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Vanderbilt bowling had a great weekend at the Storm Flyer Classic, finishing second place by the end of the three-day event.

Vanderbilt’s first two days of the event earned itself the No. 3 seed for the final day of the tournament. The Commodores were matched up against Sacred Heart to start the day and won in the final game 248-200.

Then, Vanderbilt took on Sam Houston State in the second round in a best of seven series. Vanderbilt took the first three games, but the Bearkats roared back with three consecutive wins of their own. But in the all-or-nothing game, Vanderbilt was victorious, beating Sam Houston State 202-171 in a decisive second round finale.

That put Vanderbilt in the championship series against Jacksonville State. Unfortunately for the Commodores, they could not get much going in the final round and lost to the Gamecocks in five games.

“Today was a tough championship Sunday,” Vanderbilt bowling head coach John Williamson said. “We had two really good rounds to start. We came from behind to beat a really good Sacred Heart team in game 7, and we jumped out to a big lead on Sam Houston and were able to weather the storm and win in game 7. I thought we had opportunities against Jacksonville State but ultimately came up short. We competed very hard all weekend, and this weekend was a steady improvement from the last event. We look forward to the Nebraska event in two weeks as another opportunity to improve and compete.”

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Sunday’s Commodores Results

Vanderbilt bowling placed second at the Storm Flyer Classic.

Vanderbilt women’s tennis beat Illinois 4-0.

Monday’s Commodores Schedule

No. 7 Vanderbilt women’s basketball vs. No. 11 Oklahoma, 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2.

Commodores Quote of The Day

“Vanderbilt is the best team in the South and one of the best in the nation. No Southern team, recruited by any means, has classed with it. This team was secured by honest athletic methods. No inducements are held out for athletes to go to Vanderbilt. The team has been built up by methods above criticism and it proves one thing, that honesty pays in college athletics as well as elsewhere.”
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GRAHAM BAAKKO

Graham Baakko is a writer for Vanderbilt Commodores On SI, primarily covering football, basketball and baseball. Graham is a recent graduate from the University of Alabama, where he wrote for The Crimson White, WVUA-FM, WVUA 23 as he covered a variety of Crimson Tide sports. He also covered South Carolina athletics as a sportswriting intern for GamecockCentral.

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