Trosclair Klatt Breaks Hit Record In 1-0 Shutout Over UConn

Friday, April 20

Memphis, Tenn.

5 PM

University of Memphis

32-15, 7-6

UConn

16-29, 2-11

UConn

Memphis

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Trosclair Klatt Breaks Hit Record In 1-0 Shutout Over UConn

Apr 20, 2018 | Softball

Box Score

Brooke Lee’s sixth home run of the season was the deciding factor in the game

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning by Brooke Lee proved to be the only score of the contest, as the University of Memphis softball team downed UConn Friday evening by a score of 1-0. Memphis improved to 32-15 on the year and 7-6 in American Athletic Conference play.

In addition to inching closer to the all-time record for wins in a single-season, another record was broken Friday evening at the Tigers Softball Complex. With a single up the middle in the third inning, Kyler Trosclair Klatt recorded her 238^th career hit at Memphis. Lindsay Crowdus set the previous record in 2017.

Molly Smith started the night off in strong fashion with three straight strikeouts in the top of the first inning. UConn threatened to score multiple times throughout the contest, but tough defense including a timely double play from centerfield by Delaney Smith kept the Huskies from getting on the board.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Brooke Lee drove a 1-0 pitch to right field for her team-leading sixth home run of the season. Her solo shot proved to be the only run in the contest.

Smith won her 20^th game in the circle with five strikeouts in 5.0 innings of work. Mariah Nichols came in relief in the top of the sixth inning for Smith and walked away with her third save of the evening.

Tiger Tibits

Kyler Trosclair Klatt became the all-time hits leader at the University of Memphis with her 238^th hit, a single up the middle, in the third inning.
Brooke Lee hit her sixth home run to put Memphis up 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lee finished with two hits for Memphis.
Baylee Smith also contributed two hits including a double to left centerfield in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Molly Smith won her 20^th game of the year and became the third player in program history to reach the milestone. The school record for wins in a season is 24 set by Jenna Kubesch in 2007.
Mariah Nichols earned her third save of the season, which matches the most in a single-season. Ellen Roberts recorded three saves, twice, and Christian Novak had three in 2017.

Scoring
Memphis 1, UConn 0
Bottom 4 – Brooke Lee hit a solo home run to right field, giving Memphis a 1-0 lead over UConn. (1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base)

Next Up For The Tigers
Memphis will now play two games Saturday afternoon against UConn, starting at 2 p.m. Sunday's game was moved to Saturday due to the chance of weather in the Memphis area.

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