# 2018 NCAA Bowling Championship

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 NCAA collegiate ten-pin bowling. The tournament was played at the Tropicana Lanes in St. Louis, Missouri from April 12–14, 2018.

## Qualification

Since there is only one national collegiate championship for women's bowling, all NCAA bowling programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) 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

| Seed | Team | Conference | Appearance | Last |
| 1 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Independent | 15th | 2017 |
| 2 | McKendree Bearcats | GLVC | 3rd | 2017 |
| 3 | Arkansas State Red Wolves | SBL | 11th | 2017 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt Commodores | SBL | 13th | 2017 |
| 5 | Sam Houston State Bearkats | SBL | 7th | 2017 |
| 6 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | MEAC | 2nd | 2016 |
| 7 | Saint Francis Red Flash | NEC | 1st | – |
| 8 | Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters | ECC | 1st | – |
| 9 | Bowie State Bulldogs | CIAA | 1st | – |
| 10 | Texas Southern Lady Tigers | SWAC | 1st | – |

## Tournament bracket
### Play-in rounds

| Play-in | Play-in | Play-in |
| 7 | Saint Francis | 2 |
| 9 | Bowie State | 0 |
| Play-in | Play-in | Play-in |
| 8 | Lincoln Memorial | 2 |
| 10 | Texas Southern | 0 |

### Championship tournament

| First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| 1 | Nebraska | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lincoln Memorial | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lincoln Memorial | 0 | 1 | Nebraska | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Vanderbilt | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 4 | Vanderbilt | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Sam Houston State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Sam Houston State | 1 | | | | 4 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
| 5 | Sam Houston State | 2 | | | | | | | | 5 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| 8 | Lincoln Memorial | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lincoln Memorial | 0 | 5 | Sam Houston State | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Arkansas State | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Vanderbilt | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | McKendree | 3 |
| 3 | Arkansas State | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | McKendree | 3 |
| 6 | North Carolina A&T | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | North Carolina A&T | 0 | 3 | Arkansas State | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | McKendree | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | McKendree | 2 | 2 | McKendree | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Saint Francis | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Saint Francis | 0 | | | | 2 | McKendree | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Nebraska | 0 | | | | | | |
| 6 | North Carolina A&T | 2 | | | | | | | | 1 | Nebraska | 0 | | | | | |
| 7 | Saint Francis | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Saint Francis | 0 | 6 | North Carolina A&T | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Nebraska | 2 | | | | | | | | | |