The Lady Panthers bowling team began their SWAC West Round-Up competition this past weekend in Baton Rouge, La. The Lady Panthers began the competition with a win against Mississippi 813 pins to 613 pins, then lost three straight matches to Southern University 797 to 840, Alabama A&M 920 to 958, and a heartbreaking one pin loss to Alabama State (800 to 801).
Fortunately, the Lady Panthers finished the day with a win over rival Texas Southern University (874 to 807).
The Lady Panthers finished with a 3 win 2 loss record in the second day competition, winning three matches against Jackson State (938-888), Grambling State (859 to 779) and Mississippi (806 TO 534).
They did not succeed the last two matches of the day by taking yet another tough loss to Southern U (801 to 806) and also losing to Alabama A&M (830 to 908). The last day for the tournaments was successful with the Panthers finishing with a 3 win 1 loss record.
They began with a win over Alabama State (848 to 763), followed by a hard fought battle over TSU (986 to 960), and, then losing to Jackson State (802 to 838). They won
the final match of the day against Grambling St. (892 to 746).
The Lady Panthers finished the Round-Up with an overall record of eight wins and six losses, and with a second place division record of four wins and two losses. Team Captain Kristina Sadler bowled the highest game of the tournament, out of all the teams with a score of 257.
Glenn White, Coach of the bowling team said, “I’m very satisfied with the results of this weekend and where we are at this point in SWAC competition. We went into this tournament with a lot of questions because of injuries and the loss of key members of the team. We had to regroup and re-identify roles on the team, and to be second in the division knowing we had a chance to be first with a couple of games we should have won is acceptable at this point.
Now we know what we have to do and we’ll be ready for the next Round-Up in Jackson, Miss. on Feb. 18.
The Lady Panthers next competition is in two weeks in Tallahassee, Fla. for the Florida A&M University Classic.