To kick off the 2007 softball season, the Texas Southern Tigers were the first opponents up to the plate for Prairie View’s Lady Panthers. The game was played at Lady Panther field. The day was set to be a double header for each team, and no matter what conditions, the Lady Panthers were ready to play.
The first game started out slow for the Lady Panthers, with their first runs coming in the fifth inning, and their second two runs coming in the sixth. In the end the Lady Panthers lost their first game with a score of 7-4. The highlights for that game were two stolen bases by Destiney Davis, five strikeouts for Analisa Gonzales, and a RBI apiece for Nikki Lilly, Sheena Robertson, Brenda Sneed, and Amy Miller. The first game was merely a warm up for the Lady Panthers as they were ready to get their first win and send the Tigers back home.
As the second game got underway, all was quiet until for both teams until the third inning. With Texas Southern scoring three runs the Lady Panthers refused to lose. Davis racked up another stolen base for the season, and scored the first run of the game for the Lady Panthers. With the score now 3-1, it was now or never for the Lady Panthers. Little did the Lady Tigers know that those three runs that were scored in the third inning, would be the only three runs they would score in the whole game.
The Lady Panthers soon got on fire in the fifth inning and showed no sign of cooling off. The fifth inning started off with Amy Miller with a single, then stealing second, and then soon scoring. As Lilly doubled, Jessica Thomas scored. All during the same inning, the Lady Panthers loaded the bases, with Brenda Sneed at the plate.
With a Brenda Sneed single, the Panthers were able to capitalize and get two runs in to put on the score board. As the game dwindled to a close, the Lady Panthers held the Tigers off to get their first win of the season.
Analisa Gonzales earned her first win of the season with five strikeouts.