Softball Falls In Extras To Belmont, 5-4

Wednesday, March 22

Nashville, Tenn.

4 PM

University of Memphis

Belmont

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Mar 22, 2017 | Softball

Box Score

Tigers and Bruins compete in an 11-inning game

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis softball team was unable to hang on to its lead in the 10^th and the 11^th as it fell to Belmont Wednesday evening by a score of 5-4 in 11 innings. The Tigers fall to 15-12 overall with their first conference series coming up this weekend at home.

The Tigers found themselves in a hole early as Belmont scored two in the second inning. The pitching duo of Molly Smith and Christian Novak kept the Bruins from scoring throughout the heart of the contest while Memphis got runs back in the third and the sixth to tie up the contest at 2-2. The score remained at that until the top of the 10^th when Memphis took a 3-2 lead.

Belmont came back and tied it with two outs in the bottom half of the 10^th. Memphis then took the lead one more time in the 11^th before back-to-back Bruin singles drove in the final two runs needed to win the game.

Notables

Kyler Trosclair stole her team-leading 21^st base in the top of the first inning, which puts her just three away from matching the all-time career record at Memphis of 57.
Lindsay Crowdus is now a perfect 18-for-18 in stolen bases this season after recording one in the fourth inning.
Memphis is 1-1 against Belmont this season.
Crowdus led the Tigers with two hits and Trosclair drew a team-high two walks.
Molly Smith pitched in 5.0 innings for the Tigers and allowed zero earned runs with three strikeouts. She also did not record a walk.
The Tigers are up to 69 stolen bases on the season, just 20 shy of the season record set last year.

Scoring

Bottom 2 – A triple down the right field line led to four total hits in the bottom of the second for Belmont. The runner on third scored after a single to left center and the second run scored with bases loaded single to left field. (2 runs 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base)
Top 3 – Jessie Lamb led the inning off by reaching base on an error. She advanced to second on a stolen base and scored on back-to-back sacrifice bunts by Hannah Harrell and Kyler Trosclair. (1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base)
Top 6 – Trosclair singled up the middle to lead off the inning. A single up the middle by Lindsay Crowdus two batters later brought Trosclair around to score. (1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base)
Top 10 – With Brooke Lee on second with one out, a bunt single by Jessie Lamb moved her to third. She proceeded to score on an illegal pitch with the bases loaded. (1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base)
Bottom 10 – A pair of singles led to the tying run to score for Belmont. (1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base)
Top 11 – Lindsey Stickrod doubled to left center to score Addison Maxwell who was placed on second. (1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base)
Bottom 11 – With a runner on second, a walk and a single loaded the bases for Belmont. A single up the middle scored two to end the game. (2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base)

Next Up For The Tigers
The Tigers return to Memphis to open up conference play this weekend against East Carolina. First pitch Friday afternoon against the Pirates is set for 5 p.m. at the Tigers Softball Complex. For more information on the University of Memphis softball team, follow the Tigers on Facebook and Twitter at @MemphisSoftball.