The Lady Panthers invited the Texas Southern Lady Tigers to “The Hill” for a pivotal conference matchup on Friday, Oct. 23. After 45 minutes of exciting play, Prairie View held a deciding 3-0 lead over TSU.
Monica Diaz got the scoring started off early with her goal only seven minutes into the game. The score came off a rebound of Abigal Escobar’s shot from in the zone. The ball bounced off the crossed bar right to Diaz who timed her relay perfectly.
Four minutes later, Escobar made up for her unfortunate miss when she stole the ball from one of TSU’s defenders to score the second goal of the day for the Panthers. That goal put the Lady Panthers up 2-0 with more than 23 minutes left in the half and 68 minutes left in the contest.
Yosselyn Aguilar made the last goal of the day when her shot barely bounced off the goalie’s fingertips into the back of the net.
With the big win in hand and an important matchup against Southern coming up, head coach Abe Garcia is hoping for consistency. “We have to continue to play together and we have to be consistent,” said Garcia.
The Lady Panthers now prepare to take to the road for two contests, one against Southern and one versus Jackson State.