GAME 2 | Prairie View A&M 1, Texas Southern 0

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas --Senior Jerrica Rojas and junior Halley Elizarraras combined to throw a shutout on Saturday as the Prairie View A&M Panthers blanked the Texas Southern Tigers 1-0, taking the three-game series.

Rojas (3-2) started and picked up the win for Prairie View A&M (16-14, 11-0), going 4.1 shutout innings while giving up seven hits, walking two, and striking out one. Elizarraras was dealing out of the bullpen as well, going 2.2 shutout innings, allowing three hits, walking two, and striking out four.

Offensively, the Panthers were led by senior Jaylyn Davis, who went 1-for-3 on the day with an RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Panthers took the lead for good in the first, scoring for the first and only time in the inning. Prairie View A&M got an RBI single from Davis, scoring senior Destinee Smith from second base.

GAME NOTES

» Rojas and Elizarraras combined to shut out Texas Southern.
» Prairie View A&M's highest-scoring inning was the first when it pushed one run across.
» Prairie View A&M grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.
» Prairie View A&M pitchers limited Texas Southern to just 3-for-17 (.176) with runners in scoring position.
» Prairie View A&M pitchers faced 35 Texas Southern hitters in the game, allowing nine ground balls and seven fly balls while striking out five.
» Davis led the Panthers at the plate, going 1-for-3 with an RBI.
» Texas Southern was led offensively by senior Angel Morales, who went 1-for-2.
» Senior M. Gonzales led the Tigers pitching staff, throwing six innings of one-run ball.

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