Tigers Drop Series Finale Against Tulsa

Sunday, March 9

Tulsa, Okla.

Noon

University of Memphis

12-13, 1-2

Tulsa

12-11, 2-1

Memphis

Tulsa

Photo by: Steven Spehar

Mar 09, 2025 | Softball

Box Score

TULSA, Okla. – Memphis (12-13, 1-2 AAC) softball fell short against Tulsa (12-11, 2-1 AAC) in the final game of the Tigers' opening conference series on Sunday by a score of 8-0 in five innings.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Tulsa gained the lead in the first inning on a two-RBI single by Amber Turner.
Two walks and a single allowed Memphis to load the bases in the second inning, but no runs would score after a popout by Drue Thomas, who entered as a pinch hitter.
In the following inning, Memphis had a runner at third in Kennedy Semien, but a groundout ended the scoring opportunity.
The Golden Hurricane extended its lead in the third with a sacrifice fly off the bat of Amber Turner, which was followed by an RBI groundout by Brookley Foster to make the score 4-0.
Tulsa put the game into a mercy-rule situation with a four-run fourth inning.
- Faith Russell scored on a wild pitch.
- Celeste Wood scored on a double by Annika Dill.
- Amber Turner recorded her fourth and fifth RBIs of the game with a single through the left side of the infield.
Needing one run to extend the game, Kennedy Semien doubled to left field with one out.
- The next two batters struck out looking to end the game.

NOTABLES

Memphis had both a mercy-rule victory and loss in the same series for the first time since 2018 against UConn, when the Tigers defeated the Huskies, 8-0, in six innings before losing 10-0 in five innings on a same-day doubleheader.
Four Tigers (Kennedy Semien, Neely Taylor, Taniyah Brown, Zoe Adebayo) finished the weekend with an OPS above 1.000.
Kennedy Semien recorded her eighth multi-hit game of the season, going 2-for-3 with a double.
Zoe Adebayo finished her weekend with five hits, including a double, and three RBIs.
The Tigers have now surpassed the 200-hit mark as a team and currently have a team batting average of .315.
Neely Taylor has now reached 25 games started, which leads the team.
The Tigers used four different pitchers in the circle for the first time this season.

UP NEXT
The Tigers return home for a midweek contest on Wednesday against North Alabama before playing host to UTSA for Memphis' first home series of conference play.

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