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Photo by: Steven Spehar
Memphis Earns First Conference Victory in Dominating Fashion
Mar 08, 2025 | Softball
TULSA, Okla. – Memphis (12-12, 1-1 AAC) softball plated 13 runs in Saturday's mercy-rule victory at Tulsa (11-11, 1-1 AAC)
"Today, we answered back," said head coach Trena Prater. "We were more aggressive; we swung earlier in the counts and reaped our harvest today. The confidence is starting to build and that's the difference."
HOW IT HAPPENED
NOTABLES
UP NEXT
Memphis hopes to win its first road conference series since the 2018 season with the rubber game slated for a noon start against Tulsa.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE TIGERS
For complete information on Memphis Tigers Softball, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team's social media channels on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
"Today, we answered back," said head coach Trena Prater. "We were more aggressive; we swung earlier in the counts and reaped our harvest today. The confidence is starting to build and that's the difference."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Tigers fell behind early when Celeste Wood singled to bring home the first run of the game for Tulsa.
- It was Wood's fifth RBI of the weekend.
- The Golden Hurricane stretched its lead with two runs in the second inning.
- Tallulah Pascucci recorded an RBI double to right field.
- Pascucci later came around to score on an RBI groundout by Faith Russell.
- With a three-run deficit in the third inning, Memphis erupted for five runs to take the lead.
- A single by Arianna Cox-Cole produced a run when the outfielder misplaced the hit, allowing Kayla Clement to score from second.
- The Tigers executed a double steal with Cox-Cole reaching second while Kennedy Semien scored on Tulsa's attempt to throw Cox-Cole out at second base.
- In that same at-bat, Zoe Adebayo doubled to center, allowing Cox-Cole to score.
- Adebayo scored during the following sequence when McKaylee Polk lined a single up the middle to give Memphis the lead.
- The Tigers' fifth run of the inning came on a sacrifice fly by Aubrey Williams.
- Memphis came up in the fourth inning and stretched its lead to double digits.
- A single by Kennedy Semien scored Mia Brown to make the score 6-3 in favor of the Tigers.
- Zoe Adebayo recorded her second and third RBIs of the game on a single to center field.
- After entering as a pinch runner, Presley Morris scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of McKaylee Polk.
- Ariel Davis perfectly placed her second sacrifice bunt of the game on a safety squeeze play where Drue Thomas scored.
- A single by Aubrey Williams brought home another run when a botched rundown allowed Neely Taylor to score.
- Memphis extended its lead to 10 runs when Mia Brown recorded an RBI single to short left field that plated another run due to a fielding error.
- Lyrical Bennett threw her second complete game of the week, only allowing one earned run over five innings, moving to 3-2 on the season.
NOTABLES
- Memphis' 14 hits were the most in a conference game since the 2017 season when the Tigers had 17 hits against Central Florida.
- It was Memphis' first mercy-rule victory in conference play since the 2021 season where the Tigers defeated Houston, 12-3, in five innings.
- Five Tigers (Neely Taylor, Kennedy Semien, Taniyah Brown, Zoe Adebayo, Shelby Durbin) all currently sit with batting averages above .300.
- Memphis has now surpassed its stolen base total from the previous season.
- Neely Taylor's streak of games started has now reached 23.
- She has also moved into the team lead in batting average (.391) and hits (27).
- Memphis hitters had zero strikeouts for just the fourth time this season.
UP NEXT
Memphis hopes to win its first road conference series since the 2018 season with the rubber game slated for a noon start against Tulsa.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE TIGERS
For complete information on Memphis Tigers Softball, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team's social media channels on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bennett, Lyrical (3-2)
L: MAPLES, Brinly (3-4)
Batting:
2B: Cox-Cole, Arianna 1 ; Adebayo, Zoe 1 ; Brown, Mia 1
RBI: Semien, Kennedy 1 ; Adebayo, Zoe 3 ; Polk, McKaylee 2 ; Davis, Ariel 1 ; Williams, Aubrey 1 ; Brown, Mia 1
SH: Davis, Ariel 2 ; Clement, Kayla 1
SF: Williams, Aubrey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Semien, Kennedy 2 ; Cox-Cole, Arianna 2 ; Adebayo, Zoe 1 ; Morris, Presley 1 ; Polk, McKaylee 1 ; Thomas, Drue 1 ; Taylor, Neely 1 ; Davis, Ariel 1 ; Williams, Aubrey 1 ; Brown, Mia 1 ; Clement, Kayla 1
SB: Semien, Kennedy 1 ; Cox-Cole, Arianna 1
CS: Clement, Kayla 1
Batting:
2B: PASCUCCI, Tallulah 1
RBI: RUSSELL, Faith 1 ; WOOD, Celeste 1 ; PASCUCCI, Tallulah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: RUSSELL, Faith 1 ; FOSTER, Brookley 1 ; PASCUCCI, Tallulah 1
SB: COLE, Maci 1
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