Vanderbilt Sophomore Earns All-SEC Honors: The Anchor, May 3, 2025

Vanderbilt sophomore Ava Merrill was named All-SEC second team on Friday after her strong season. The second-team selection is the second All-SEC recognition for Merrill as she earned All-Freshman designation last year. Merrill led the Commodores this season with a 72.17 stroke average accross 24 competitive rounds.

She produced two top 10 and four top 20 finishes as a sophomore and finished fifth at the Tar Heel Invitational. Merrill scored 12 of her 24 rounds under par this year.

Senior Meghan Meserole was honored as a member of the SEC Community Service Team. She is a five-time Dean’s List honoree and two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient. Meserole is in the top five of all student-athletes at Vanderbilt for community service hours.

Two years, two All-SEC awards for Ava 💪

The sophomore earns second team honors after leading the Dores with a 72.17 stroke average ⚓️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/lpAEDvKhuj
— Vanderbilt Women's Golf (@VandyWGolf) May 2, 2025

Today’s Commodores Schedule

Baseball:No. 18 Alabama at No. 15 Vanderbilt, 2 p.m., SECN+
Women’s Tennis:Vanderbilt vs. No. 17 UCLA, 2 p.m.
Women's Track and Field: Music City Challenge

Yesterday’s Commodores Results

Baseball: Vanderbilt 12, Alabama 2
Women's Tennis: 15-seed Vanderbilt 4, Xavier 0

Did You Notice?

Six different Commodores launched themselves Vanderbilt's top 10 performances at the Music City Challenge.

Jacqueline Rose added her name to the program record books, clearing a collegiate-best 3.70 meters, which is tied for 10th all-time at Vandy.

Jackie clears a collegiate-best 3.70 meters in the pole vault and is now tied for 10th all-time at Vandy in the event. #AnchorDown pic.twitter.com/xW8oUNPwbd
— Vanderbilt XC • Track & Field (@vandyxctrack) May 3, 2025

Tina Benzinger was the second overall, top collegiate finisher in the 200 meters with a season-best time of 23.65 seconds, ranked fourth in Vanderbilt history.

Another PR from Tina to finish second overall, first among collegians!

⏱️ 23.65 seconds#AnchorDown pic.twitter.com/HuTLdwAuO4
— Vanderbilt XC • Track & Field (@vandyxctrack) May 3, 2025

Julia Rosenberg won the 1,500 meters with a season-best time of 4:16.98.

🥇🥇🥇

Julia wins the 1,500 meters with a season-best time of 4:16.98.#AnchorDown pic.twitter.com/7RGGeiA8xf
— Vanderbilt XC • Track & Field (@vandyxctrack) May 3, 2025

Lily Kriegel was the fourth overall in the women's 1,500 meters, top freshman finisher in the event and recorded the No. 6 time in program history, 4:20.49.

Movin’ on 🆙

Lily turns in a time of 4:20.49, ranked sixth all-time at Vandy, to finish fourth overall, first among freshmen in the 1,500 meters. #AnchorDown pic.twitter.com/3ttVkMPGCD
— Vanderbilt XC • Track & Field (@vandyxctrack) May 3, 2025

Dylan Ballard clocked 3:48.32 in the men's 1,500, a five-second PR, to move to fourth all-time at Vanderbilt.

YEAHHH DYLAN

A five-second PR moves him to fourth in program history in the 1,500m. #AnchorDown pic.twitter.com/1wc8oC6FIa
— Vanderbilt XC • Track & Field (@vandyxctrack) May 3, 2025

David Song ended the night for the 'Dores with a program all-time top 10 mark in the 5k. He recorded a time of 14:47.95, which is a personal best and seventh in Vandy history.

David with a Vandy all-time top-10 time to close out the night‼️#AnchorDown pic.twitter.com/4sx9dkQWCD
— Vanderbilt XC • Track & Field (@vandyxctrack) May 3, 2025

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Commodores Quote of the Day

“This has been the best place that we could have landed in terms of starting my executive career.”
Earl Bennett