Bowling team season opener ends in a loss

The Lady Panthers bowling team came up short Saturday Oct. 6 against back-to-back SWAC champions Texas Southern, losing the team matches 3-0.

"It was exciting to see them again and to see which of us would take the game," Baton Rouge native Phebe Jackson said.

Prairie View lost the three team games by scores of 880-1080 in game one, 897-946 in game two and 869-1087 in game three.

"I think we did pretty good," Jackson said, "There were a couple times we could have taken the game. We've actually beat on them before."

In the Baker game sets, the Lady Panthers allowed five players to bowl only two frames per game. Prairie View managed to win two of the five games, but lost the set by a total pin count of PV-902 and TSU-979.

"You never know how the game is going to go in Baker. You basically have to just take it," said Jackson.

Last year's SWAC Freshman of the Year Misty Dawson had a great game of 255 pins, and senior Selena Millhouse had a 193 and 211 game. Jackson averaged 173.6 in the tournament.

"I'm a little disappointed in how we performed as a team but not too concerned because the things that caused us problems are things that can be corrected in a short period of time. Although we're still a young team I fully expect us to come out with a better effort for the next tournament," head coach Glenn White said.

The 2007-08 Panther bowling team also includes junior Charlie Cooksey, sophomores Melissa Reeves and Terrie Mitchell, and freshmen Briantoine Westmoreland and Kristina Sadler.