UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University bowling team will enter this weekend's USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships as the sixth ranked team in the nation.  The Cardinals will try to win the Championship for the first time since 2007, when they captured their second straight title and fourth overall.

SVSU has qualified for the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships 17 times and ranks second all-time with four titles.  In 1991, the Cardinals became just the sixth team in history to win a Championship in its first appearance.  They are also the last team to accomplish that feat.

Sectional qualifiers were held March 13-14 at four sites - AMF Parkway Lanes in Allentown, Pa.; Holiday Bowl-Brainerd in Chattanooga, Tenn.; Landmark Lanes in Peoria, Ill.; and the South Point Hotel and Casino Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nev. The ITC sectionals consisted of 32 Baker System games each day, for a total of 64 Baker games.

The top four men's teams and top four women's teams at each sectional, based on total pinfall, earned spots in the 2010 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships. The ITC will be held April 14-17 at the El Paso (Texas) Convention and Performing Arts Center.

Saginaw Valley State was able to hold off Lindenwood for the sectional title despite Lindenwood men's team firing a 300 game on Sunday. Central Florida was steady on Sunday, averaging just over 200 per game, to move from fifth to third. Purdue was able to hold off North Carolina State for the final men's spot.

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