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 Bowling finished second behind No. 2 Arkansas State at the NCAA Regional in Rochester, N.Y., closing the curtain on an up-and-down season. The defending national champions were selected as the second seed in a region featuring last year’s national runner-up, No. 16 Merrimack, William Smith and Fayetteville State. “I wouldn’t call it a failure,”.
No. 4 Vanderbilt Bowling turned in a 1-2 finish at the first-ever Conference USA Championship from March 21-24. Ending in a tie for fifth place, the Commodores finished behind an elite group consisting of No. 1 Jacksonville State, No. 2 Arkansas State, No. 3 Youngstown State and No. 7 Louisiana Tech. The double-elimination tournament featured.
No. 5 Vanderbilt Bowling corrected course from two consecutive eighth-place finishes by coming in second at the Mid-Winter Invitational in Jonesboro, Ark. The Commodores won a spring-best 10 matches before falling in the finale to host, No. 3 Arkansas State. “In some ways I think it’s coach speak and all that stuff, but I do.
No. 2 Vanderbilt Bowling wrapped up their third tournament in as many weeks with a trip to Arlington, Tex. for the Prairie View Invitational. Despite being the tournament’s reigning champions, the Commodores struggled against a field of 12 teams that was crowded with nine of the NTCA Top 10. Vanderbilt finished in eighth place ahead.