The Prairie View tennis teams spear headed by Coach John Cochran are continuing their winning ways by defeating the Grambling State Tigers in a convincing victory this past Saturday.The tennis team hosted the 1st annual Prairie View Invitaional, which spanned four days, Thursday through Sunday.
Both the mens and womens teams ended the invitational with a 1-1 record, both losing to Texas Southern and both defeating Grambling.
After falling to Texas Southern 0-7, the men;s team quickly redeemed themselves two days later by pouncing Grambling 6-1.
Kudzai Chiridza, Nolas Bateman, Jose Talavera, and David Herrera were all successful in singles play.
Herrera humiliated his opponent, Jairo Anguera, with a final score of 6-0, 6-1.
Bateman also recorded a shutout by beating Tiger Chad Edwards 6-0, 6-2.
The doubles teams of Talavera and Luis Godoy, and Herrera and Xavier Godoy were also victorious in defeating both of Grambling’s doubles squads.
Thursday versus Texas Southern Marika Dawkins and Melanie Brown were the only two Panthers that managed defeat a TSU opponent.
Saturday, in women’s play, Dawkins, Brown, Antoinette Majors, Michele Scurry, and Nicole Banks all recorded singles victories against Grambling players.
On the team’s victory Brown said “It gives us confidence to beat other teams in the conference and it keeps us motivated, and it feels good to have a conference win under our belt.”
Brown also teamed up with Scurry in doubles play to annihilate their Tiger opponents. Dawkins and Majors were also succesful in doubles play.