Dores No. 2 After Day 2

ARLINGTON, Texas – Vanderbilt bowling enjoyed a high-scoring day on the lanes Saturday at the Prairie View A&M Invitational and is currently ranked second after two days in Arlington.

“We still have work to do, but we are striving to be a complete team and that requires all three days,” head coach John Williamson said. “We want to be an elite team and that requires showing up every day of the event. Today was a really encouraging day. We had contributions from everyone. The settee was engaged; we had good leadership and shot execution. We have a great opportunity to play our way into the championship bracket in the morning.”

Graduate student Isabel Allen ended the day atop the individual leaderboard after posting scores of 235, 268, 236, 267 and 233. Her 247.80 pins per game average was 11 pins more than the bowler in second place.

Junior Alyssa Ballard is in 13th place on the leaderboard with scores of 257, 232, 168, 224 and 233 for a 222.80 game average.

In her four games Saturday, freshman Sydney Bohn ran off scores of 269, 214, 247 and 220 to average 237.50 pins per game.

The morning started off with a 1,091-1,073 win over No. 13 Duquesne where the Commodores used a lineup of Allen, Ballard, senior Kaylee Hitt, junior Victoria Varano and sophomore Natalie Kent.

In Game 2, Vanderbilt defeated Texas Southern, 1,215-794, which was the Dores’ highest-scoring match of the day. Bohn and senior Kailee Channell came off the bench to bowl games of 269 and 243, respectively.

Vandy suffered its only loss of the day in a tight matchup with Sam Houston State. The final score was 1,054-1,044.

The Commodores took down Nebraska in Game 4 by a score of 1,087-1,076. Bohn totaled 247 pins during the game. Ballard also bowled a 224.

To end the day, Vandy earned a victory over Louisiana Tech, beating the Bulldogs 1,094-1,045. Freshman Saphyre Nofuente entered the lineup for the Commodores to contribute a 226 to the win.

The Dores will face host Prairie View A&M Sunday at 8:25 a.m. in a final traditional match to determine seeding for bracket play. Action is streamed by BowlTV, and fans can follow Vanderbilt bowling on X and Instagram at @VandyBowling for updates.