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Duquesne & Merrimack Advance to Day Two of NCAA Bowling Regionals

4/5/2024


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Northeast Conference (NEC) tournament champion Merrimack and regular season champ Duquesne will continue to compete after the opening day of the 2024 NCAA Women’s Bowling Championship.

Both teams remain alive in Regional Round play after posting a 1-1 record on Friday.

Merrimack started its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance with a 2-1 victory over defending national champion Vanderbilt before falling to second-seeded Arkansas State, 2-1, in dramatic fashion.

Against the reigning champion Commodores, Merrimack fell in the traditional match, 1111-1050, while winning the next two legs of the mega match to advance. The Warriors won the Best-of-5 Baker segment, 1160-1003, and clinched the second-round victory in the Best-of-7 Baker game, 4-1.

In match two, the Warriors took the Red Wolves by storm and won the traditional leg, 994-946. The No. 2 seed would go on to take the Best-of-5 Baker section, 1055-1003, to even the score. The final segment would make its way to a five-frame roll off after it ended tied at 3.5. Arkansas State would go on to win the roll-off and advance to the Rochester Regional final.

Over in Pittsburgh, Duquesne, in its third NCAA Tournament appearance, earned the victory against Maryland Eastern Shore, 2-1. The Dukes then suffered their first loss of the tournament at the hands of top-seeded Jacksonville State, 2-1.

Duquesne won its first match of the day in similar fashion to Merrimack. Perennial powerhouse UMES took the traditional match against the Dukes by a score of 897-857. Duquesne would go onto claim victories in the final two legs to earn the first-round mega match win. In the Best-of-5 Baker, the Dukes won with a 952-918 total pinfall difference, while they took the Best-of-7 section, 4-1.

With the win, Duquesne went on to face the No. 1 overall seed Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks took the traditional match, 988-865, while the Dukes won the Best-of-5 Baker, 991-914. Jacksonville State ripped off four straight victories to win the Best-of-7 Baker leg and claim a spot in the Pittsburgh Regional final.

Both teams will participate in elimination matches on Saturday at 9am E.T. Once again, Merrimack will face off against defending national champion Vanderbilt, while Duquesne will take on UMES.