After the Grambling State loss, the Lady Panthers hit the road Oct. 31 to Lake Charles, La. to battle the McNeese State Cowgirls. As the Panthers fought hard, they lost in three straight sets, 22-30, 27-30, and 22-30. Michelle Paul had 20 digs, and Erin Fondel had nine.
The very next day, the Ladies battled SWAC rival Southern in Baton Rouge, La. for their last conference game before the tournament. The Panthers had a bit of a challenege, but soon took down Southern in four games, 30-24, 30-25, 28-30, and 30-27. Tamika Newman had 26 kills, as Ashely Campbell and TaCho Richard both had 14. Shannon Harrison had 23 digs, Erin Fondel had 10, TaCho Richard and Vianney Perez both had eight.
With that win, the Lady Panthers concluded their season in first place in the SWAC’s Western division. The Lady Panthers have defeated their Western Division SWAC opponents 38-8, and will look to extend the streak during the SWAC tournament.
Prairie View’s women’s volleyball team fell to McNeese State in four hard fought sets of 30-23, 30-32, 30-14, and 34-32 at the William J. Nicks Fieldhouse Tuesday night.
The teams played a tight first game until the Cowgirls used a 5-0 run to turn a 24-21 lead into a 29-21 lead and won the first set with another point following two points by the Lady Panthers.
McNeese jumped out to an 18-11 lead in the second game when the Lady Panthers rallied with a 10-3 run to tie the game at 21-21. The Lady Panthers held a 29-26 lead when the Cowgirls scored four straight points to take a 30-29 lead, one point away from winning the game only to see Prairie View score the final three points to take the game.
After hammering the Lady Panthers in the third game by 16 points, the teams played a back and fourth game until the end, as the teams tied 16 times and traded leads six times in the final set. The Panthers avoided and allowed match points on six different occasions before McNeese finally won 34-32.
Prairie View senior Tamika Newman led all players with 20 kills and added seven digs while senior Shannon Harrison led the team with 24 digs.