Tigers Host Rebels in Mid-Week Battle

Tuesday, March 22

Memphis, Tenn.

6 p.m.

University of Memphis

Ole Miss

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Mar 21, 2016 | Softball

Memphis and Ole Miss have met three previous times on the softball diamond

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Memphis Tigers will look to extend their seven-game win streak on Tuesday evening when the squad plays host to the Rebels of Ole Miss in a 6 p.m. first pitch at the Tigers Softball Complex.

GAME INFORMATION
Memphis (16-15, 0-0 AAC) vs. Ole Miss (24-7 2-4 SEC)
When: Tuesday, March 22
Tip-Off: 6 p.m. (CT)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Stadium: Tigers Softball Complex
Webstream: Memphis Tiger Network
Live Stats: Memphis Stat Broadcast
Game Notes: Memphis

QUICK HITTERS

• Memphis comes into the game riding a seven game win streak, tied for the fourth-longest such streak in program history
• The Tigers are a perfect 7-0 in home games, and the game against Ole Miss is the fourth game in an eight-game stretch of home contests.
• This is the first of two games between the two teams, as Memphis returns the trip on April 19.

HOME COOKING

• Memphis will play its eighth home games of the season on Tuesday evening.
• The Tigers are a perfect 7-0 in home games thus far this season.
• The seven wins sets a new program mark for consecutive home wins to open a season, breaking the previous record of five.

SCOUTING THE REBELS

• Comes into the weekend riding a two-game losing skid, falling in 2-of-3 games against SEC foe Kentucky over the weekend.
• Two players hit over .400 for the Rebels, including Hailey Lunderman (.446) and Dakota Matiko (.424).
• Matiko is on a 14-game hitting streak
• Three others - Elantra Cox (.386), Miranda Strother (.377), and Kylan Becker (.340) hit over .300 for the season.
• Strother leads the team with 19 RBI's, and a slugging percentage of .545.
• Madi Osias leads the pitching staff with a 13-2 overall record and 75 strikeouts in 85.1 innings of work.
• Alyssa Clayton and Elisha Jahnke have 4-1 and 5-3 records, respectively, and team-leading ERA's of 1.60 and 1.82, each.

SMITH EARNS WEEKLY HONOR ROLL NOD

Memphis sophomore pitcher Molly Smith was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll for her performances during the week ending March 20. Smith pitched 7 and one-third of an inning, striking out eight while giving up just four hits and two walks. The highlight of the week came in the series finale against Northern Kentucky, where she struck out eight batters in her second complete game shutout of the season, helping the Tigers to the 7-0 victory on Sunday afternoon. This season the Yamhill, Oregon, native leads the team with a 3.00 ERA to go with a 4-6 overall record with a team-high 52 strikeouts in 70 innings of work.

BIG AVERAGE

Memphis junior outfielder Lindsay Crowdus, during her two-plus seasons with the Tigers, has a career batting average of .325, which is the highest in school history, while teammate Kyler Trosclair stands third all-time in batting average.

Rk.	Avg.	Student-Athlete	H-AB	Years
1.	.325	Lindsay Crowdus	129-397	2014-16
2.	.320	Bridgette McNulty	105-328	2006-07
3.	.312	Kyler Trosclair	81-260	2015-16
4.	.308	Morgan Mosby	121-393	2010-13
5.	.303	Leila Dolfo	207-683	2006-09

ALL-TIME SERIES

Memphis and Ole Miss have met just three times prior - two of those meetings coming last season. The first time the teams met was on February 12, 2006, an 11-0 Tiger win and the second overall win in program history.

Date	Result	Location
Feb. 12, 2006	W, 11-0	Lafayette, La.
Feb. 21, 2015	L, 2-8	Petal, Miss.
Mar. 3, 2015	L, 0-8	Oxford, Miss.

HADLEY NAMED TO WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

Memphis freshman catcher/third baseman Regan Hadley, following a week where she went 6-of-13 at the plate and hit her first two collegiate home runs, was named to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll. She is the third Tiger player to be named to the AAC Honor Roll, along with Memphis newcomers Lindsey Stickrod and Brittany Seale. She helped the Tigers to a 4-1 record, and drove in seven runners over four games and had a 1.000 slugging percentage, and added a walk.

YOUNG GUNS

Memphis, which does not have a senior on its 2016 roster, is led by a quartet of players - two sophomores and two juniors - who each hit over .315 this season. Juniors Brittany Seale (.359) and Lindsey Stickrod (.310) along with sophomores Brooke Lee (.361) and Kyler Trosclair (.320) rank in the top four in the team in batting average. Lee stands fifth in the league in batting average, and Seale sixth..

ALL-TIME VS. THE SEC

Memphis has faced off against 11 different members of the SEC, and are 6-25 overall, including 0-14 under Poole.

School	OVERALL	UNDER POOLE
Alabama	0-3	0-1
Arkansas	1-2	0-1
Auburn	0-0	0-0
Florida	0-1	0-0
Georgia	0-0	0-0
Kentucky	1-0	0-0
LSU	0-5	0-3
Ole Miss	1-2	0-2
Mississippi State	0-6	0-5
Missouri	2-0	0-0
South Carolina	1-1	0-0
Tennessee	0-4	0-3
Texas A&M	0-1	0-0
Vanderbilt	0-0	0-0
Totals	6-25	0-14

ON A STREAK

The Memphis Tigers have won seven straight games, and with a win in the team's next game against Ole Miss, this group of Tigers will tie for the secon-longest win streak in the 10-year history of the program.