Vanderbilt Bowling’s Season End at Final Four: The Anchor – Sports Illustrated

Vanderbilt bowling’s season came to a close Saturday as it lost to Wichita State at the Final Four in two of three games.
Vanderbilt started the match on the right foot by getting the first point of the matchup. The Commodores were able to get the point by beating the Shockers 1,106-1,027. Ultimately, though, Wichita State fought back to win the final two points of the day and sent Vanderbilt home.
“I thought we had opportunities there,” Vanderbilt bowling head coach John Williamson said. “I thought we kept applying pressure and making shots in the best of seven, but ultimately, they kept making shots too. It was a high-scoring game, and there weren’t a lot of mistakes on either side. If we had a couple more breaks, made a couple more shots, we could have won that match 4-1 instead of losing 4-2. But that’s sports and that’s life. We played well enough to win but just didn’t.”
With the loss, Vanderbilt finishes the season in third place. The Commodores will now go into the offseason. This Final Four was the final match of Williamson’s coaching career. Williamson is retiring after spending 22 seasons in Nashville.
“I thank Alyssa and Victoria and all the alumni who came through the program,” Williamson concluded. “You’re still Vanderbilt people and mean a lot to us. I think the future is bright for the group coming back, so I’m excited to watch.”
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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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