2025 Heart Bowling Conference Championship Set for February 22-23
The Heart of America Athletic Conference will host the 2025 Heart Men's and Women's Bowling Conference Championship this Saturday, February 22 and Sunday, February 23 in Columbia, Mo.
The event will begin at 9 am on Saturday and will resume at 9 am on Sunday at the AMF Town and Country Lanes in Columbia, Mo.
Address:
1508 N Providence Rd, Columbia, MO 65203
Tickets for the event are $15 per person for a two-day pass and fans 18 to 12 are $8 and children under 12 will be admitted free. Fans may also purchase a one-day pass for $10 per person and fans 18 to 12 are $5 and children under 12 will be admitted free.
You may purchase tickets at the front gate of the venue or by clicking below prior to the event.
The Heart will stream Day Two of the Championship on Sunday on the Heart Conference Network. Both the men's and women's championships will be streamed that day.
The following eight teams have qualified for the Men's Conference Championship:
Men's Bowling Seeding
1. William Penn University - 0.576
2. Clarke University - 0.501
3. Baker University - 0.49
4. Missouri Baptist University - 0.49
5. Missouri Valley College - 0.463
6. Culver-Stockton College - 0.431
7. Peru St. College - 0.428
8. Grand View University - 0.412
Women's Bowling Seeding
1. Mount Mercy University - 0.673
2. William Penn University - 0.605
3. Missouri Baptist University - 0.58
4. Culver-Stockton College - 0.526
5. Baker University - 0.494
6. Columbia College - 0.469
7. Grand View University - 0.467
8. Peru St College - 0.465
The championship format will be as follows:
Top 8 men's and women's teams qualify for the Heart of America Conference Championships. Those 8 teams will be determined by RPI ranking calculated after the conclusion of the regular season.
Teams will be seeded based on their RPI rank within the conference. A double elimination 8 team bracket will be contested using RPI rank at the start of the tournament for seeding.
Mega-Match format: Is a best of 3 match consisting of 3 types of contest. All 3 sets will be contested on the same pair of lanes.
Set 1 is a team game with 5 bowlers bowling a traditional game. The team with the highest pinfall wins the point. In the event of a tie, 5 baker frames will be bowled to break the tie. The highest RPI seed will choose the starting lane after 15 minutes of practice. USBC substitution rules apply.
Set 2 is a total pinfall match consisting of 4 Baker games. The highest RPI seed will choose the starting lane. Each team will bowl 2 baker games on each lane. In the event of a tie, 5 baker frames will be bowled to break the tie. USBC substitution rules apply.
If the same team wins both the Team Game and the 4-Game Baker set, the match is decided and the team with 2 points wins. If the match is split 1-1, set 3 will determine the winner.
Set 3 (if necessary) If the match is split 1-1, the match will conclude with a Best of 5 Baker format match. The highest RPI seed will choose the starting lane. The team to win 3 points first wins the match. Tie games will result in 0.5 points. In the event of a tie of 2.5-2.5 after 5 games, an 6th baker game will break the tie. If a tie remains, a 9th and 10th frame roll off will be contested until a tie is broken. USBC substitution rules apply. Example Bracket and schedule is attached. Maximum 3 matches per day/per team.
Maximum lanes needed in any round will be 16 lanes.
**In the event there is a final "if necessary" match in the double elimination format, the Championship will be decided by an additional Best of 7 baker match format rather than an additional Mega-Match. Time Schedule: Schedule is published on bracket. In the event all matches of a given round conclude in the first 2 sets of mega-matches, the following round will begin 30 minutes following the conclusion of the previous round if no re-oil is required. Subsequent round will begin 60 minutes following conclusion if a re-oil is required.
The Heart will also hand out the following awards on Saturday at 12 pm.
The All-Conference Team will consist of 15 players. The 15 players will be determined by a formula using the following stats: fill frame percentage (15%), 1st ball 9+ percentage (15%), makeable spare percentage (10%), 9 count spare percentage
(10%), number of games (5%), average (10%), top 1 average (5%), top 5 average (5%), top 10 average (5%), top 25 average (5%), and average differential (15%). Student- athletes must have completed 36 games to qualify. The All-Conference 1st team will consist of the top-5 and the 2nd team will consist of the next five, and the honorable mention team will consist of the next five.
Coach, Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, and Freshman Rookie of the Year will be voted on by the member coaches. To be eligible for Newcomer of the Year the student-athlete must be new to the member school and new to the conference. To be eligible for Rookie of the Year the student-athlete must be a first-time competing freshman.