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Bowlers Go 4-1 in Vegas 1/28/2006 Bowlers Go 4-1 in Vegas LAS VEGAS—Vanderbilt’s bowling team made another strong showing Saturday, winning four of five NCAA matches and finishing in fourth place among 19 total teams at the Brunswick Coca-Cola Invitational. The Commodores looked sharp in defeating Maryland-Eastern Shore, Minnesota State, Elmhurst and Grambling while losing to Nebraska in the day’s opening contest. Vanderbilt also polished off a strong Arizona State club team to go 5-2 in the overall tournament that includes many of the nation’s best college club teams. Vanderbilt is seventh in overall team standings with Fresno State, a powerful club team, leading the event heading into the final day. “I was impressed with our first five games,” said Coach John Williamson. “We had a lot of intensity and did what we were capable of doing. The tournament had a scheduled one hour break and I didn’t think we carried our focus into the later games. If we had, we would be very close to leading this tournament. The scores were down across the board today because there was a heavy oil pattern that requires dead-on accuracy. If the ball is one board left or right you won’t catch a break out here.” Tara Kane was the top individual for the Commodores. The Greenburg, Pa., freshman averaged 205 over six games that included a blistering 253 against Minnesota State for one of the top scores of the day. However, she had a struggle in the day’s sixth game, turning in a 131. “I was having some bad bowling luck.” Kane said. “Bowling is a mental game and I think when my luck went bad I also lost some concentration. It was disappointing because I felt I let the team down in that game. I came back reasonably well in the seventh game so it wasn’t that I was tired. Tomorrow we will all come back with a renewed effort.” Kane enters Sunday’s play in seventh place with a 194.7 average while Peloquin is 18th at 188.2. Senior Jessica Tower had games of 174-176 coming off the bench, a feat that was not lost on Williamson. “I was impressed with Jessica’s performance,” he said. “There are no warm-up lanes in a tournament like this so she came into the lineup cold and performed well. It is a tribute to her focus and attitude.” Vanderbilt is now 29-21 for the season. Saturday’s Results Nebraska 972 VU 884
Karen Grygiel 162 Mandy Keily 153 Kaitlin Reynolds 191 Tara Kane 182
VU 989 Maryland Eastern Shore 892
Grygiel 177 Keily 181 Reynolds 204 Kane 212 Peloquin 214
VU 984 Minnesota State 928
Grygiel 188 Keily 190 Reynolds 151 Kane 253 Peloquin 202
VU 882 Elmhurst 767
Grygiel 174 Keily 180 Jessica Tower 174 Kane 205 Peloqiun 149
VU 899 Arizona State 834
Grygiel 177 Keily 168 Reynolds 170 Kane 193 Peloquin 191
Arizona State 880 VU 841
Grygiel 200 Tower 176 Reynolds 159 Kane 131 Peloquin 175
VU 876 Grambling 810
Grygiel 147 Keily 200 Reynolds 151 Kane 187 Peloquin 191 |
