Memphis Falls in Sunday Games to South Florida

Sunday, April 30

Tampa, Fla.

9 a.m.

University of Memphis

8-38, 0

South Florida

29-22, 0

Memphis

South Florida

Photo by: Matthew Smith

May 01, 2023 | Softball

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TAMPA, FL – The Memphis softball team fell in both games of their double header against South Florida on Sunday. The Tigers (8-39) dropped their unfinished game from Saturday afternoon 8-0, before falling 5-0 in the final game of the series. Memphis struggled to bring in runners on base throughout the series and were unable to capitalize off defensive plays.

"I thought we showed some good stuff offensively and defensively, but we need to get some better quality starts out of our pitchers and we need to come up with some key hits when we have runners on base, we keep talking about that." Said head coach Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro. "Softball is simple and we're going to continue to work through the process. We need to continue to do better there and find ways to help ourselves." 

USF 8, Memphis 0

HOW IT HAPPENED

•       South Florida got on the board first as Ponn hit a single out to left field, allowing Garcia-Soto to come in for the score, before being tagged out at second base in the bottom of the first inning.
•       The Bulls put up two more runs in the bottom of the third innings as Humplik hit a two-run double to the left field wall.
•       Taylor Smrt hit a double to the center field fence as the leadoff hitter in the top of the fourth inning. Smrt would be stranded on second base as the Tigers finished the top of the inning with three straight outs.
•       USF added two more runs to its stat line as Trivelpiece singled through right field, sending Garcia-Soto and Sheehan in for the score in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Bulls added three more runs before closing out the inning.

NOTABLES

•       Hallie Siems got the start going 4.0 innings and recorded two strikeouts. Drue Thomas came in as relief for Siems in the bottom of the fifth inning.
•       Four Tigers recorded hits today: Linsey Hagis, Aliana Zavala, Neely Taylor and Smrt.

USF 5, Memphis 0

HOW IT HAPPENED

•       Siems and Kendall Lee came up with a double play in the bottom of the third inning as Garcia-Soto hit a line drive to Siems in the circle, followed by Siems throwing to Lee at first to tag out the runner to end the inning.
•       South Florida struck first in the bottom of the fourth inning as Trivelpiece hit a two-run homerun over center field for the first runs of the game.
•       Lee recorded the first hit for the Tigers with a stand up double through center field in the top of the fifth inning. Lee would get stranded at third at the end of the top of the inning.
•       The Bulls hit back-to-back homeruns to open the bottom of the sixth inning. Ponn and Trivelpiece sent the ball over the center field wall to double the USF lead. The Bulls added one more homerun before ending the inning.

NOTABLES

•       Hallie Siems got the start going 5.0 innings and recorded one strikeout before Rylee Dugar entered the game as relief in the top of the sixth inning. Dugar went 1.0 innings.
•       The Tigers recorded two hits against the Bull: Lee and Taylor.

UP NEXT

•       The Tigers come back home for their final regular season series against UCF May 5-7.

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