Jan. 16, 2015
JONESBORO, ARK—It was a struggle from the start as Vanderbilt won just one game out of five at the Mid-Winter Classic here Friday. As a result, the sixth-ranked Commodores have dug themselves into a seventh-place hole heading into tomorrow’s next five games. Fifteen teams are competing.
There were some rays of promise from time to time but much was dimmed by a variety of lapses that spelled doom against quality opponents. Vanderbilt managed just one game over 1,000, a win over Valparaiso in which Robyn Renslow posted a splashy 266 and got a good boost from Natalie Goodman’s 223.
Left-handers were the order of the day as Vandy used three much of the time. Freshman Katie Stark was consistently hovering around 190 and senior Rebeca Reguero provided a big spark off the bench with scores of 223-199-203-203.
Top-ranked Nebraska went 5-0 on the day and leads the standings, which are based on pin fall, with 5,114. Host Arkansas State is second, 118 pins behind.
Bowling fans can watch play on Vanderbilt bowling’s UStream site and follow game by game results on @VandyBowling. Play resumes Saturday at 9 a.m. Central.
Vanderbilt Results
Wisconsin-Whitewater 944-880
Stark 191
Fry 147
Mosesso 166
Poss 198
Renslow 178
UMES 1,061-990
Stark 190
Reguero 227
Mosesso 170
Poss 207
Renslow 200
UAB 996-987
Stark 228
Reguero 199
Goodman 194
Poss 183
Renslow 183
Vandy 1,038-952
Stark 187
Reguero 203
Goodman 223
Poss 159
Renslow 266
Sam Houston St 1,130-917
Stark 172
Reguero 203
Goodman 154
Poss 184
Renslow 204
