Defensive Struggles Lead To 2-0 Setback Against UCF

Saturday, April 8

Memphis, Tenn.

2 PM

University of Memphis

23-17, 4-4

UCF

20-18, 4-4

UCF

Memphis

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Defensive Struggles Lead To 2-0 Setback Against UCF

Apr 08, 2017 | Softball

Box Score

Molly Smith pitches complete game; strikes out six and allows just one earned run

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis softball team suffered a 2-0 setback to UCF Saturday afternoon at the Tigers Softball Complex. Memphis falls to 23-17 on the year and 4-4 in American Athletic Conference play.

Three errors committed by the Tigers in the first inning led to one UCF run scoring, allowing the Knights to take an early lead. The run by the Knights in the first proved to be all UCF needed to come away with the victory.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Memphis loaded the bases with no outs after Hannah Harrell got the offense rolling with a leadoff single. An untimely double play, however, combined with a fly ball to right field quickly ended the Tigers hopes of scoring.

Molly Smith pitched a complete game for the Tigers and allowed just six hits and one earned run. She falls to 7-8 on the season.

Notables

Kyler Trosclair, Tyler Johnson, and Hannah Harrell all recorded multi-hit games for the Tigers.
The Tigers outhit UCF 9-6 and struck out just three times in the game.
Memphis combined for six errors, which was the most committed this season. There were nine total errors in the game.

Scoring

Top 1 – Memphis committed three errors in the first inning including one allowing the leadoff batter to get on base. That runner advanced all the way to third on a second Memphis error and scored on a dropped fly ball. (1 run, 0 hits, 3 errors, 2 left on base)
Top 3 - UCF put together a pair of singles and a double to score its second run of the game. (1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base)

Next Up For The Tigers
Memphis will look to take the series against UCF Sunday afternoon. First pitch at the Tigers Softball Complex is set for 12 p.m. and the first 100 fans will receive a Memphis Tigers water bottle. For more information on the University of Memphis softball team, follow the Tigers on Facebook and Twitter at @MemphisSoftball.