Sectional assignments determined for 2024 Intercollegiate Team Championships
February 21, 2024
ARLINGTON, Texas – The nation’s best collegiate bowling programs have their sights set on postseason play now that sectional assignments have been announced for the 2024 Intercollegiate Team Championships, which will mark the 50th edition of the event’s history.
The sectional assignments were broadcast live on BowlTV on Wednesday night and introduced the 80 women’s programs and 80 men’s teams moving ahead in the 2023-2024 United States Bowling Congress Collegiate season with the opportunity to claim the coveted Helmer Cup.
The sectional qualifiers will be held across four locations March 9-10. The locations include Stardust Bowl in Addison, Illinois; Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Michigan; Cityview Lanes in Fort Worth, Texas; and Smyrna Bowling Center in Smyrna, Tennessee.
The top four teams in each division will advance from their sectional and head to Kingpin Lanes in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, for the 2024 ITC from April 17-20.
With the regular season concluding over the weekend, the top-ranked teams heading into the sectional qualifiers are the Wichita State men and Mount Mercy women, both of whom ended the regular season atop their respective divisions for the second year in a row.
The Wichita State men are the defending national champions and have captured a record 13 ITC titles. The Shockers will be starting their title defense at the Fort Worth Sectional at Cityview Lanes.
The Mount Mercy women are looking to make their fifth consecutive appearance at the ITC and will compete at the Addison Sectional, as will McKendree, which enters the 2024 postseason looking to claim back-to-back ITC titles.
The final Tier I event of the 2023-2024 regular season took place Feb. 10-11 at the Hoosier Classic in Indianapolis, and the bracket wins in the 55th edition of the tournament went to the Lawrence Tech men and Wichita State women.
Lawrence Tech will be in Allen Park, and Wichita State will make its way to Fort Worth.
Here is the complete men’s and women’s Intercollegiate Team Championships Sectional Qualifier field (teams listed in alphabetical order):
MEN
Addison Sectional
Culver-Stockton, Grand View, Hastings, Huntington, Judson, Marian-Wisconsin, McKendree, Midland, Milligan, Mount Mercy, Quincy, Rock Valley, Saint Xavier, St. Francis-Illinois, Thomas More, Viterbo, Waldorf, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Stout, Wisconsin-Whitewater
Allen Park Sectional
Aquinas, Bowling Green State, Calumet, Concordia, Davenport, Lawrence Tech, Michigan-Dearborn, Muskingum, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Notre Dame-Ohio, Pikeville, Rio Grande, Robert Morris-Pennsylvania, Rochester Institute of Technology, Spring Arbor, Saint Vincent, SUNY-Stony Brook, Walsh, William Paterson, Wright State
Fort Worth Sectional
Arizona Christian, Arizona State, Baker, California State-Fresno, University of California-Davis, Drury, Grand Canyon, Iowa Western CC, Kansas Wesleyan, Lindenwood, Midway, Nebraska, Newman, Oklahoma Christian, Ottawa-Kansas, Peru State, San Jose State, Southern Nazarene, St. Ambrose, Texas-San Antonio, Wichita State, William Penn
Smyrna Sectional
Belmont Abbey, Central Florida, Cumberland, Emmanuel, Indiana Tech, Marian-Indiana, Missouri Baptist, Northwestern Ohio, Ohio State, Purdue, Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta, Savannah College of Art and Design-Savannah, Shawnee State, Tennessee Wesleyan, Trine, University of the Cumberlands, Vincennes, Webber International
WOMEN
Addison Sectional
Bethel-Indiana, Calumet, Columbia, Culver-Stockton, Delaware State, Duquesne, Grand View, Huntington, Judson, Lewis, Marian-Wisconsin, McKendree, Midland, Milligan, Mount Mercy, Rock Valley, Saint Xavier, St. Francis-Illinois, Stephen F. Austin, Viterbo, Waldorf, Wisconsin-Madison, Wright State
Allen Park Sectional
Alma, Alvernia, Cleary, Coe, Concordia, Davenport, Kutztown, Lawrence Tech, Lourdes, Maryville, Muskingum, North Carolina A&T, Notre Dame-Ohio, Pikeville, Rio Grande, Sacred Heart, Spring Arbor, Saint Vincent, Walsh, William Smith
Fort Worth Sectional
Alabama-Birmingham, Baker, Barton CC, Iowa Western CC, Lindenwood, Louisiana Tech, Midway, Morningside, Newman, Oklahoma Christian, Ottawa-Kansas, Southern Nazarene, Spring Hill, St. Ambrose, Tulane, Wichita State, William Penn, William Woods
Smyrna Sectional
Cumberland, Emmanuel, Indiana Tech, Jacksonville State, Kentucky Wesleyan, Marian-Indiana, Maryland Eastern Shore, Missouri Baptist, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary’s, Northwestern Ohio, Ohio State, Savannah College of Art and Design-Savannah, Shawnee State, Tennessee Wesleyan, Trine, University of the Cumberlands, Webber International, Wisconsin-Whitewater
Sectional assignments are based on Team Ranking System (TRS) points earned during the season. USBC Collegiate attempts to place no more than two of the top eight schools, and no more than four of the top 16 schools, in a sectional, based on the final TRS totals.
Final rankings can be found at CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.
All teams advancing to a sectional qualifier will bowl 64 Baker games over two days to determine the four advancers from each location.
In addition to the excitement of team competition, the sectional qualifiers for the 2024 Intercollegiate Singles Championships also will be held at each of the four locations March 8.
Student-athletes at each host center will bowl six games with 24 men and 24 women – the top four men and top four women at each sectional, plus eight additional individuals based on field size – advancing to the ISC.
The 2024 ISC also will be held at Kingpin Lanes. Competition will begin in Jeffersontown on April 15.
Registration for singles competition will open Feb. 23 at 11 a.m. Eastern for the Allen Park Sectional with Smyrna (1 p.m. Eastern), Addison (3 p.m. Eastern) and Fort Worth (5 p.m. Eastern) to follow. Registration will close for all sites on March 1 at 6 p.m. Eastern. The registration portal will be available at BOWL.com/ISC.
Select pairs at each sectional qualifier will be broadcast live on BowlTV. The livestreaming platform also will cover all qualifying and match-play rounds at Kingpin Lanes for the ITC and ISC.
The finals of the ITC and ISC will be taped for broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
For more information on the Intercollegiate Team Championships, visit BOWL.com/ITC.
The sectional assignments were broadcast live on BowlTV on Wednesday night and introduced the 80 women’s programs and 80 men’s teams moving ahead in the 2023-2024 United States Bowling Congress Collegiate season with the opportunity to claim the coveted Helmer Cup.
The sectional qualifiers will be held across four locations March 9-10. The locations include Stardust Bowl in Addison, Illinois; Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Michigan; Cityview Lanes in Fort Worth, Texas; and Smyrna Bowling Center in Smyrna, Tennessee.
The top four teams in each division will advance from their sectional and head to Kingpin Lanes in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, for the 2024 ITC from April 17-20.
With the regular season concluding over the weekend, the top-ranked teams heading into the sectional qualifiers are the Wichita State men and Mount Mercy women, both of whom ended the regular season atop their respective divisions for the second year in a row.
The Wichita State men are the defending national champions and have captured a record 13 ITC titles. The Shockers will be starting their title defense at the Fort Worth Sectional at Cityview Lanes.
The Mount Mercy women are looking to make their fifth consecutive appearance at the ITC and will compete at the Addison Sectional, as will McKendree, which enters the 2024 postseason looking to claim back-to-back ITC titles.
The final Tier I event of the 2023-2024 regular season took place Feb. 10-11 at the Hoosier Classic in Indianapolis, and the bracket wins in the 55th edition of the tournament went to the Lawrence Tech men and Wichita State women.
Lawrence Tech will be in Allen Park, and Wichita State will make its way to Fort Worth.
Here is the complete men’s and women’s Intercollegiate Team Championships Sectional Qualifier field (teams listed in alphabetical order):
MEN
Addison Sectional
Culver-Stockton, Grand View, Hastings, Huntington, Judson, Marian-Wisconsin, McKendree, Midland, Milligan, Mount Mercy, Quincy, Rock Valley, Saint Xavier, St. Francis-Illinois, Thomas More, Viterbo, Waldorf, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Stout, Wisconsin-Whitewater
Allen Park Sectional
Aquinas, Bowling Green State, Calumet, Concordia, Davenport, Lawrence Tech, Michigan-Dearborn, Muskingum, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Notre Dame-Ohio, Pikeville, Rio Grande, Robert Morris-Pennsylvania, Rochester Institute of Technology, Spring Arbor, Saint Vincent, SUNY-Stony Brook, Walsh, William Paterson, Wright State
Fort Worth Sectional
Arizona Christian, Arizona State, Baker, California State-Fresno, University of California-Davis, Drury, Grand Canyon, Iowa Western CC, Kansas Wesleyan, Lindenwood, Midway, Nebraska, Newman, Oklahoma Christian, Ottawa-Kansas, Peru State, San Jose State, Southern Nazarene, St. Ambrose, Texas-San Antonio, Wichita State, William Penn
Smyrna Sectional
Belmont Abbey, Central Florida, Cumberland, Emmanuel, Indiana Tech, Marian-Indiana, Missouri Baptist, Northwestern Ohio, Ohio State, Purdue, Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta, Savannah College of Art and Design-Savannah, Shawnee State, Tennessee Wesleyan, Trine, University of the Cumberlands, Vincennes, Webber International
WOMEN
Addison Sectional
Bethel-Indiana, Calumet, Columbia, Culver-Stockton, Delaware State, Duquesne, Grand View, Huntington, Judson, Lewis, Marian-Wisconsin, McKendree, Midland, Milligan, Mount Mercy, Rock Valley, Saint Xavier, St. Francis-Illinois, Stephen F. Austin, Viterbo, Waldorf, Wisconsin-Madison, Wright State
Allen Park Sectional
Alma, Alvernia, Cleary, Coe, Concordia, Davenport, Kutztown, Lawrence Tech, Lourdes, Maryville, Muskingum, North Carolina A&T, Notre Dame-Ohio, Pikeville, Rio Grande, Sacred Heart, Spring Arbor, Saint Vincent, Walsh, William Smith
Fort Worth Sectional
Alabama-Birmingham, Baker, Barton CC, Iowa Western CC, Lindenwood, Louisiana Tech, Midway, Morningside, Newman, Oklahoma Christian, Ottawa-Kansas, Southern Nazarene, Spring Hill, St. Ambrose, Tulane, Wichita State, William Penn, William Woods
Smyrna Sectional
Cumberland, Emmanuel, Indiana Tech, Jacksonville State, Kentucky Wesleyan, Marian-Indiana, Maryland Eastern Shore, Missouri Baptist, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary’s, Northwestern Ohio, Ohio State, Savannah College of Art and Design-Savannah, Shawnee State, Tennessee Wesleyan, Trine, University of the Cumberlands, Webber International, Wisconsin-Whitewater
Sectional assignments are based on Team Ranking System (TRS) points earned during the season. USBC Collegiate attempts to place no more than two of the top eight schools, and no more than four of the top 16 schools, in a sectional, based on the final TRS totals.
Final rankings can be found at CollegeBowling.Bowl.com.
All teams advancing to a sectional qualifier will bowl 64 Baker games over two days to determine the four advancers from each location.
In addition to the excitement of team competition, the sectional qualifiers for the 2024 Intercollegiate Singles Championships also will be held at each of the four locations March 8.
Student-athletes at each host center will bowl six games with 24 men and 24 women – the top four men and top four women at each sectional, plus eight additional individuals based on field size – advancing to the ISC.
The 2024 ISC also will be held at Kingpin Lanes. Competition will begin in Jeffersontown on April 15.
Registration for singles competition will open Feb. 23 at 11 a.m. Eastern for the Allen Park Sectional with Smyrna (1 p.m. Eastern), Addison (3 p.m. Eastern) and Fort Worth (5 p.m. Eastern) to follow. Registration will close for all sites on March 1 at 6 p.m. Eastern. The registration portal will be available at BOWL.com/ISC.
Select pairs at each sectional qualifier will be broadcast live on BowlTV. The livestreaming platform also will cover all qualifying and match-play rounds at Kingpin Lanes for the ITC and ISC.
The finals of the ITC and ISC will be taped for broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
For more information on the Intercollegiate Team Championships, visit BOWL.com/ITC.