There is an uproar on campus and it’s coming from the baseball and softball teams. They are taking the South Western Athletic Conference by storm with their sweeps in conference play.
The Panther baseball squad conquered their first sweep in conference play against Grambling State University. The Lady Panthers took a doubleheader over University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Matthew Chase took the mound in the first game against the Tigers. Chase pitched a complete game while striking out seven and has improved his record to 4-1 in the season. Chase couldn’t have obtained this goal without excellent play from his fellow teammates.
The first game looked like a seesaw with neither team staying in front for long. In the fifth inning the Panthers scored four runs, which led to the final score being 9-7.
Jabari Wimbs and Ricky Thomas had a helping hand in the scoring binge. Thomas and Wimbs had two hits and two RBIs.
The second game gave the Tigers no confidence with Prairie View cruising to an easy 16-5 victory.
Thomas accumulated seven RBIs. He started by hitting a grand slam in the second inning. Thomas followed with three RBIs single.
Fernando Almaguer pitched the second game for PV and earned his first victory of the season.
This gives the baseball team a 15-14 overall and 5-4 in SWAC play.
The Lady Panthers must have been feeling the energy from the Baseball team because their victories were won by a tremendous amount.
They were showing no mercy to UAPB. On the mound for the Lady Panthers was senior pitcher Trisha Anderson. Anderson pitched a complete game while shutting out Pine Bluff at the same time.
The first game was no contest with the Lady Panthers winning 11-0.
Lady Panther’s second baseman Amberly Fuller led the scoring attack with two RBIs.
First baseman Christina Reyes and left fielder Nikki Lilly, both led the team with two runs scored.
Pine Bluff did lead in one category against Prairie View and that’s the number of eras.
Game two proved that the first game was not a fluke.
The Panthers won the game with no contest from Pine Bluff. Freshman Pitcher Jannell Meyers started on the mound for the Lady Panthers.
Meyers pitched 4.1 innings, and was relieved by Keli Durerson.
The score for the game was 9-3 in favor of the Lady Panthers.
The supporting cast for the second game was outfielder Rosaline Ash who was seeing nothing but home plate every time she came up to bat. Ash had three hits, two runs and two RBIs.
Anderson who pitched a shutout game in the first contest let her bat contribute in the second game. She pinch-hit and drove in two runs.
Fuller contributed in the second game also with two hits and one RBI. Ash and Fuller led the team in runs scored with two each.
The Lady Panthers record is 9-16 overall, and 6-4 in SWAC play.
The Panther softball team next face off against the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils tonight.
The Delta Devils are one of the best softball teams in the nation and the defending SWAC champions.
There will be two games. The first one will begin at 4 p.m., and the second game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.