2006 NCAA Bowling Championship

{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = NCAA Bowling Championship

| year = 2006

| other_titles =

| image = NCAA logo.svg

| imagesize = 140

| caption =

| dates = April 2006

| num_teams = 8

| champions = Fairleigh Dickinson (1st title)

| runner-up = Alabama A&M (1st title match)

| matches = 14

| attendance = 442

| player = Lisa Friscioni (Fairleigh Dickinson)

| prevseason = 2005

| nextseason = 2007

}}

The 2006 NCAA Bowling Championship was the third annual tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA collegiate ten-pin bowling. The tournament was played in Houston, Texas during April 2006.{{cite web|title=Women's Bowling National Championship Results |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/bowling_champs_records/2006_bowling_champ_record.pdf|work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=April 12, 2015}}

Fairleigh Dickinson defeated Alabama A&M in the championship match, 4 games to 1, to win their first national title.

The tournament's Most outstanding bowler was Lisa Friscioni from Fairleigh Dickinson. An All-tournament team of five bowlers was also named.

Qualification

Since there is only one national collegiate championship for women's bowling, all NCAA bowling programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship, which consisted of a double-elimination style tournament.

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Team ! Appearance ! Previous
Alabama A&M \|1st \|Never
Bethune–Cookman \|2nd \|2005
Central Missouri State \|2nd \|2005
Fairleigh Dickinson \|3rd \|2005
Maryland–Eastern Shore \|3rd \|2005
Nebraska \|3rd \|2005
New Jersey City \|3rd \|2005
Vanderbilt \|1st \|Never

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Team

! Appearance

! Previous

Alabama A&M

|1st

|Never

Bethune–Cookman

|2nd

|2005

Central Missouri State

|2nd