Stephanie Schwartz Leaps into Second Round of USBC 2018 Intercollegiate Singles Championships
4/17/2018 5:45:00 PM | Women's Bowling
The four-time All-American claims No. 12 seed in qualifying, claims opening round match 708-618
LINCOLN, Neb. – A little less than a week after becoming the first NCAA Division I bowler to be named a four-time National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) All-American First Team selection, Stephen F. Austin senior bowler Stephanie Schwartz is competing for an individual national title at the United States Bowling Congress' (USBC) 2018 Intercollegiate Singles Championships (ISC). The five-day event held at the Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Nebraska, got underway Tuesday with qualifying to determine bracket play seeding, followed by the opening match-play round of the championships.
Schwartz, who qualified for the 2018 ISC at the Fairview Heights, Illinois, ISC sectional back in March, is one of 24 competitors at the national championship event. The Racine, Wisconsin (Washington Park HS), totaled 1,185 pins during the six games of qualifying Tuesday morning to earn the No. 12 seed for match play. Schwartz' game four score of 258 tied for the highest game bowled in the qualifying round, matching only Haley Richard's (Arkansas State) game six.
Paired up against Monmouth's Jacqueline Evans for the first round of match play, Schwartz bowled a combined score of 708 in the three games. She defeated Evans 708-618 to advance to Wednesday's second round, where Schwartz will face Veronica Cepeda of Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD-Savannah).
The second round of the 2018 ISC will get underway Wednesday morning at 7:30 a.m. CT with the quarterfinals taking place at 9 a.m. CT. All match-play rounds of the ISC are streamed live on BOWL.com's BowlTV. The semifinals and finals of the 2018 ISC will be bowled on Saturday, April 21 beginning at 3:15 p.m. CT. Both the ISC semifinals and finals will be televised on tape delay on CBS Sports Network next Tuesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. CT.
Schwartz is looking to reach the TV finals for the third consecutive year after bowing out in last year's ISC semifinals. En route to the semifinals, she bowled an impressive 299 in the quarterfinals of the 2017 ISC.
The Ladyjacks also qualified for USBC's 2018 Intercollegiate Team Championships (ITC) in March at the ITC sectional in Fairview Heights. SFA is one of 16 teams who will be competing for a national championship at the Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln. The 2018 ITC will get underway Thursday, April 19 with 24 Bakers games to determine seeding for the double-elimination match-play bracket. The first two rounds of match play will be best 4-of-7 Baker match format and will also take place on Thursday. The final day of match play on Friday, April 20, will determine who advances to the finals, held Saturday, April 21 with a best 3-of-5 Baker match.
SFA made a run at the 2017 ITC after finishing the qualifying round in 11th place, reaching the semifinals for the Ladyjacks' third top-four finish at a national tournament in the last three seasons.
Visit BOWL.com/ISC for more information on the 2018 Intercollegiate Singles Championships and BOWL.com/ITC for information on the 2018 Intercollegiate Team Championships.
Stay tuned to SFAJacks.com, as well as SFA's social media platforms, for complete coverage of Ladyjack bowling throughout the spring.
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