Ladyjacks Advance in the 2025 CUSA Championships
3/20/2025 8:34:00 PM | Women's Bowling
HARAHAN, LA - Ladyjacks advance in the 2025 CUSA Championship.
SFA started the day against No. 3 Vanderbilt. The Commodores won the traditional match by 18 pins, then handled the baker match, sending SFA to the contenders bracket.
In their ninth face off against the Lady Techsters, the Ladyjacks created the first March Madness moment of the playoff season. After falling in the traditional match, SFA took an early lead in the first three frames of the baker match. Louisiana Tech stormed back and fell just short of completing the comeback, as SFA holds on to a four pin victory.
In the mega-match clincher, it took all seven games of the best-of-seven format to determine a winner. After winning the first game, SFA would let the Lady Techsters would win three in a row. SFA would cross the 200+ pin total for the final matches, storming back to take the mega-match and advance in the 2025 CUSA Championship.
SFA will face No. 2 Youngstown State in the contenders bracket to see who will remain in the Championship tomorrow at 9:00 AM CST. The winner will compete at 2:00 PM CST with that match up to be determined. Fans can watch live on ESPN+.
Results
No. 3 Vanderbilt 2 (1025-1092) vs. No. 6 SFA 0 (1007-964)
Traditional Match
Frances Davila 174
Megan George 201
Savannah Taillon 222
Juliana Kerrigan 224
Brystal Beyer 176
No. 8 LA Tech 1 (1036- 1126-3) vs. No. 6 SFA 2 (926-1130-4)
Traditional Match
Kara Kay 186
Megan George 183
Savannah Taillon 198
Juliana Kerrigan 192
Brystal Beyer 167
Championship Format
The Conference USA Championship is determined by the mega-match format. A mega-match encompasses three different rounds or points, and a team must get to two points to win the match.
The first round is the traditional format. Each team in the match has five players bowl a full game, and each individual's total score is added together for the team total. Whichever team has the highest score from all five individual games wins the point and leads the mega-match 1-0.
The second round of the mega-match is the Baker total pinfall portion, which consists of five games. The winner is determined by adding the pinfall of all five games together. In the Baker format, lineups are comprised of five bowlers with each being responsible for two frames in each game. The leadoff player bowls in frames one and six. The second person in the lineup bowls in frames two and seven, etc. If the team that wins the traditional round also wins the Baker pinfall round, they win the match 2-0. If the team that lost the traditional round wins the Baker point, the mega-match is tied 1-1 and goes to a best-of-seven Baker match play format.
In the best-of-seven tiebreaker format, instead of adding five games together to determine a total, all that matters is the score each game. Winning 300-175 of 176-175 has the same weight. The first team to four games wins the point and wins the mega-match 2-1.
How To Keep Up
The tournament bracket, results and TV links can be found on our Championship Central page. Each round of the tournament will be streamed live on ESPN+. Admission to the championship is free.
FOLLOW THE LADYJACKS
For all the latest information on SFA Bowling, visit SFAjacks.com. Follow along with SFA Bowling on Facebook (SFA Bowling), Instagram (@sfa_bowling), and Twitter/X(@SFA_Bowling).
SFA started the day against No. 3 Vanderbilt. The Commodores won the traditional match by 18 pins, then handled the baker match, sending SFA to the contenders bracket.
In their ninth face off against the Lady Techsters, the Ladyjacks created the first March Madness moment of the playoff season. After falling in the traditional match, SFA took an early lead in the first three frames of the baker match. Louisiana Tech stormed back and fell just short of completing the comeback, as SFA holds on to a four pin victory.
In the mega-match clincher, it took all seven games of the best-of-seven format to determine a winner. After winning the first game, SFA would let the Lady Techsters would win three in a row. SFA would cross the 200+ pin total for the final matches, storming back to take the mega-match and advance in the 2025 CUSA Championship.
SFA will face No. 2 Youngstown State in the contenders bracket to see who will remain in the Championship tomorrow at 9:00 AM CST. The winner will compete at 2:00 PM CST with that match up to be determined. Fans can watch live on ESPN+.
Results
No. 3 Vanderbilt 2 (1025-1092) vs. No. 6 SFA 0 (1007-964)
Traditional Match
Frances Davila 174
Megan George 201
Savannah Taillon 222
Juliana Kerrigan 224
Brystal Beyer 176
No. 8 LA Tech 1 (1036- 1126-3) vs. No. 6 SFA 2 (926-1130-4)
Traditional Match
Kara Kay 186
Megan George 183
Savannah Taillon 198
Juliana Kerrigan 192
Brystal Beyer 167
Championship Format
The Conference USA Championship is determined by the mega-match format. A mega-match encompasses three different rounds or points, and a team must get to two points to win the match.
The first round is the traditional format. Each team in the match has five players bowl a full game, and each individual's total score is added together for the team total. Whichever team has the highest score from all five individual games wins the point and leads the mega-match 1-0.
The second round of the mega-match is the Baker total pinfall portion, which consists of five games. The winner is determined by adding the pinfall of all five games together. In the Baker format, lineups are comprised of five bowlers with each being responsible for two frames in each game. The leadoff player bowls in frames one and six. The second person in the lineup bowls in frames two and seven, etc. If the team that wins the traditional round also wins the Baker pinfall round, they win the match 2-0. If the team that lost the traditional round wins the Baker point, the mega-match is tied 1-1 and goes to a best-of-seven Baker match play format.
In the best-of-seven tiebreaker format, instead of adding five games together to determine a total, all that matters is the score each game. Winning 300-175 of 176-175 has the same weight. The first team to four games wins the point and wins the mega-match 2-1.
How To Keep Up
The tournament bracket, results and TV links can be found on our Championship Central page. Each round of the tournament will be streamed live on ESPN+. Admission to the championship is free.
FOLLOW THE LADYJACKS
For all the latest information on SFA Bowling, visit SFAjacks.com. Follow along with SFA Bowling on Facebook (SFA Bowling), Instagram (@sfa_bowling), and Twitter/X(@SFA_Bowling).
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