First place finish

The Lady Panthers finished first at the Piney Woods Invitational Bowling Tournament hosted by Stephen F. Austin University on Feb. 6 and 7.

The Panthers finished with a total pin count of 7,886 beating out teams from Southern University, Texas Southern and Grambling State.

During the team play format, Prairie View finished with a 3-1 record losing to Southern by four pins but still finished first in total pin count with 4,470 pins.

Despite finishing with a 2-2 record during their Baker sets, the Lady Panthers held on to become tournament champions.

Senior and business management Phebe Jackson said, " It felt good winning first place because the teams that we beat our SWAC West opponents and if we beat them in this tournament I know we can beat them in the SWAC Round-Up."

Junior LeJewelia Lewis earned All-Tournament Team honors after averaging 202.2 pins per game for five games. Freshman Cynthia Veney earned the second highest pin count for the Panthers averaging 179.4 pins per game with five games.

Coach Glenn White said, "The team did well on some tough lane conditions to finish on top in this tournament. We will enjoy this victory briefly and then get back to work to prepare for our second SWAC Round-Up in two weeks in Alabama. We know we still have a lot of improvements needed to get where we are supposed to be in our game and mentally. Our goal is the SWAC Championship."