FORT WORTH, Texas — Vanderbilt bowling junior Dannielle Henderson notched a top 5 individual finish after five traditional games on Day 2 of the Bulldog Classic.
“I felt like we competed at a very high level both days against some very quality opponents,” head coach John Williamson said. “We finished just out of the championship bracket. Our execution this weekend didn’t match our competitive level. We can win three matches against good teams tomorrow and have very solid weekend. That’s our goal at this point.”
The third-ranked Commodores finished fifth on the team leaderboard after two days of qualifying rounds, totaling 10,262 pins over 10 games. Jacksonville State ranked preseason No. 1 earned the top seed with 10,792 pins.
Henderson finished the day with games of 204, 268, 210, 237 and 192, averaging 222.20 pins per game, to place fourth individually. Henderson, Katelyn Abigania and Haley Lindley played all five games for Vanderbilt.
Vandy’s sole loss of the day came in the opening round against Jacksonville State. Alyssa Ballard led the charge for the Commodores with a 247 game. Abigania contributed a 204 game, but the Gamecocks won the match by a score of 1,075-996.
In round 2, Vandy defeated No. 11 Sacred Heart, 1,136-1,055. Henderson’s 268 was the highest score by a Commodore for the day. Abigania and Lindley added scores of 257 and 225 respectively.
Freshman Avery Domagiun came off the bench in game 2 and posted scores over 200 pins in each of the last three games.
Vanderbilt won its third and fourth-round games over No. 8 Sam Houston State and Texas Southern by scores of 966-909 and 978-860, respectively.
To end the day, the Dores defeated No. 5 Wichita State, 1,049-932. Four Dores registered 200-plus pin scores. Domaguin led the way with a 221 game and was followed by Natalie Kent, Abigania and Lindley with respective scores of 211, 212 and 213.
The final day of the Bulldog Classic will begin on Sunday at 9 a.m. when the Commodores face No. 2 Nebraska in the first of three best-of-seven Baker matches.
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