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Graphic of the four top seeds for the upcoming CACC Women's Bowling Championship Tournament
March 2, 2026

WOMEN'S BOWLING CLAIM FIRST-EVER CACC REGULAR-SEASON TITLE AND TOP SEED FOR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

New Haven, Conn. (3/2/26)  Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Commissioner Dan Mara has released the field for the 2026 CACC Women's Bowling Championship Tournament following the conclusion of the Spring 2026 CACC Regular Season Tournament on Sunday. The four-team, double-elimination conference championship event will be hosted by Chestnut Hill College on March 21-22 at Pike Lanes, in Southampton, Pa.

Dominican University New York (67-32, 16-4 CACC) has claimed its first CACC regular-season title and will be the top seed for the postseason tournament. Caldwell University (31-19, 15-5) has qualified as the No. 2 seed, and Felician University (55-38, 14-6), the 2025 CACC champion, returns to defend its crown as the No. 3 seed. Wilmington University (12-46, 6-14) won its final Baker match on Sunday to earn the No. 4 seed via tiebreaker.

Six CACC members sponsor women's bowling. The four playoff qualifiers were determined by dual-match won-lost records during a pair of designated regular-season events. The fall meet was hosted by Dominican in November, and the spring tournament by Felician on Saturday and Sunday. Heading into Sunday's final match, the Chargers had clinched a share of the regular-season championship, then defeated Felician, 882-858, to take the title outright.

The CACC Women's Bowling Championship will be contested in a double-elimination, "mega-match" format over two days. A mega-match is a best-of-three competition in which the same two schools stage a five-player traditional match, a five-game Baker match, and, if necessary, a best-of-7 Baker match.

The CACC is sponsoring a championship in women's bowling for the fourth year. Caldwell won both the 2023 and 2024 conference titles before Felician took last year's championship. The winner of the 2026 CACC Championship tournament will qualify automatically for the NCAA National Collegiate Bowling Championship.

 

2026 CACC WOMEN'S BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION

Seeding
1. Dominican University New York
2. Caldwell University
3. Felician University
4. Wilmington University

Date/Site
Saturday and Sunday, March 21-22, 2026
Pike Lanes, Southampton, Pa. (Hosted by Chestnut Hill College)
Competition begins at 8:30 a.m. each day

 

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.