SAVANNAH, Ga. – The SCAD women's bowling team won the Southern States Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday, earning the automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship.
 
TOURNAMENT FORMAT: The two-day tournament consisted of a double-elimination bracket. Each match started with five individual games and then four baker games, with the total pinfall of each determining a winner. If both teams were tied after the first two games, then a third tie-breaker in the form of best-of-five baker games determined the match winner.
 
Once a team drops a match, they will compete in a best-of-seven baker game match for a chance to continue in the tournament.
 
Each team competing was seeded based on RPI rankings heading into the tournament.
1: SCAD Savannah
2: Milligan
3: SCAD Atlanta
4: Mobile
5: Stillman
 
MATCH PLAY: The Bees faced No. 4 Mobile in the second round, third match, of the tournament, earning the first point with a total pinfall of 944 after the five individual games to Mobile's 766. SCAD picked up the win with a total pinfall of 829 to Mobile's 609 to advance to the fifth round, match six.
 
In the Bees' second match of the tournament, they faced No. 3 SCAD Atlanta. SCAD Atlanta won the individual games with a total pinfall of 939 to SCAD Savannah's 892. However, the Savannah team had a total pinfall of 825 after the baker games to Atlanta's 755 to tie at one-all. Savannah won three of four baker games in the tie-breaker to win the match and advance to the final.
 
In the Championship Final, SCAD Savannah faced No. 2 Milligan, winning the first point with a total pinfall of 1,055 to Milligan's 976 after the individual games. The Bees put the match out of reach with a total pinfall of 762 to Milligan's 644 after the four baker games to earn the 2-0 win.
 
WHAT'S NEXT? The Bees will travel to Smyrna, Tenn., for the USBC Sectionals on March 7-9.