Dover, Del. (Feb. 23, 2023) --- The Delaware State University women's bowling team has been selected to compete in a national championship tournament. The United States Bowling Congress has announced that the Hornets have been selected as a sectional qualifier for the 2023 Intercollegiate Team Championships. The sectional qualifiers will be held across four locations March 11-12. The locations include Stardust Bowl in Addison, Illinois; USA Bowl in Dallas; Poelking Lanes South in Dayton, Ohio; and Smyrna Bowling Center in Smyrna, Tennessee.
Delaware State has been selected to compete in the Addison, Ill., sectional. Fellow Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference members North Carolina A&T (Dayton Sectional) and Maryland Eastern Shore (Smyrna Sectional) have also been selected to compete in the national championship tournament.
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.  Delaware State is 36^th nationally with 2862 total points. North Carolina A&T ranks 27^th with 3063 total points. Mount Mercy University (Iowa) tops the national women's rankings with 5728 points.  
Delaware State has ranked as high as No. 12 in the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) monthly poll this season.
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 2023 Intercollegiate Singles Championships also will be held at each of the four locations March 10.
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 2023 ISC also will be held at the South Point Bowling Plaza. Competition will begin in Las Vegas on April 18.
Registration for singles competition will open Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. Eastern and close March 3 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 the South Point Bowling Plaza for the ITC and ISC.
The finals of the ITC and ISC will be taped for broadcast on CBS Sports Network.

WOMEN
Addison Sectional
Carthage, Coe, Concordia, Culver-Stockton, Davenport, Delaware State, Huntington, Judson, Lawrence Tech, Louisiana Tech, Lourdes, Marian-Wisconsin, Maryville, Mount Mercy, Rock Valley, Saint Xavier, Spring Arbor, Webber International

Dallas Sectional
Calumet, Grand View, Lindenwood, Midland, Missouri Baptist, Morningside, Newman, Oklahoma Christian, Ottawa-Kansas, Stephen F. Austin, Wichita State, William Penn, Wisconsin-Whitewater

Dayton Sectional
Alma, Duquesne, Indiana Tech, Lewis, Madonna, Marian-Indiana, Molloy, North Carolina A&T, Northwestern Ohio, Notre Dame-Ohio, Ohio State, Pikeville, Sacred Heart, Savannah College of Art and Design-Savannah, Saint Vincent, Trine

Smyrna Sectional
Baker, Campbellsville, Emmanuel, Maryland Eastern Shore, McKendree, Midway, Milligan, Mount St. Mary's, Muskingum, Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta, St. Ambrose, St. Francis-Illinois, Tennessee Southern, Union, University of the Cumberlands, Walsh, Wright State