Lady Jaguars Win SWAC Bowling Championship

This past week, the Lady Jaguars (45-34, 20-8) were crowned SWAC champions on the final day of the SWAC Round-Up Two. The event took place in D’Iberville, Mississippi. The Jags would have to face Texas Southern, Grambling State, and Prairie View A&M. The Lady Jags would have no easy path to securing their ultimate goal of being SWAC champs.
However, with experience and veteran leadership, and just playing their game they will be there in the end. The team played amazingly as a whole, fighting against the intense efforts of the opposing teams the entire day to prevail in the ultimate satisfaction of victory. Coach Doyle admired how his team came in relaxed as they had a week of practice to prepare after the coming break to prepare for the first-round up. “We practiced for a solid week. We went into the first round-up with the mindset that we wanted to go undefeated, we went 10-4 we were one game out of first after the first round-up.”
Entering the second round-up after two and half weeks of practice, Coach Doyle said his team was more poised, and that focus helped lead them. “They had a goal, and they went for it. Every day we went into it like we were in third place fighting to get first and we took over first place on Friday and they never looked back.” The Lady Jags would win with scores of 914-889 versus Texas Southern, 809-753 versus Grambling State, and 985-909 versus Prairie View.
Coach Doyle, who took over as head coach two years ago when some of his seniors were sophomores, says that he always knew that a title was reachable. “If they work hard, follow my leadership, and apply themselves, we could win a title. I don’t think they believed me their sophomore year, but I had some good recruits coming in last and we kept that same mentality. We’ve been working hard, getting after it. So, we went into the tournament thinking we could win.”
Hard work truly does pay off, and the results showed. After the 27th game, the ladies captured the coveted prize and sent the seniors off as champions. The Lady Jags are now competing at the Lady Techsters Classic. It will be held, at the USA Bowl in Dallas hosted by Louisiana Tech from February 10-12. Please continue to support our Lady Jags as they continue their historical season.