Dec. 9, 2014
Vanderbilt was rated sixth in the December poll of the National Ten Pin Coaches Association.
The Commodores, 39-18 on the season at the mid-year break, trail Nebraska, Fairleigh Dickinson, Arkansas State, Central Missouri and Sam Houston State.Wisconsin-Whitewater, Stephen F. Austin, Maryland-Eastern Shore and North Carolina A&T round out the Top 10.
Vanderbilt competed in four tournaments with its best finish being second at Maryland-Eastern Shore’s Hawk Classic. Among the fall highlights were a school record 1,236 team game at the New Jersey Jamboree and a 300 Baker game, the fourth in program history, at Valparaiso’s Crusader Classic.
The team has been in its mid-year off-season for semester exams and the upcoming holidays. It’s season resumes Jan. 16 at Arkansas State’s Mid-Winter Classic in Jonesboro.
CAMPING: Vanderbilt’s staff took advantage of its sparkling new campus facility to conduct a December camp, which attracted about half of its attendees from Tennessee and other campers from as far away as Wyoming.
NTCA’s December Top 20
Nebraska (21 first place votes)
FDU (4)
Arkansas State (1)
Central Missouri
Sam Houston State
Vanderbilt
Wisconsin-Whitewater
Stephen F. Austin
Maryland-Eastern Shore
North Carolina A&T (1)
St. Francis (Pa)
Sacred Heart
McKendree
Saint Francis Brooklyn
Valparaiso
Delaware State
Long Island Brooklyn
Kutztown
Norfolk Sate
Tulane
