SALEM, VIRGINIA (March 26, 2022) – The top eight bowling teams took to the lanes for day one of the 2022 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Bowling Championship at Lee-Hi Lanes in Salem, Virginia.
The opening round of the championship was met with a matchup between no. 1 Fayetteville State Broncos (FSU) verses. no. 8 Virginia State Trojans (VSU), no. 3. Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls (JCSU) verses no. 6 Elizabeth City State Vikings (ECSU), no. 4 Virginia Union Panthers (VUU) verses no. 5 Livingstone Blue Bears (LC), and no. 2 Bowie State Bulldogs (BSU) verses no. 7 Shaw Bears (SU).
ROUND 1
FSU went 4-0 against VSU to advance to the second round, while the Golden Bulls secured a 4-1 victory over ECSU. The Bulldogs of Bowie State collected a 4-0 victory over the Shaw Bears, as the Blue Bears of Livingstone won against VUU with a 4-1 win.
Moving on to the round 2 winners bracket were FSU, LC, JCSU, and BSU while VSU, VUU, SU and ECSU battle it out in the losers bracket in hopes of bowling another round.
ROUND 2
After securing the first win over VSU, FSU went another effortless 4-0 win to Livingstone. After a tough loss againt BSU, Shaw regained strength to win 4-0 sending the Vikings of Elizabeth City State home.
The no. 2 seed BSU secured their second win of the day against JCSU with a 4-0 win.
The Panthers of Virginia Union faced Virginia State leading in the first game. Virginia State came back to take the second game but the force of the Panthers was too strong to win the match. The Panthers finished with a 4-1 victory sending the Trojans home.
Matching up in the final round of the day were FSU verses BSU, LC verses VUU and SU and JCSU.
ROUND 3
In the match of Livingstone and Virginia Union, the Blue Bears secured the first three games against the Panthers. The energy shifted for the Panthers as they took the lead over the next three games to tie the match. It all came down to the last game and Livingstone punched the gas to win in the final game and advance to Day 2.
Johnson C. Smith secured their place for Day 2 after a 5-0 sweep and total pinfall of 811 to 557 against Shaw, ending the Bears season.
Fayetteville State and defending champions Bowie State went toe-to-toe for a battle for the winners bracket. The Broncos took the first game while the Bulldogs took the next three game with a baker’s match score of 3-1. FSU took a 2-0 lead over BSU, to take the match to a tie breaker. The Bulldogs regained momentum to take the overall victory. Both teams will advance to day 2 of the championship.
UP NEXT
After an intense first day of the 2021-22 CIAA Bowling Championship, Fayetteville State, Bowie State, Johnson C. Smith and Livingstone will advance to Day 2 of the championship. Competition will resume tomorrow, Sunday, March 27 at AMF LeeHi Lanes. Teams will hit the lanes at 10:45a.m. to warmup and will battle round for round beginning at 11:20a.m. in hopes of claiming the 2021-22 CIAA Bowling Championship Title.
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