Mark Twain once said that comparison is the death of joy. Comparing the 2023-2024 Vanderbilt Bowling season to its counterpart a year before is a recipe for disappointment. This season’s squad braced a cold streak to begin the spring, bowed out early in the Conference USA Championship Tournament and fell just short of reaching the.
Vanderbilt University isn’t known for its athletics. A common refrain during football season is that it’ll soon be basketball season. Then, when it’s basketball season, it’ll soon be baseball season. If baseball’s out of luck, then there’s always next year. The problem with this mentality is that there’s a successful program that starts its season.
Editor’s note: Vanderbilt Athletics sponsored a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada for staff writer Jayce Pollard, granting him on-site access to the team’s day-to-day activities for journalistic purposes. Live on ESPNU, Caroline Thesier knocked down a strike in the ninth frame of game 7 of the NCAA Championship. With that shot, Vanderbilt was mathematically guaranteed.
The new president of Grace College and Theological Seminary has been on the job since July, but the Winona Lake institution will formally commemorate his inauguration in a ceremony next