Tigers Drop Saturday Series Finale at South Florida

Saturday, April 19

Tampa, Fla.

3:30 PM

University of Memphis

16-30, 4-17

South Florida

36-12-1, 15-5-1

Memphis

South Florida

Photo by: Steven Spehar

Tigers Drop Saturday Series Finale at South Florida

Apr 19, 2025 | Softball

Box Score

TAMPA, Fla. – Memphis (16-30, 4-17 AAC) softball was held to one hit by South Florida (36-12-1, 15-5-1 AAC) in an 8-0 mercy rule loss on Saturday.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Following a scoreless top half of the inning, South Florida put four runs on the board in their fiest at-bats of the game.
- With runners at second and third, Josie Foreman hit a sacrifice fly for the first run of the game.
- A delayed double steal allowed Alexa Galligani to score.
- Camille Ortiz-Martinez hit a two-run home run to give the Bulls their third and fourth runs of the frame.
A single the following inning by Alexa Galligani scored Olivia Elliott for USF's fifth run of the contest.
- Elliott had previously reached on a fielding error that would have ended the inning.
Josie Foreman recorded her second RBI of the game on a double down the right field line in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Karhys Pierce entered as a pinch hitter and recorded a sacrifice fly to bring home a seventh run for the Bulls.
The game was forced into mercy rule on an RBI double by Alexa Galligani.
- It was Galligani's third hit and second RBI of the game.

NOTABLES

Memphis has now been swept in its third-straight conference series.
This contest was the second in which the Tigers only recorded one hit, with the first instance being an 8-0 loss to Southeast Missouri State.
- Additionally, Memphis' two baserunners today were the least in a game this season.
Lyrical Bennett moves to 5-10 in the circle after throwing two innings in the loss.
- She was relieved by Rylee Dugar, who threw the final 2.1 innings.
Bennett also eclipsed 100 innings pitched in her collegiate career, finishing the series with 100.2 innings.
Memphis' lone hit came off the bat of Mia Brown, who went 1-for-2 at the plate.
The only other baserunner for the Tigers was Zoe Adebayo, as she drew a walk in her second plate appearance

UP NEXT
Memphis continues its road trip in Florida with a nonconference matchup against Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach, Fla. on Wednesday, April 23 at 4 p.m. CST.

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