Southland Bowling League

The Southland Bowling League (SBL) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) bowling-only conference. The SBL was founded in 2015 for schools that sponsor women's bowling teams, but do not have bowling sponsored by their primary conferences. The SBL champion has received an automatic bid to the NCAA Bowling Championship since the NCAA first awarded such bids in 2018. While the conference operates independently, administrative services are provided by the Southland Conference.[1][2]

Southland Bowling League
SBL
Established2015
AssociationNCAA
DivisionNational Collegiate
Members6
Sports fielded
HeadquartersFrisco, Texas
WebsiteSouthland Bowling

The SBL has received at least three bids to the NCAA Championship in each season since it began play in 2015. Following the inaugural SBL Championship, four league teams (Arkansas State, Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, and Vanderbilt) received at-large bids to the 2015 NCAA Championships, filling half of the eight available spots.[3][4] The same four teams would receive at-large bids to the 2016 NCAA Bowling Championships[5] and 2017 NCAA Bowling Championships.[6] In 2018, the first year for automatic bids to the NCAA Championship and also the first year for a 10-team championship event, Vanderbilt earned the automatic bid and Arkansas State and Sam Houston State received at-large bids. In 2019, Sam Houston State earned the automatic bid, while Arkansas State, Stephen F. Austin, and Vanderbilt received at-large bids.[7]

The conference lost two of its original members in July 2021 when Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin left for the Western Athletic Conference. After the two schools announced they would join the WAC in fall 2022, they were expelled by the Southland Conference and joined the WAC a year ahead of the originally planned schedule.[8][9] Even though the SBL and Southland Conference are technically separate entities, the SBL honored its parent conference's expulsion of its departing members.

Members
School Location Founded Type Approximate
Enrollment		 Joined Nickname Primary conference
Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR 1909 Public 13,600 2015 Red Wolves Sun Belt Conference
Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA 1894 Public 11,300 2015 Lady Techsters Conference USA
Tulane University New Orleans, LA 1834 Private 13,500 2015 Green Wave American Athletic Conference
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN 1859 Private
(Independent Lutheran)		 4,500 2015 Beacons Missouri Valley Conference
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 1873 Private 12,700 2015 Commodores Southeastern Conference
Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 1908 Public 11,400 2018 Penguins Horizon League

On August 7, 2018, Southland Bowling League and Youngstown State University announced that Youngstown State's bowling program was joining the league for competition beginning in the 2018–2019 season. Youngstown State replaces Monmouth, who accepted an invitation to join the MEAC.[10]

Notes

    Former members
    School Location Founded Type Approximate
    Enrollment    		 Nickname Joined Left Primary conference Current bowling conference
    Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ 1933 Private 6,200 Hawks 2015 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
    Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX 1879 Public 19,600 Bearkats 2015 2021 Western Athletic Conference Independent
    Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX 1921 Public 13,000 Ladyjacks 2015 2021 Western Athletic Conference Independent

    SBL Championship
    Year Venue
    Location    		 Champion Runnerup Third Fourth Fifth Seventh
    2015[11] Del-Mar Lanes
    Houston, TX    		 Vanderbilt Arkansas State Valparaiso Sam Houston State Monmouth
    Stephen F. Austin    		 Louisiana Tech
    Tulane
    2016[12] AMF All Star Lanes
    Kenner, LA    		 Arkansas State Sam Houston State Vanderbilt Stephen F. Austin Monmouth
    Tulane    		 Louisiana Tech
    Valparaiso
    2017[13] Hijinx Lanes
    Jonesboro, AR    		 Vanderbilt Arkansas State Stephen F. Austin Tulane Monmouth
    Sam Houston State    		 Louisiana Tech
    Valparaiso
    2018[14] USA Bowl Dallas
    Dallas, TX    		 Arkansas State Stephen F. Austin Vanderbilt Monmouth Louisiana Tech
    Sam Houston State    		 Tulane
    Valparaiso
    2019[15] USA Bowl Dallas
    Dallas, TX    		 Sam Houston State Vanderbilt Stephen F. Austin Arkansas State Louisiana Tech
    Tulane    		 Valparaiso
    Youngstown State
    2021[16] Colonial Bowling Lanes
    Harahan, LA    		 Vanderbilt Louisiana Tech Sam Houston State Arkansas State Stephen F. Austin
    Youngstown State    		 Tulane
    Valparaiso

    All-Tournament Teams
    Year Most Valuable Bowler Team
    2015[17] Nicole Mosesso
    (Vanderbilt)    		 Sarah Lokker (Arkansas State) • Sadie Jasinski (Valparaiso) • Stephanie Schwartz (Stephen F. Austin) • Torrie Decker (Valparaiso) • Giselle Poss (Vanderbilt)
    2016[18] Jordan Richard
    (Arkansas State)    		 Stephanie Zavala (Sam Houston State) • Brooke Wood (Arkansas State) • Jadee Scott-Jones (Arkansas State) • Carrie Hopkinson (Sam Houston State) • Katelyn Reth (Monmouth)
    2017[19] Katie Stark
    (Vanderbilt)    		 Maria Bulanova (Vanderbilt) • Jordan Richard (Arkansas State) • Stephanie Schwartz (Stephen F. Austin) • Janine Kuwahara (Sam Houston State) • Tiera Gulum (Tulane)
    2018[20] Jordan Richard
    (Arkansas State)    		 Leah Glazer (Arkansas State) • Stephanie Schwartz (Stephen F. Austin) • Dakota Faichnie (Stephen F. Austin) • Kristin Quah (Vanderbilt) • Jackie Evans (Monmouth)
    2019[21] Bea Hernandez
    (Sam Houston State)    		 Madysen Keller (Sam Houston State) • Maria Bulanova (Vanderbilt) • Samantha Gainor (Vanderbilt) • Sarah Gill (Stephen F. Austin) • Denishya Waller (Arkansas State)
    2021[22] Mabel Cummins
    (Vanderbilt)    		 Angelica Anthony (Vanderbilt) • Allie Leiendecker (Louisiana Tech) • Danielle Jedlicki (Louisiana Tech) • Denise Blankenzee (Sam Houston State) • Carlene Beyer (Stephen F. Austin)

    NCAA Bowling Championship participation

    Source:[23]

    Arkansas State – 2008 Runner-up, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

    Sam Houston State – 2011, 2013, 2014 Champion, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

    Stephen F. Austin – 2015 Runner-up, 2016 Champion, 2017, 2019 Champion

    Valparaiso – 2012

    Vanderbilt – 2006, 2007 Champion, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Runner-up, 2012, 2013 Runner-up, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Champion, 2019 Runner-up

    See also

    References
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