Apr 12, 2010 8:54:29 AM

Fairleigh Dickinson upended defending champion Nebraska to capture the 2010 National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship on Saturday.

The Knights, competing just 45 miles north of campus at Brunswick Zone Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick, New Jersey, needed all seven games in the best-of-seven match up to edge the Cornhuskers, 4-3, to claim their first title since 2006. [More]

Results

Round 1

Nebraska def. Central Mo., 4-1; Fairleigh Dickinson def. New Jersey City, 4-2; Md.-East. Shore def. Vanderbilt, 4-3; Arkansas St. def. Delaware St., 4-0.

Round 2

Fairleigh Dickinson def. Nebraska, 4-2; Arkansas St. def. Md.-East. Shore, 4-2; New Jersey City def. Central Mo., 4.5-.5 (Central Mo. eliminated); Vanderbilt def. Delaware St., 4-2 (Delaware St. eliminated).

Round 3

New Jersey City def. Md.-East. Shore 4-1 (Md.-East. Shore eliminated); Nebraska def. Vanderbilt, 4-1 (Vanderbilt eliminated).

Round 4

Fairleigh Dickinson def. New Jersey City, 4-2 (New Jersey City eliminated); Nebraska def. Arkansas St. 4-2.

Round 5

Nebraska def. Arkansas St., 4-2 (Arkansas St. eliminated).

Championship

Fairleigh Dickinson def. Nebraska, 4-3.