Vanderbilt (25-8)

Sat., March 29, 2008

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Coach: Melanie Balcomb

Seed: No. 4

Location: Nashville, Tenn.

Enrollment: 11,847

Founded: 1873

Mascot: Commodores

Conference: Southeastern (11-3)

How they got here: Beat 13th seed Montana 75-47 and fifth seed West Virginia 64-46 at Albuquerque, N.M.

NCAA tournament record: 32-20

Marquee players: Junior Christina Wirth (6-foot-1 guard/forward) is a first-team All-Southeastern Conference player and teammate Jennifer Risper (5-9 guard) made the second team and was selected to the league’s All-Defensive team.

Famous alumni: Grantland Rice, sports writer; Al Gore and Fred Thompson, politicians; Dinah Shore and Amy Grant, singers

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No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Yr.	Ppg.
11	Ashlee Bridge	G/F	5-11	SO	2.8
3	Chanel Chisholm	G	5-11	FR	1.8
5	Lauren Lueders	G	5-8	SO	5.1
43	Amy Malo	F	6-3	RS SO	2.0
23	Merideth Marsh	G	5-9	SO	8.9
20	Jessica Mooney	G	5-8	SO	8.7
25	Amber Norton	F	6-1	SO	3.0
22	Jence Rhoads	G	5-11	FR	3.7
2	Jennifer Risper	G	5-9	JR	9.5
32	Liz Sherwood	C	6-4	SR	11.0
33	Rebecca Silinski	F	6-3	FR	1.2
15	Hannah Tuomi	F	6-0	FR	5.3
34	Christina Wirth	G/F	6-1	JR	13.1

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