Tigers Travel to Orlando for Meeting with UCF

Friday, April 22

Orlando, Fla.

4:30 p.m.

University of Memphis

UCF

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Apr 22, 2016 | Softball

Tigers and Knights have faced off 30 times in each program's history

ORLANDO - Memphis softball will add to its second-longest all-time series this weekend, as the Tigers take on the UCF Knights in a three-game series in Orlando over the weekend.

GAME INFORMATION
Memphis (22-24) vs. UCF Knights (29-15)
When: Friday-Sunday, April 22-24
Location: Orlando, Fla.
Stadium: UCF Softball Complex
Live Stats: UCF GameTracker G1 | G2 | G3
Live Video: UCF Live Video G1 | G2 | G3
Game Notes: Memphis

QUICK HITTERS

• Memphis and UCF have meet every season since the Tigers started a softball program.

• Memphis saw its streak of four straight series American Athletic Conference wins snapped on April 17.
• The Tigers have four players hitting over .300 during the season, led by Brittany Seale's .336 batting average.
• Memphis starting pitcher Molly Smith is 9-10 on the season, and has a 2.61 ERA with 106 strikeouts in 115.1 innings.
• Smith has been named to the AAC Team of the Week three times this season, and six total Tiger players have earned Team of the Week honors.
• The Tigers have four players with double-digit stolen base totals on the season, led by Hannah Harrell with 22, Kyler Trosclair 21, Jessie Lamb 15, and Lindsay Crowdus 12.

SCOUTING THE KNIGHTS

• UCF has three players hitting .300 or better on the season, led by Willow Kalinen, who is batting .330 with 30 hits in 91 at-bats.
• As a team the Knights bat .263, while holding opponents to a .209 batting average.
• Linnea Goodman bats .309 with a team-high 25 runs scored and 13 stolen bases.
• Jessica Ujvari, who bats .295, leads the team with six home runs and 24 RBI's.
• The high point of the team this year has been the pitching staff, which has a team ERA of 2.09 for the season.
• Highlighting the staff is 2015 First Team All-American Shelby Turnier, who is 13-13 on the year with a 2.38 ERA and 187 strikeouts in 167.2 innings of work.
• A season ago Turnier led the country in ERA (0.87) with a 25-8 record and 268 strikeouts in 208.1 innings.
• While Turnier has pitched over half of the teams' innings this season, Ujvari is 7-2 with a 1.40 ERA in 65 innings, while Manami Calixto is 9-0 with a 1.97 ERA.