The NCAA tournament started yesterday and VU got off to a terrific start. Tough matchup coming up against Nebraska, but this very young and relatively inexperienced squad is unfazed so far. ⚓️👇
From the team website.
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first and second rounds of the NCAA Bowling Championship passed by without the usual tension for Vanderbilt as the Commodores swept by Mount St. Mary’s and Medaille, respectively, by wide margins.
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first and second rounds of the NCAA Bowling Championship passed by without the usual tension for Vanderbilt as the Commodores swept by Mount St. Mary’s and Medaille, respectively, by wide margins.
By advancing unbeaten in the double-elimination tournament, Vanderbilt won’t play until 3 p.m. Thursday against the winner of the Nebraska-Medaille rematch in the morning’s loser’s bracket.
It was a day when very little went wrong for the youthful Commodores who spent much of the day playing with five newcomers to the NCAA Tournament but looking anything but star-struck. Vandy was crisp from the git-go, closing spares and riding the red-hot left-arm of Jennifer Loredo who started her day with a 236 and later added a potent 266 and maintaining that pace in Baker play.
“We were able to get settled in early in both matches and that took some of the pressure off us,” Vanderbilt head coach John Williamsonsaid. “We are not focusing on our opponent. There is no defense in this sport so we focus on what we can control. Today we controlled the pocket and made spares. When we control the pocket we put up strings of strikes.”
Loredo made a big impression in her tournament debut.
“She is a dynamic player,” Williamson said. “She has worked very hard on her game and she can do things that very few others can do.”
Loredo was by no means a one-woman show. Fellow freshman Amanda Naujokas got into the fray early and not only acquitted herself impressively in the Bakers but crafted a solid 238 of her own against Medaille who upset region top-seed Nebraska in the first round. The Vandy freshmen seemed unfazed by the surroundings.
From the team website.
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first and second rounds of the NCAA Bowling Championship passed by without the usual tension for Vanderbilt as the Commodores swept by Mount St. Mary’s and Medaille, respectively, by wide margins.
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first and second rounds of the NCAA Bowling Championship passed by without the usual tension for Vanderbilt as the Commodores swept by Mount St. Mary’s and Medaille, respectively, by wide margins.
By advancing unbeaten in the double-elimination tournament, Vanderbilt won’t play until 3 p.m. Thursday against the winner of the Nebraska-Medaille rematch in the morning’s loser’s bracket.
It was a day when very little went wrong for the youthful Commodores who spent much of the day playing with five newcomers to the NCAA Tournament but looking anything but star-struck. Vandy was crisp from the git-go, closing spares and riding the red-hot left-arm of Jennifer Loredo who started her day with a 236 and later added a potent 266 and maintaining that pace in Baker play.
“We were able to get settled in early in both matches and that took some of the pressure off us,” Vanderbilt head coach John Williamsonsaid. “We are not focusing on our opponent. There is no defense in this sport so we focus on what we can control. Today we controlled the pocket and made spares. When we control the pocket we put up strings of strikes.”
Loredo made a big impression in her tournament debut.
“She is a dynamic player,” Williamson said. “She has worked very hard on her game and she can do things that very few others can do.”
Loredo was by no means a one-woman show. Fellow freshman Amanda Naujokas got into the fray early and not only acquitted herself impressively in the Bakers but crafted a solid 238 of her own against Medaille who upset region top-seed Nebraska in the first round. The Vandy freshmen seemed unfazed by the surroundings.
