Softball Heads To SEC Foe Ole Miss Wednesday

Wednesday, April 12

Oxford, Miss.

6 PM

University of Memphis

Ole Miss

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Apr 11, 2017 | Softball

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Tigers will travel down the road to play Rebels on SEC Network +

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis softball team will take a break from American Athletic Conference action to take on No. 22/25 Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss. Wednesday evening. First pitch on the SEC Network + is set for 6 p.m.

Memphis (23-18) at No. 22/25 Ole Miss (23-16)
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Quick Hitters
• Memphis comes into the midweek match-up against Ole Miss with a 23-18 overall record.
• The Tigers went 1-2 last weekend to UCF despite one of the best offensive weekends of the season.
• Memphis hit .453 as a team with 39 hits and four extra base hits. Lindsay Crowdus continued to lead Memphis with a 7-for-11 effort at the plate.
• Crowdus now ranks in the top three in three NCAA categories: batting average, hits, and triples. She is also the leader in many categories in the American Athletic Conference.
• Memphis' Tyler Johnson was named to The American Weekly Honor Roll this week. Johnson went 5-for-10 against the Knights and .538 for the week.
• The Tigers are 1-4 all-time against Ole Miss with the lone victory coming in the first-ever match-up in 2006.
• Head coach Natalie Poole is in her sixth season at the helm of the Memphis program.

By The Numbers
1 - As a team, Memphis ranks first in the American Athletic Conference with a .297 batting average
2 – Where senior outfielder Lindsay Crowdus ranks in the nation in batting average
3 - Where Crowdus ranks in the NCAA in total hits. She broke the single-season Memphis record last weekend and currently has 65 hits.
8 - Where the Tigers rank in the NCAA in stolen bases per game.
26 - The total number of stolen bases that Kyler Trosclair and Lindsay Crowdus have this season, which puts them just one stolen base shy of matching Hannah Harrell's single-season of 27 set last season.

A Look At The Competition
• In the latest NFCA poll, the Ole Miss Rebels are ranked 22nd in the country. In the USA Softball Poll, they are 25th.
• Ole Miss is currently 26-13 overall and 13-5 at home this season.
• The Rebels are coming off of a 1-2 weekend against No. 5 Auburn. Ole Miss won the second game of the series on Saturday and fell in the rubber match by a score of 3-1 Sunday.
• Elantra Cox is tied with Lindsay Crowdus in batting average with a mark of .485. She is one hit behind Crowdus at 64 and has scored a team-high 37 runs for the Rebels.
• As a squad, the Rebels are hitting .322 with five everyday players hitting over .300.
• Kaitlin Lee leads Ole Miss in the circle with a team-high 114.2 innings pitched and 58 strikeouts. She currently owns a 2.38 ERA and has held opponents to a .237 batting average.

Final Details
First pitch against No. 22/25 Ole Miss is set for 6 p.m. in Oxford, Miss. Wednesday evening. The game will be broadcasted on the SEC Network + with a link available at www.gotigersgo.com. For more information about the Tigers, follow Memphis softball on Facebook and Twitter at @MemphisSoftball.