SWAC Champions, Lady Jaguars Send Seniors off With Title

Kevin albarez, aSSiStant Sport information Director SU STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

D’IBERVILLE, MS – The Southwestern Athletic Conference celebrated the seniors for every team before the beginning of competition on the final day of the SWAC Round-Up Two at Cypress Lanes in D’Iberville, Mississippi. Southern (45-34, 20-8) had more to celebrate as the tournament concluded the regular season schedule. The Lady Jaguars sent off seniors Alanna Coward, Kymberly Jackson, Lindsey Ugas and Raja Anderson as SWAC Champions.

“I am so proud of this group of young ladies,” head coach Barry Doyle said about his team’s performance. “Just three years ago, the seniors started this journey with me, and I told them back then we could win it. Not sure if they believed it then but with some awesome recruits and hard work, they can now call themselves SWAC champs.”

The Lady Jaguars held off a furious comeback from Texas Southern to start off the day, taking the game 914-899. Jailyn Rogers continued to lead Southern on the lanes, finishing the game with a 225. Coward would finish strong to end with a 190. After starting slow, Nyla Wilson would come back to finish with a 180.

Southern would have problems trying to carry in the second match against Grambling. The Lady Jaguars would end up with eight split through the first seven frames and would be down 50-pins at half way through the game. Down 30 going into the 10th, every Lady Jaguar marked to pull out the game 809-753. Coward, Quinney and Wilson would pace the Southern with games in the 170. Coward would finish with a 179, Quinney followed with a 177 and Wilson led off with a 174.

The Lady Jaguars would lock up the title in a big way against the four time defending SWAC regular season champions Prairie View A&M, 985-9. Rogers bounced back to score a 228 and Coward continued to move up in the individual standings with a 213. Ugas would finish out with a strong 191. Wilson’s 180 and Quinney’s 173