Taylor Records 100th Career Hit in Saturday Loss to Florida Atlantic

Saturday, April 25

Memphis, Tenn.

2 p.m.

University of Memphis

17-35, 5-18

Florida Atlantic

31-17, 12-11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Florida Atlantic	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	7	9	0
Memphis	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	8	2

Taylor Records 100th Career Hit in Saturday Loss to Florida Atlantic

Apr 25, 2026 | Softball

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Redshirt junior outfielder Neely Taylor logged her 100^th career hit and freshman Avery Stutts reached 100 innings pitched as the University of Memphis softball team fell Saturday to Florida Atlantic, 7-4.

Memphis (17-35, 5-18 American) was unable to produce both at the plate and in the field in crucial situations in a second-straight game where they had near-equal hits to Florida Atlantic (31-17, 12-11 American).

HOW IT HAPPENED

After a 1-2-3 first inning from starter Avery Stutts, a walk and hit-by-pitch in the bottom half set up Deana Cunningham for a two-RBI double to put the Tigers up early.
- Cunningham was thrown out on the play after overrunning the bag at second, but it occurred after the second run scored.
Ciara Gibson put Florida Atlantic on the board with an RBI double in the top of the second.
- The run was unearned as the runner who scored reached on an error that also would've ended the inning.
Memphis pushed its lead back to two runs on an RBI single by Taylor Caton.
- Memphis had two batters reach on consecutive bunt singles with one out.
- Jaila Mitchell was thrown out on the play after attempting to score from an errant throw home.
The Tiger defense helped Stutts out of a jam after allowing two singles by turning a 6-3 double play to end the top half of the third.
- It was Memphis' 20^th double play turned this season, the first time since 2022 that a Tigers defense has turned at least 20.
After Florida Atlantic turned to Ainsley Lambert in relief, Ariel Davis and Faith Brown drew back-to-back walks to start the inning, but Lambert struck out the next three Tiger hitters swinging.
Memphis got its fourth run of the inning on an RBI hit-by-pitch by Faith Brown.
- Kayla Clement, Neely Taylor and Ariel Davis all singled to load the bases.
  - Taylor's single was the 100^th hit of career.
A pair of RBI singles and a sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth by the Owls tied the game at four runs apiece.
- Paris Brienesse walked with two outs in the bottom of the fifth but was ruled out after leaving early from first on what was initially ruled a stolen base.
Another two-out error committed by the Memphis defense spelled trouble in the top of the sixth, as Florida Atlantic scored three runs on a pair of singles.
Ariel Davis singled to lead off the bottom of the seventh, but Memphis' next three batters went down by way of a groundout, popout and strikeout.

NOTABLES

The Tiger defense's 20 double plays turned this season are the most since Memphis turned 23 in the 2022 season.
Memphis' now 365 hits have surpassed last season's total of 360 and currently is tied for the sixth-most by a Memphis offense in a season.
Memphis' 42 hit-by-pitches are two shy of tying the single-season program record and are currently tied for the 25^th-most in the nation and second-most most in the conference.
- The conference's leader is Florida Atlantic with 43 after being hit once in today's game.
- 11 different players have been hit by a pitch, with three players being hit at least eight times.
Memphis' 59 doubles are now the sixth-most in a season in program history.
Memphis has eclipsed the 200-RBI mark on the season, with its 203 being the seventh-most in single-season history for the program.
The Tigers' 570 total bases are now the fourth-most in program history and most since 2018.
Ariel Davis logged her second multi-hit game of the weekend, going 2-for-2 with a walk and a sacrifice hit.
- Davis becomes the first Tiger this season with 20 walks, a mark reached by three Tigers last season.
Deana Cunningham went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double and two RBI.
Taylor Caton picked up one hit and one RBI in the loss.
Neely Taylor was 1-for-3 on the day with a walk and a run scored.
- With a hit in today's contest, Taylor has now reached exactly 100 hits in her collegiate career.
Faith Brown was 1-for-2 with a walk, an RBI and a hit-by-pitch.
- Brown has now matched last season's RBI leader (Zoe Adebayo) with her 37^th of the season.
- Her 37 RBI are now tied for the fourth-most in single-season history.
Paris Brienesse went 1-for-2 with a walk in the contest.
Kayla Clement picked up a hit and a run scored.
- Clement now has three hits in five career games against Florida Atlantic.
Jaila Mitchell recorded a hit in her lone at-bat in the game.
Avery Stutts tossed her fifth complete game of the season in the loss, eclipsing 100 innings pitched in her freshman campaign.
- Stutts remains Memphis' leader in ERA, wins, appearances, games started, saves, innings pitched and strikeouts.

UP NEXT

Memphis' series finale against Florida Atlantic will begin at noon tomorrow, with senior day recognition to commence after the conclusion of the game.

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