Women's Tennis Goes 1-1 Over Weekend

The Prairie View A&M women's tennis team started its weekend of on a high note with a 6-1 win over Xavier University of Louisiana on Friday, but cold-wet conditions slowed the Lady Panthers down on Sunday as they lost to Lamar 7-0.

The Lady Panthers looked crisp, picking up their second team victory of the season, sweeping all three doubles matches and then taking all-but one of the singles matches.

In singles competition the No. 1 and the No. 2 for Prairie View A&M Brittany Harrell and Raven Lewis handled business against Xavier's Kourtney Howell and Amber Brown. Though she was pushed, Harrell maintained her composure for a 6-2, 5-7, 10-2 victory.

Lewis turned in a dominating 6-1, 6-2 performance. The Lady Panthers continue to get production from their No. 6 singles player Alix Thomas. Her 6-3, 6-0 win over Ashley McGill gave her three wins on the season, the most on the team.

A late start and unfavorable weather conditions played a part in Sunday's team loss to Lamar as the Lady Panthers never seemed to get in a rhythm. Lerato Ndlovu had a back-and-forth match with Lamar's No. 3 Carolina Maro. She kept Maro on her heels before losing the fist set 7-5. She then dropped an emotional second set 6-3 in front of a large crowd to close out the night for the Lady Panthers.

Prairie View A&M will try to get back on the winning side of things on Feb. 18 as it will play host to Texas State with matches beginning at 3 p.m.

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