Tigers Earn First Conference Win in Series Final Against Tulsa

Sunday, April 2

Tulsa, Okla.

12 p.m.

University of Memphis

6-29, 0

Tulsa

16-17, 0

Memphis

Tulsa

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Tigers Earn First Conference Win in Series Final Against Tulsa

Apr 02, 2023 | Softball

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis softball team recorded their first conference win in the series final against Tulsa, defeating the Golden Hurricanes 8-5 Sunday afternoon. The Tigers (6-29) recorded eight runs off 12 hits in the match up to hold off the series sweep.

"Really proud of the team today, I think they came back and fought. I got onto them on Friday, they were competing, but we just feel short especially with better pitches in big situations, and that's what we needed," head coach Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro said. "I'm really proud of how they bounced back and how we prepared and stuck with our plans. I really hope that this continues to build, and we keep going up."  
 
Tulsa 5, Memphis 8

HOW IT HAPPENED

•       Memphis got on the board first as Presley Morris hit a one-run single to center field sending Aliana Zavala home for the Tigers in the top of the second inning.
•       Tulsa evened the score in the bottom of the second inning as Keith singled up the middle allowing Skaggs to reach Homeplate for the score.
•       The Tigers added another run as Madison Berner singled to left field sending Linsey Hargis in for the score in the top of the third inning.
•       Meagan Chism put the Tigers up big as she hit a three-run double down the left field line in the top of the third inning.
•       The Golden Hurricanes began to close the gap in the bottom of the second inning as Morgan and Denson found their way to cross home.
•       Sam Ibison put up another run for Memphis as she came home on a wild pitch in the top of the fourth inning.
•       Tulsa scored two more runs as Morgan hit a homerun to center field in the bottom of the fourth inning to put the Golden Hurricanes within one.
•       The Tigers added another run after back-to-back doubles to center field by Berner and Zavala in the top of the fifth inning. Memphis put up another run as Ibison singled to center field allowing Zavala to come home.

NOTABLES

•       Mikayla Hoschak got the start going 7.0 innings recording two strikeouts.
•       Six Tigers scored runs against Tulsa: Zavala (2), Berner (2), Hargis, Lee, Ibison and Neely Taylor.
•       Zavala went 3-for-4 with two runs and one RBI, Berner went 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI, Ibison went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI and Chism went 1-for-3 with 3 RBIs.

UP NEXT

•       The Tigers come back home to host a series against Wichita State April 6-8.

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