The 2018 NCAA Bowling Championship was the 15th edition of the NCAA Bowling Championship, an annual tournament to determine the national champion of women's

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. The tournament was played at the Tropicana Lanes in

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from April 12–14, 2018.

Qualification

Since there is only one national collegiate championship for women's bowling, all

bowling programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or

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) were eligible. A total of ten teams contested the championship (six automatically qualifying conference champions and four at-large bids), which consisted of a modified double-elimination style tournament.

Bids

Tournament bracket

Play-in rounds

Championship tournament

References

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