Box Score During the first day of the 2013 Softball SWAC round-up the Lady Panthers of Prairie View A&M defeated the Lady Hornets softball team 8-6 in a hard fought seventh inning rally.
 
Alabama State got on the board first with a single by senior Brehanna Rodrigues.  From there she stole all the way home before her teammate Tamara Williams hit a home run to go into the bottom of the first inning 2-0.
 
Prairie View picked up two runs on an ASU error and a couple of stolen bases to knot the game 2-2.  Innings two, three and four went scoreless.
 
The Lady Panthers went on to score four more runs again on mistakes by the Lady Hornets and three big hits.  Alabama State answered in the top of the sixth inning scoring one run by Bailey Patt who took a chance and stole home.
 
Prairie View came out in the sixth inning scoring their final two runs of the game leading Alabama State 8-3.  The Lady Hornets just wouldn't go away scoring their final three runs in the top of the seventh to close out the inning and the game.
 
Meagan Dixon led the Lady Hornets going 1-3, while teammate Williams was 1-2 and an RBI.  Rodrigues was 1-1 on the day.
 
“We played o.k. today,” said head coach Telma Hall.  “We didn't play as well as I would have liked the team to have played.  We made too many errors and waited way too late to rally.  We need to be a lot more consist with getting the ball where it needs to go and cut down on the mistakes.    I look forward to coming out tomorrow and do a much better job.”
 
The Lady Hornets will return to play on Saturday at 10 a.m. when they face Texas Southern at the Lear Athletic Complex in Longview, Texas.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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