Anchor Drop, April 16, 2023: Bowling wins third national title

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Vanderbilt is a national champion. The Commodores’ bowling team erased a 3-1 deficit in the best-of-7 championship match against Arkansas State to claim its third national title and first since 2018. That’s Vanderbilt’s sixth national title in any sport, with baseball having two and women’s tennis having one.

(Who’s next? Well, the men’s golf team is ranked #1 in the country.)

Vanderbilt baseball overcame a rough outing from Carter Holton, who went just 2⁄3 of an inning and gave up four runs, to even the series with South Carolina with a 8-5 win on Saturday. Patrick Reilly got…