The men’s tennis team at Prairie View A&M fell hard to the Abilene Christian University Wildcats this past Saturday in Waco, Texas, with a final score of 6-0.
Prairie View A&M would lose all six of there matches in straight sets to ACU.
The Panthers sought out a win, but the Wildcats were determined to get the victory and they did excatly that. Coming in with energy and strength the Prairie View A&M Panthers were no match for the Wildcats.
The Wildcats pounced on the Panthers winning all of the single and double matches off top almost effortless.
Prairie View A&M’s Kristen Powell put up a strong fight with his opponent Brett Proctor, but failed to bring the win home to Panthers. The match ended on the Wildcats’ side, with the score set at 7-6, 6-2.
With the Panthers struggling to claim a victory in singles matches, they turned to thier doubles players.
Second and sixth singles Craig Wiltz and Jimmy Yates of Prairie View A&M faced John Strahl and Cody McCarty. Both were defeated and ended with score of 6-4, 6-2.
Third singles player Ronald Chidzikwe of Prairie View A&M was unable to finish his match against opponent Luke Hawk.
The Panthers’ doubles players’ scores ended much like that of the singles players. The first and third doubles ending with the same score of 8-2.
Chidzikwe and Kuda Nyatoti, who were defeated by ACU’s Bryan Joiner and Jared Hope, didn’t go down easily. The final score was set at 8-2, Wildcat favor. Despite the loss Head Coach John Cochran seems to be proud.
Cochran stated after the match, “We came out flat in doubles as most of the guys did not execute.”
“In singles, we played much better as we were in three of the matches and we played a set of really good tennis. As a team, we were battered and torn injury-wise but this was the best we played them (Abilene Christian) in quite some time.”
The Prairie View A&M Panthers men’s tennis team’s upcoming match will take place on April 14 in Alexandria, Texas against Xavier University.