National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship

Dates and site: The second annual championship will be April 14-16 at Wekiva Lanes in Orlando, Florida.

Field: Eight teams participate in the double-elimination tournament.

Selection date: March 30.

2004 champion: Nebraska.

Top contenders: Nebraska, Fairleigh Dickinson, Sacred Heart, Central Missouri State and New Jersey City were the top five teams in a National Tenpin Coaches Association midseason poll released in January.

Championship notes: Nebraska senior all-American and three-time U.S. Amateur champion Shannon Pluhowsky and sophomore Amanda Burgoyne, who competed in every tournament for the Huskers during the 2003-04 season, are an important part of the defending champions' success and also have been selected to the U.S. National Women's Team ... New Jersey City downed Fairleigh Dickinson last month to claim the inaugural Eastern College Athletic Conference women's bowling championship. Amanda Lulu, a key part of third-ranked Sacred Heart's attack, earned the league's singles title ... Central Missouri State, last year's runner-up, has placed no lower than fourth in any competition this season and has five first-place finishes.

National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship

Dates and sites: Regional competition will be March 18, 19 or 20 on the campuses of participating institutions. The semifinals are at Durham, New Hampshire, March 25, and the championship game is there March 27.

Field: Eight teams divided into four regions. The winners of each regional advance to the Frozen Four.

Selection date: March 13.

2004 champion: Minnesota.

Top contenders: The USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll listed Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth, Wisconsin, Harvard and Dartmouth as the top five teams as of March 1.

Championship notes: Minnesota's Natalie Darwitz tied a record for most goals scored in a single tournament game when she scored three in the championship game against Harvard in 2004. Krissy Wendell, also from Minnesota, also scored three in a semifinal win over Dartmouth. The record was set in 2001 by Maria Rooth from Minnesota Duluth. Wendell also set the assists record with three in the 2004 championship game ... Minnesota outscored its two opponents in the 2004 Women's Frozen Four, 11-3 ... All four Women's Frozen Four championships were won by Minnesota teams. Minnesota broke Minnesota Duluth's streak of three titles in a row last year.