Softball Cruises To Victory Over UCF

Friday, April 7

Memphis, Tenn.

5 PM

University of Memphis

23-16, 4-3

UCF

19-18, 3-4

UCF

Memphis

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Apr 07, 2017 | Softball

Box Score

Tigers produce 13 hits from eight separate players in the win.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning by Tyler Johnson gave the University of Memphis softball team the edge they needed for a 10-2 run-rule victory over UCF Friday evening. The victory improves Memphis to 23-16 overall and 4-3 in the American Athletic Conference.

Memphis jumped out to a quick lead in the bottom of the first and forced the Knights to make an early pitching change. In that inning came Regan Hadley's second home run of the season.

UCF scored one in the second and one in the fifth to try and cut into the Tiger lead, but Memphis had an answer for each of those runs. A walk in the bottom of the sixth inning drawn by Lindsay Crowdus ignited a four-run inning for the Tigers, ended by Johnson's home run to left field.

Memphis has now defeated UCF two out of the last three games played.

Notables

Addison Maxwell had her third, three-hit game and 11^th multi-hit game of the season. It was also the fourth time she recorded at least two RBI.
Lindsay Crowdus has become the fourth person in program history to record at least 60 hits in a season. She finished the night going 2-for-3 with a walk.
It became the 12^th game this season that Memphis recorded double-digit hits as a team.
It was also the first game in which Memphis hit two home runs in a game this season.
Eight different batters recorded hits for the Tigers.
Christian Novak allowed just two runs en route to her eighth victory of the season, putting her one win shy of matching her season-high of nine in 2014.

Scoring

Bottom 1 – The Tigers led the game off with four-straight hits including an RBI double by Addison Maxwell, an RBI single by Lindsay Crowdus, and a home run by Regan Hadley. (3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base)
Top 2 – UCF singled twice to put runners in scoring position before a sacrifice fly to deep centerfield drove in the first run. (1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base)
Bottom 4 – Erin Parker led the inning off with a walk and advanced to second on a single by Jessie Lamb. A sacrifice bunt by Hannah Harrell then moved the runners to second and third. Maxwell then singled between first and second to score Parker. (1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base)
Top 5 – A walk led off the inning for UCF and that runner scored on a double to left field. (1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base)
Bottom 5 – With the bases loaded, Memphis drew back-to-back walks to score two runs. (2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base)
Bottom 6 – Four straight batters reached base for the Tigers. Lindsey Stickrod singled up the middle to score Lindsay Crowdus before Tyler Johnson hit a three-run home run to end the contest. (4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base)

Next Up For The Tigers
The Tigers will take on UCF in game two of the series at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the Tigers Softball Complex. For more information on the University of Memphis softball team, follow the Tigers on Facebook and Twitter at @MemphisSoftball.