GAME 1 | Prairie View A&M 6, Southern 3
BATON ROUGE, La. --Senior Breanna Reyna was mowing people down on Sunday, punching out 10 Southern hitters over seven innings of work to help propel the Prairie View A&M Panthers past the Jaguars 6-3.
In addition to her 10 strikeouts, Reyna (5-4) went seven innings, giving up three runs, two earned, on three hits and walking three for Prairie View A&M (12-13, 7-0 SWAC).
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Panthers got on the scoreboard first, starting in the third inning. Prairie View A&M got an RBI single from senior Audry Fleming, scoring senior Audrey Garcia from third base.
The Jaguars failed to push any runs across before the Panthers offense got back to their scoring ways the next inning. Prairie View A&M scored twice on junior Aerin Talley's two-run homer, which brought the Panther's lead to 3-0.
Southern narrowed Prairie View A&M's lead to 3-2 before the Panthers stretched the advantage to 5-2 in the fifth inning. The Panthers scored twice, with one run coming across on junior Hannah Garza's single.
The Jaguars gained ground, closing the gap to 5-3 until Prairie View A&M added some insurance in the seventh. The Panthers drove home a run on senior Biviana Figueroa's one-out solo homer off K. Williams bringing the score to 6-3 in favor of Prairie View A&M. The score remained 6-3 for the rest of the game, as the Panthers held on for the win.
GAME NOTES
» Reyna struck out 10 Jaguars hitters.
» Prairie View A&M's highest-scoring inning was the fifth when it pushed two runs across.
» The Panthers out-hit the Jaguars at a 6-3 clip.
» Prairie View A&M went 3-for-9 (.333) with runners in scoring position.
» Prairie View A&M pitchers limited Southern to just 1-for-10 (.100) with runners in scoring position.
» Prairie View A&M pitchers faced 29 Southern hitters in the game, allowing five ground balls and six fly balls while striking out 10.
» The Panthers drew seven walks from Southern pitching.
» Talley led the Panthers at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
» Southern was led offensively by M. Ogden, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
» Williams led the Jaguars pitching staff, throwing 2.1 innings of one-run ball.
