2012 MEMPHIS SOFTBALL
2012 MEMPHIS SOFTBALL Memphis Athletic Media Relations • 203 Athletic Office Bldg • Memphis, TN • 901-678-2337 • Fax: 901-678-4134 Softball Contact Info: Brandon Kolditz • wkolditz@memphis.edu • 901-678-2444 • Cell: 901-871-5475 Week 10 | April 9-15, 2012
2012 TIGER SCOREBOARD
* Denotes Conference USA Game & Mardi Gras Invitational (Mobile, Ala.) $ Louisville Slugger Desert Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) # Blues City Classic (Memphis, Tenn.) % Tennessee Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.) Home games in BOLD Times are local to site and subject to change
University of Memphis
Memphis Tigers (15-29, C-USA 3-12)
UTEP Miners (13-28, C-USA 2-13)
Memphis vs. UTEP
A pril 14-15, 2012 / Tiger Softball Complex / Memphis, Tenn. Live Web Coverage: G ameTracker / A ll-Access Video
Memphis Quick Hits • Memphis has scored 31 runs in its last four games, marking the most productive fourgame stretch of the season for the Tigers. • Jami Miller hit her first career homerun in the opening game against Alcorn State. • Libby Goranson followed with her first career homerun in the second game of the double-header against ASU. • Pitchers Ellen Roberts (2.97) and Jordan Richwood (2.94) have both lowered their ERAs below 3.00. • Roberts went 2-for-3 against ULM on Thursday with one RBI. In the last 23 games, Roberts is hitting .318 with nine RBI. • Senior Alyssa Palmieri doubled for the first time this season against ULM, driving in two runs. • Richwood ranks 79th in the country, averagingg 7.0 strikeouts per seven innings. Live Coverage All of the Tigers’ games this week can be followed through live stats provided by CBS College Sports GameTracker. Live video provided by Memphis Tiger Vision is also available for the games. Links to the live coverage can be found at GoTigersGo.com. Last Week The U of M opened an Easter-weekend series with Tulsa by dropping two closely contested matches. Tulsa’s Lacey Middlebrook hit a 2-run walkoff homer to win the the first game, 4-2. The Golden Hurricane followed with a 2-0 shutout in the second game of the series. But, Memphis responded with a gritty 7-6 win in Saturday’s game.
Memphis made quick work against Alcorn State on Tuesday, winning both games of a doubleheader in five innings by a combined score of 18-0. In the fourth inning of the first game, Memphis put 13 batters in the box and scored nine runs on eight hits and three-Brave miscues. The Tigers continued the momentum in the second game, scoring one run in the first, three in the fourth and five in the fifth. After a slow start in the first three innings against ULM the Memphis bats came alive, collecting six runs on eight hits in the fourth and fifth innings. Ellen Roberts pitched a complete game, striking out six batters and did not allow an earned run. On Deck Memphis plays a midweek double-header at No. 10/10 Tennessee on Tuesday, with the opening game slated to begin at 3 p.m. (CT). The Blue and Gray follows with a trip to Orlando, Fla., for a three-game series with UCF. UTEP Quick Hits • Camilla Carrera leads UTEP and is fifth in the country in batting with a .478 average. She leads the country with 27 homeruns. • Carrera is hitting .561 in conference games, with 10 homers and 23 RBI. • UTEP is 11-13 at home, but 0-9 in true-road games. • The Miners pitching staff has a combined ERA of 7.19. • In C-USA games, UTEP’s combined ERA drops to 9.02. • UTEP ranks 32nd in the country in scoring (5.64 rpg), but 282nd in the country in ERA. History Versus UTEP Memphis is 12-5 all-time against UTEP, including a 7-1 record at home. The Tigers swept last year’s series by a combined score of 33-12 in El Paso, Texas. Jessica Phillips clubbed three homeruns in the series finale, setting the school record and tying the conference record for homeruns in a game. Maddie McKinley (2) and Heather Mott (1) combined with Phillips to hit a program-record-six homers in the game.
2012 Softba ll Ga me Notes
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Tigers Host UTEP for Three-Game Series The University of Memphis softball team (14-29, 3-12 C-USA) hosts UTEP(24-7, 8-1 C-USA) in a three-game conference series on Saturday and Sunday. The two teams will play a doubleheader at the Tiger Softball Complex on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. and then close with a 12 p.m. contest on Sunday.
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Date Time/Result 2/10 vs #2/3 Alabama & L, 0-8 (5) 2/11 vs Jacksonville State & W, 10-5 2/12 vs Mississippi State & L, 6-9 at South Alabama & W, 3-1 2/16 at UNLV $ L, 0-1 vs Hawaii $ L, 1-9 (6) 2/17 vs Idaho State $ L, 4-12 vs BYU $ L, 8-14 2/18 vs Long Beach State $ L, 1-2 2/19 vs Indiana $ L, 5-8 2/21 Mississippi Valley State L, 1-8 2/24 Miami-Ohio # L, 0-5 2/25 Western Illinois # W, 8-7 (10) Northern Iowa # L, 2-3 2/26 Missouri State # L, 0-1 Southeast Missouri State # W, 1-0 3/3 at #9/8 Tennessee % L, 0-7 3/3 vs #17/19 Louisville % L, 0-11 (6) 3/4 vs Boston University % L, 3-7 3/6 at Alcorn State W, 5-1 at Alcorn State L, 0-3 3/10 at UAB* L, 1-3 at UAB* L, 3-4 3/11 at UAB* L, 0-2 3/14 UT Martin W, 3-1 3/17 Marshall* (TV: FSN) L, 0-1 Marshall* L, 0-1 3/18 Marshall* L, 0-6 3/20 at Samford W, 11-4 at Samford L, 0-5 3/24 at Houston* L, 1-5 at Houston* L, 0-8 3/25 at Houston* L, 0-8 3/28 Murray State W, 1-0 Murray State W, 1-0 3/31 Southern Miss* W, 3-2 (13) 4/1 Southern Miss* W, 2-0 Southern Miss* L, 1-2 4/6 at Tulsa* L, 2-4 at Tulsa* L, 0-2 4/7 at Tulsa* W, 7-6 4/10 Alcorn State W, 10-0 (5) Alcorn State W, 8-0 (5) 4/12 Louisiana-Monroe W, 6-1 4/14 UTEP* 1 pm UTEP* 3 pm 4/15 UTEP* 12 pm 4/17 at Tennessee 4 pm at Tennessee 6 pm 4/21 at UCF* 1 pm (ET) at UCF* 3 pm (ET) 4/22 at UCF* 12 pm (ET) 4/24 at Mississippi State 6 pm 5/5 East Carolina* 1 pm East Carolina* 3 pm 5/6 East Carolina* 12 pm 5/10-12 C-USA Championship