BOSSIER CITY, LA – Alabama A&M and Southern earned the top two seeds after Day One of the 2010 SWAC Bowling Championship at the Holiday Lanes.

Grambling State, Prairie View A&M, Jackson State and Alabama State will be seeds 3-6 as Saturday’s competition moves to a double-elimination bracket playing the Baker format.

Friday’s competition was a round-robin team format, with each team competing against the other five. Based on today’s pin count, the teams have been seeded 1-6 to set the bracket for the weekend.

Alabama A&M bowled a team-high 4,577 on Friday in winning all five matches. The Bulldogs bowled three 900-pin games, highlighted by a 945 score in game one.  Jazmin Payne bowled a single-game high 222 to lead Alabama A&M.

Southern, the two-time defending conference champions, earned the number two seed bowling a 4393 in posting a 4-1 record. The Jaguars bowled the best team score of the day in posting a 995 in game two. Vanessa Caldwell had the days’ best game in rolling a 247.

Grambling State’s 4,126 score earned the Lady Tigers the #3 seed. Kayla Williams’ 216 game led GSU. Prairie View A&M will be the #4 seed as they totaled 4,112 pins on the day. LeJewelia Lewis led the Lady Panthers with a game-high 209 score.

Jackson State (4,052 pins) was led by Tanay Turner’s high game of 204. Alabama State (3,753) was led by Brittany McKinney’s high game of 210.

Saturday’s action begins at 9:30 a.m. with #3 seed Grambling State facing #6 seed Alabama State and a matchup of the #4 and #5 seeds, Prairie View A&M and Jackson State.

Alabama A&M will face the GSU-Alabama State winner and Southern will play the Prairie View A&M - Jackson State winner at approximately 11 a.m. The field of six will be pair down to two for Sunday’s Championship Round at 1 p.m. which will be taped by ESPNU  and will air Friday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. CT.