Match play underway at 2017 Intercollegiate Singles Championships
April 18, 2017
QUALIFYING | MEN'S BRACKET | WOMEN'S BRACKET
BATON ROUGE, La. - A total of 16 men and 16 women remain in contention after the opening day at the 2017 Intercollegiate Singles Championships (ISC).
Competition began Tuesday at the Raising Cane's River Center with 24 players in each division. All bowlers rolled six qualifying games to determine seeding for the single-elimination bracket, with the top eight qualifiers in each division receiving a bye for the first round of match play.
The first round of the bracket also was contested Tuesday, featuring three-game matches with total pinfall determining the winners.
Two additional rounds will take place Wednesday starting at 9:30 a.m. Eastern to determine the semifinalists in each division. They will return to the River Center on Saturday to bowl for the ISC titles, and each show will air on CBS Sports Network in May.
The women's show will broadcast May 2 at 8 p.m. Eastern, and the men's final will air May 9 at 8 p.m. Eastern.
Maryland Eastern Shore's Jacqueline Rhoda fired games of 245 and 270 to conclude her qualifying block to earn the top seed in the women's bracket, and she'll face Wichita State's Estefania Cobo in Wednesday's opening round.
Lindenwood's Bryan Dragotta put together a consistent block to pace the men's field with a 1,301 qualifying total. Dragotta will take on Wisconsin-Whitewater's Aaron Turner to start competition Wednesday.
The defending men's ISC champion, Daniel Hanson of Robert Morris-Illinois, also qualified for the event in 2017, but he was eliminated by Calumet's Nicco Vicari in the first round, 603-588.
Competitors earned their spots in the ISC field by qualifying through one of four sectional events held throughout the country in March.
BOWL.com's BowlTV will provide live coverage of the event leading up to the televised finals.
BATON ROUGE, La. - A total of 16 men and 16 women remain in contention after the opening day at the 2017 Intercollegiate Singles Championships (ISC).
Competition began Tuesday at the Raising Cane's River Center with 24 players in each division. All bowlers rolled six qualifying games to determine seeding for the single-elimination bracket, with the top eight qualifiers in each division receiving a bye for the first round of match play.
The first round of the bracket also was contested Tuesday, featuring three-game matches with total pinfall determining the winners.
Two additional rounds will take place Wednesday starting at 9:30 a.m. Eastern to determine the semifinalists in each division. They will return to the River Center on Saturday to bowl for the ISC titles, and each show will air on CBS Sports Network in May.
The women's show will broadcast May 2 at 8 p.m. Eastern, and the men's final will air May 9 at 8 p.m. Eastern.
Maryland Eastern Shore's Jacqueline Rhoda fired games of 245 and 270 to conclude her qualifying block to earn the top seed in the women's bracket, and she'll face Wichita State's Estefania Cobo in Wednesday's opening round.
Lindenwood's Bryan Dragotta put together a consistent block to pace the men's field with a 1,301 qualifying total. Dragotta will take on Wisconsin-Whitewater's Aaron Turner to start competition Wednesday.
The defending men's ISC champion, Daniel Hanson of Robert Morris-Illinois, also qualified for the event in 2017, but he was eliminated by Calumet's Nicco Vicari in the first round, 603-588.
Competitors earned their spots in the ISC field by qualifying through one of four sectional events held throughout the country in March.
BOWL.com's BowlTV will provide live coverage of the event leading up to the televised finals.