Feb. 3, 2007
JONESBORO, AR—Vanderbilt struggled with unfamiliar lane conditions while winning four of five games at the Mid-Winter NCAA Classic, hosted by Arkansas State.
“We had a very hard time adjusting to the lane conditions today and our scores reflected that,” said Coach John Williamson. “We don’t see these conditions often but we must learn to adjust and we have to be able to put a bad ball or a bad game behind us. We can’t get down on ourselves, we have to compete.”
The Commodores 4-1 ledger puts them in seventh place in this 17 team event with five more team games tomorrow. Vanderbilt topped Delaware State, Southern, Fontbonne and Bethune-Cookman while being upset by Jackson State.
Tara Kane, who won this event last year, was Vanderbilt’s top individual Saturday, landing in ninth place individually.
“I am expecting we will perform better tomorrow,” Williamson said. “As I’ve said often before, I am only interested in how we bowl. I’d like to see us regain some competitive spirit and learn from what we saw today, turn that into something positive.”
Vanderbilt 941 Delaware State 878
Josie Earnest 207
Mandy Keily 180
Karen Grygiel 165
Tara Kane 192
Michelle Peloquin 197
Vanderbilt 834 Southern 758
Earnest 168
Keily 153
Grygiel 169
Kane 201
Peloquin 143
Jackson State 821 Vanderbilt 817
Earnest 179
Grygiel 133
Kane 164
Peloquin 182
Kaitlin Reynolds 159
Vanderbilt 870 Fontbonne 634
Earnest 179
Kane 177
Peloquin 185
Reynolds 197
Ashley Belden 132
Vanderbilt 915 Bethune-Cookman
Earnest 174
Grygiel 213
Kane 212
Peloquin 156
Reynolds 160
