BATON ROUGE, La. – The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers tennis team split the second day of the first Southwestern Athletic Conference roundup Saturday.

The Lady Panthers defeated Alabama A&M 5-2 after falling to Alcorn State by the same scoreline.

Playing against a short-handed Lady Bulldogs squad, Prairie View A&M had little trouble getting the necessary four points to claim victory over Alabama A&M. Sydney Thomas and Maria Lackey‘s 6-2 win over Orianna Rodriguez and Shrarre Smith in flight two was enough to take the doubles point, as the Lady Bulldogs did not have a third duo.

With forfeit wins guaranteed in singles play, it put the Lady Panthers in a comfortable position heading into singles play, as they needed to win only one of the four matches contested. Thomas and Shaddae Findley (pictured) insured the PVAMU win with victories in flights two and four. Thomas won her flight two match over Rodriguez by a score of 6-3, 6-1.

In flight four, Findley took down Smith by a score of 6-4, 6-1.

Earlier in the day, the Lady Panthers fought hard in a 5-2 loss to Alcorn State. Prairie View A&M got its two wins in flights five and six of singles play. Findley defeated Aakansksha Punj 6-4, 6-3 in flight five, while Timara Maxwell defeated Marlene Maier 6-4, 6-2.

In doubles play, Findley and Tatiana Ruhl edged Punj and Laura Arruda 7-6.

The Lady Panthers finished the first SWAC Roundup with a record of 2-2, having defeating Grambling and falling to host Southern on Friday.

PVAMU 5, Alabama A&M 2
SINGLES
1. Viraq Hollos (A&M) def. Neharika Rama (PVAMU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Sydney Thomas (PVAMU) def. Orianna Rodriguez (A&M) 6-3, 6-1
3. A. Sathe (A&M) def. Stacy Lackey (PVAMU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Shaddae Finley (PVAMU) def. Shrarre Smith (A&M) 6-4, 6-1
5. Timara Maxwell (PVAMU) wins by forfeit
6. Tatiana Ruhl (PVAMU) wins by forfeit

DOUBLES
1. Hollos/R. Khalid (A&M) def. Rama/Stacy Lackey (PVAMU) 6-4
2. Thomas/Maria Lackey (PVAMU) def. Rodriguez/Smith (A&M) 6-2
3. Maxwell/Trinity Randolph (PVAMU) win by forfeit

Alcorn State 5, PVAMU 2
SINGLES
1. Aida Kelic (Alcorn) def. Neharika Rama (PVAMU) 6-2, 6-4
2. Ivana Boberic (Alcorn) def. Sydney Thomas (PVAMU) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
3. Siobhan Ryan-Bovey (Alcorn) def. Stacy Lackey (PVAMU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Ekaterina Potapova (Alcorn) def. Trinity Randolph (PVAMU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
5. Shaddae Findley (PVAMU) def. Aakansksha Punj (Alcorn) 6-4, 6-3
6. Timara Maxwell (PVAMU) def. Marlene Maier (Alcorn) 6-4, 6-2

DOUBLES
1. Ryan-Bovey/Potapova (Alcorn) def. Rama/Lackey (PVAMU) 6-3
2. Kelic/Boberic (Alcorn) def. Maxwell/Randolph (PVAMU) 6-2
3. Findley/Tatiana Ruhl (PVAMU) def. Punj/Laura Arruda (Alcorn) 7-6