Prairie View continued its upward move in the Southwestern Athletic Conference standing with two wins against rival Texas Southern, 6-4 and 11-3. With the sweep of the weekend series, the Lady Panthers move to within one game of third place in the SWAC west.In the opener, Texas Southern jumped out to a 3-0 lead thru the first four and a half innings. Prairie View managed one run in the fifth before exploding for five runs in the sixth. Designated hitter Ashley Jones, center fielder Nikki Lilly and short stop Christy Uribe each drove in a run before second baseman Sheena Robertson had a two-run homer to close out all scoring in the inning. The Lady Tigers could muster only one run in the final inning.
PVAMU freshman Analisa Gonzales upped her record to 7-10 with the win. TSU Sophomore Natalie Jones dropped to 5-4 with the loss.
In game two, Prairie View had another explosive inning when they scored five runs in the fifth after managing a 6-3 lead thru four innings. Third baseman Emily Holcomb accounted for three runs in the inning and Junior Jannell Meyers drove in two runs.
Both Holcomb and catcher Amberly Fuller went 2-for-2 at the plate. Holcomb had five RBIs and scored twice while Fuller had two runs.
Junior Jannell Meyers earned the win for the Lady Panthers and improved her record to 3-8. Freshman Katie Ortiz incurred the loss for the Lady Tigers.