April 7, 2015
The Basics: April 9-11 at the Tropicana Lanes in Richmond Heights, Mo., a St. Louis suburb. The eight teams will practice Wednesday. Thursday begins the seeding for the bracket and continues on Friday morning. The double-elimination Baker games begin Friday afternoon. Rounds 3 and 4 of elimination continue Saturday morning with the title game Saturday night. Details are below.
For information: The St. Louis Sports Commission has a web site packed with tournament information: stlsports.org/bowling
Game program: Digital only and found on ncaa.com
Championship Banquet: The annual Championship Banquet will be held on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at the Neo on Locust in downtown St. Louis. Tickets are $35 and the availability is usually limited as the event is usually a sellout. Among the highlights of this event are the announcements of the All-America teams and individual award winners for the season by the National Ten Pin Coaches Association (NTCA).
Daily Schedule differs from past: There are just two Baker rounds on Friday with two set for Saturday morning and the “if necessary” game would be Saturday afternoon should a team with one loss beat a 2-0 team in Round 3. In the past, all but the if-necessary game were played on Friday.
Thursday, April 9 (Seeding)
12:50 p.m. Block 1; 5 traditional games
Friday, April 10 (Seeding and elimination Baker games)
12:50 p.m. Block 2; 2 traditional games
3:30 p.m. Baker Round 1
5:20 p.m. Baker Round 2
Saturday, April 11 (Elimination games continue)
9:05 a.m. Baker Round 3
10:55 a.m. Baker Round 4
3:00 p.m. Baker Round 5 (if necessary)
7:00 p.m. Championship game
Television/webcast: The first four rounds and the `if necessary’ game will all be live streamed on www.NCAA.com. The championship game will be televised live on ESPNU at 7:00 CDT. There will be a tape delayed telecast on ESPN Sunday from 3:00-5:00 CDT.
Vandy travel plan: Vanderbilt will travel to St. Louis Tuesday afternoon. The team will practice Wednesday morning.
Squad particulars: All members of the Vanderbilt team will make the trip and nine will be in uniform. (The NCAA limits the number who can dress out). Those in uniform will be seniors Natalie Goodman, Rebeca Reguero and Nicole Mosesso, juniors Amanda Fry, Robyn Renslow and Tori Ferris, sophomores Nicole Powell and Giselle Poss and freshman Katie Stark.
Vandy Stats: The team is 92-38 on the season and finished strong, winning 30 of its last 36 games (.833 clip). The `Dores are coming off a Southland Bowling League championship in their last outing. This is the program’s 10th consecutive NCAA Championship berth, third-longest in the nation.