Searching for Strikes at Stallings

Vandy headed to three-day tournament in North Carolina

by Rod Williamson

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt returns to action Friday at North Carolina A&T’s Stallings Invitational held at the Triad Lanes in Greensboro, North Carolina.

This marks the first time the Commodores have competed in this event.

START TIMES

The standard college tournament format is in place with play starting at 8:55 a.m. CT Friday, 8:30 a.m. CT Saturday and 7:25 a.m. CT Sunday.

COMPETING TEAMS (RANK)

Belmont Abbey, Coppin State, Delaware State (12), Fairleigh Dickinson, Florida A&M, Howard, Lincoln Memorial (21), Mount St. Mary’s (10), Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T (6), Maryland Eastern Shore (16), Sam Houston (2), Texas Southern, Tusculum and Vanderbilt (4).

LIVESTREAM

All Vanderbilt matches will be found on the Vanderbilt Athletics YouTube page.

SCHEDULE SLOWS DOWN

The hectic weeks of back-to-back tournaments are already gone as this tournament marks the last regular-season road event for Vandy. Next up for the Commodores on March 18 is the schedule finale, the Columbia 300 Music City Classic.

The Music City currently has 34 teams entered, making it once again the biggest collegiate tournament in the country.

JEKYL OR HYDE?

Vanderbilt will be hoping to return to the form that saw it win the Northeast Classic and finish second at the Prairie View A&M Invitational, shaking the demons of the seventh-place finish at the Bulldog Classic two weeks ago.