Tigers Return Home For Midweek Doubleheader Against Alcorn State

Tuesday, April 25

Memphis, Tenn.

5 PM

University of Memphis

Alcorn State

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Tigers Return Home For Midweek Doubleheader Against Alcorn State

Apr 24, 2017 | Softball

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Memphis has four more dates at home, all this week, starting on Tuesday

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis softball team returns home this week for a midweek doubleheader and a conference series this weekend. The Tigers will first play Alcorn State in a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon beginning at 5 p.m.

The Tigers have struggled as of late and will look to bounced back starting on Tuesday against the Lady Braves. Memphis is 15-1 all-time against Alcorn with its lone setback coming in 2012.

Quick Hitters

Memphis is led offensively by Lindsay Crowdus with a .470 batting average.
Tyler Johnson registered her fourth home run of the season on Sunday against USF. She leads the team in that category and the four home runs match her previous season-high.
This weekend, Crowdus surpassed the 70+ hit mark, which was already a program record. She currently has 71 for the Tigers.
On Tuesday in game one, Crowdus is expected to become the fifth player in Memphis history to start in 200 games. In game two, Harrell is expected to become the sixth player at Memphis to earn 200 starts.
Head coach Natalie Poole is in her sixth season at the helm of the Memphis program.

Records Broken This Season By The Tigers
225 -    With 225 hits, Lindsay Crowdus has become the all-time hits leader at Memphis, surpassing the previous high of 207 set by Leila Dolfo in 2009.
71 -      Lindsay Crowdus has recorded 71 hits, which has surpassed the previous high of 63 set in 2006 and 2007 by Cara Stiles and Leila Dolfo.
60 -      Kyler Trosclair now has 60 stolen bases, which is a program record. The previous record was 57 set by Leandra Hines in 2009.
27 -      Is the total number of stolen bases Kyler Trosclair and Lindsay Crowdus have this season, tying the single-season record set by Hannah Harrell in 2016.
18 -      Memphis has hit 18 triples as a team this season, which has far exceeded the previous season-high of 11 recorded in 2015.

A Look At The Competition

Alcorn State, a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, enters into the doubleheader with a 16-27 overall record and 13-5 mark in conference play.
The Lady Braves have dropped three of the last four and most recently two out of the last three against Mississippi Valley State last weekend.
Two everyday starters are hitting over .400 for the Lady Braves in Taylor Hughes and Jessica Crum. Hughes leads the team with a .414 average, 55 hits, 36 runs, and a .503 on base percentage.
In the circle, Robin Harrison has pitched a team-high 88.2 innings for Alcorn and owns a team-low 4.57 ERA. She has also struck out a team-high 48 batters this season.
As a whole, the pitching staff has a 6.23 ERA.
Josef Rankin is the head coach of the Lady Braves and has been at the helm since 2014.

Final Details
First pitch against Alcorn State is set for 5 p.m. at the Tigers Softball Complex where admission is always free. For more information about the Tigers, follow Memphis softball on Facebook and Twitter at @MemphisSoftball.