Last week the Lady Panthers revisited sworn rivals Texas Southern University for yet another double header.
Ramirez of TSU held Prairie View to a minimum of five hits and was able to accumulate seven strike outs off of the Panthers.
The opposing team started strong, opening up the first inning with four runs, despite the presence of TSU’s adrenaline, the Lady Panthers still weren’t able to find motivation offensively and the first three batters up to bat were struck out.
Freshman Sarah Prado attempted to kindle a new start but was cut short when her hit was caught. Freshman Lauren Grun, sophomore Jasmin Littles, and junior Artavia Woods also contributed a great amount of offensive effort. TSU played tight defense and effective offense and in return received a victory in the first game; the final score was 10-1.
In the second match up Venya of TSU pitched a total of six innings gathering eight hits, holding the Panthers to one run and she was also able to gain two strike outs. Grun pitched the entire game for the Lady Panthers allowing eleven runs, fifteen hits, and was able to strike out four Lady Tigers.
Robinson of TSU contributed to much of the scoring with her hefty hits and the three runs scored in the last inning pretty much closed out the game leaving the final score 11-1.
Next go-round the Ladies journeyed to University of Houston’s home field for a double header, Crabtree and Lott of U of H shared pitching duties, holding the game in their palm both offensively and defensively from the start. The entire team came out hitting, running, and scoring while the Lady Panthers weren’t as swift.
The Panthers were able to get two hits, while U of H was able to continually get hits throughout the duration of the game, with the Panthers falling 10-0.
In the second game against U of H, the opposing team scored thirteen runs on nine hits in the first inning, a next to perfect inning. All batters on U of H’s side were able to score and some even twice.
The Panthers fought hard but apparently not hard enough to walk away with a win. The final score was 20-0.
The next opponent for the Lady Panthers will be played against Southern University.