Southern Advances Past Prairie View in SWAC Tennis Championship
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Southern 4, Prairie View A&M 1
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NEW ORLEANS, La. – Southern women’s tennis defeated Prairie View A&M, 4-1, on Friday, April 15 in the quarterfinal match of the 2016 SWAC Women’s Tennis Championship at City Park/Pepsi Center.
Southern advances to face Alcorn State on Saturday at 9 AM.
The Jaguars picked up the doubles point with wins by Laura Syori and Amanda Materre at No. 2 doubles 6-0 over the Panthers’ Trinity Randolph and Timara Maxwell. Southern also won at No. 3 doubles with a 6-1 victory by D’Jeri Raymond and Mia Kent over Shaddae Findley and Tatiana Ruhl.
In singles action, Prairie View’s Staccy Lackey won 6-3, 6-2 over Mia Kent at No. 5 position. Southern’s Darnesha Moore defeated Sydney Thomas, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 2 singles while Amanda Materre defeated Trinity Randolph, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 position. D’Jeri Raymond wrapped up the win with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Timara Maxwell at No. 6 singles.