The Prairie View A&M softball team (15-22, 9-7) split two games against Alcorn State (11-16, 8-8), one of which went into extra innings for the second consecutive day leaving PV with another tough loss. The Lady Panthers won the first game of the day 8-5. Alcorn State was held to only seven hits in seven innings of play. Prairie View took control of the game in the top of the first inning scoring four runs off a wild pitch and a three-run homer by senior Laura Quezada. The Lady Panthers’ Trisha Anderson pitched a complete game and notched the victory, while Alcorn States’ Krista Muellar recorded the loss.In the second game Prairie View scored first to take a 1-0 lead. Alcorn State answered in the top of the fourth scoring two runs to take a one-run advantage. PV once again took a one-run advantage in the fifth, after Rosaline Ash scored on an ASU error and junior Deasha Johnson scored on an Amberley Fuller sacrifice fly. The score remained 3-2 until the top of the seventh inning when Alcorn State drove in one run to tie the game at 3-3. Prairie View was unable to mount any offense in the bottom frame.
The game went into extra innings. ASU was able to muster two runs in the top half of the eighth inning. Sherita White drove in an RBI bringing the score to 4-3. Rebecca Mason then drove in another RBI giving ASU a 5-3 lead which equaled their largest of the contest.
Prairie View didn’t drive in any runs in the bottom frame and lost the second game of the doubleheader 5-3. Janet Cook (3-3) recorded the victory for the Lady Braves while Prairie View’s Janell Myers (5-11) was charged with the loss.