Prairie View A&M lost its second-consecutive game to Texas Southern in a fifth set, dropping the 3-2 match (20-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-12, 12-15) Wednesday night in Houston.
After suffering the 25-20 loss in the first set, Prairie View A&M used a 9-0 run to take a commanding lead and in the second set and hold off the Lady Tigers for their own 25-20 win. Trailing 7-4, the Lady Panthers jumped out to a 13-7 lead as they took advantage of a stretch highlighted by two kills by senior outside hitter Breanna McNeil and a service by sophomore Shanice Faison.
Prairie View A&M couldn’t find consistency against its rival. The Lady Panthers had a .037 attack percentage and only tallied seven kills in the 25-19 loss.
However, they bounced back in the fourth set and took charge at the beginning, leading by as much as 13 points. Prairie View won 25-12.
The fifth set went down to the wire. With the score tied at 10 Prairie View A&M made an attacking error to give the Lady Tigers a 11-10 lead. TSU capitalized off of another PV attack error and a kill of its own to take the lead and hold on to it for the 15-12 win.
Menezes led the Prairie View A&M offense with a career-high 19 kills and a .316 attack percentage.
The Lady Panthers hit the road for Pine Bluff, Ark. where they will play Arkansas-Pine Bluff at 6 p.m. on Friday, and will be streamed on SWAC TV.
Prarie View A&M
Wednesday, June 25, 2025