson State, which entered Saturday's best-of-seven Baker double-elimination match-play bracket as the No. 1 seed, defeated 2017 champion Alabama State (4-3) and rallied from a 3-1 deficit to defeat Southern (4-3) to end the day as the only undefeated team in the six-team field.
The Lady Tigers, the 2018 runner-up, return to the finals for the third time in four years and will face Prairie View A&M in a rematch of the 2016 finals where they captured their first and only tournament championship.
Prairie View A&M, who received a first-round bye as the No. 2 seed after Friday's qualifying rounds, were swept 4-0 by Southern to open match play which sent them to the elimination bracket.
From the elimination bracket, the Lady Panthers knocked off defending champion Texas Southern (4-3), Alabama State (4-3) and Southern (4-2) to advance to the championship round.
Prairie View A&M will have to defeat Jackson State twice in Sunday's final at the ITRC to claim their fourth championship in eight years.
Friday's qualifying and Saturday's match-play rounds were livestreamed on BowlTV.com. You can watch the archives here.
Go to SWAC.org for complete tournament information, including the bracket, results, photos and more.