Nov. 20, 2009
MILLSBORO, DE—Vanderbilt’s bowlers used steady scoring during a difficult afternoon to sit in second place after the first day of Maryland-Eastern Shore’s annual Hawk Classic.
The Commodores fashioned workman-like scores over 900 and cracked 1,000 once on a day when only a handful of other scores crossed into the 900’s. In the process, VU went 5-0 on the day although the primary factor was pin fall.
Vanderbilt trails Fairleigh Dickinson by 87 pins and is 274 pins ahead of New Jersey City, the third place team.
“We led early and I thought we had a generally good day,” Coach John Williamson said. “It was a long afternoon of bowling and in the last two rounds we moved some people around to gain experience and experiment on lineups so in the process we might have lost a bit of focus. But we wanted to do that and took advantage of the opportunity.”
Williamson said freshman Kim Carper had a particularly sharp day. While he didn’t have access yet to her strike percentage, he said it was very good and at one point the Minnesota product had thrown 15 strikes in 23 shots.
The Commodores have won this tournament three consecutive years. Play resumes Saturday at 9:00 a.m. with five team games and concludes Sunday with three rounds of best four-of-seven Baker play.
Team Leader Board (20 teams competing)
Fairleigh Dickinson: 4,841
Vanderbilt: 4,754
New Jersey City: 4,480
Maryland-Eastern Shore: 4,475
Vanderbilt’s Friday Results
Vanderbilt 959, St. Francis 922
VU 168-166
VU 204-181
VU 174-161
SF 187-165
VU 245-227
Vanderbilt 1,026, New Jersey City 1,003
NJ 201-196
VU 208-169
VU 210-201
NJ 224-198
VU 214-208
Vanderbilt 938, Delaware State 846
VU 200-174
VU 182-164
VU 164-158
VU 213-179
VY 179-171
Vanderbilt 929, Norfolk State 832
VU 202-197
VU 185-155
VU 190-135
VU 172-167
VU 180-178
Vanderbilt 905, Cheyney State 541
VU 164-108
VU 209-95
VU 146-96
VU 193-123
VU 193-119
