2013 MEMPHIS SOFTBALL Memphis Athletic Media Relations • 203B 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 Secondary Contact Info: Blake Barington • bcbrngtn@memphis.edu • 901-678-5182 • Cell: 325-423-2512 Week 2 | February 11-17, 2013
2013 TIGER SCOREBOARD
Memphis Ti g e rs (1-4, 0-0) C-USA
North Dakota State
Bison (1-4, 0-0) Summit
Virginia
Nicholls
Cavaliers Colonels (2-1, 0-0) (3-2, 0-0) ACC Southland
#10 LSU Ti g e rs (5-1, 0-0) SEC
LSU PURPLE & GOLD CHALLENGE Baton Rouge, La. (Tiger Park) February 15-17, 2013
Memphis Quick Hits • Memphis started the season 1-4 at the Tiger Classic in Austin, Texas. • Redshirt-senior outfielder Lelani Bernardino leads the team in hitting after missing all of the 2012 season. She is hitting .357 (5-for-14) with a .471 on-base percentage. • Senior infielders Morgan Mosby and Laura Curtis each have four hits through the first five games. Mosby leads the team in runs scored with three. Both players also share the team lead in doubles with two. • Junior RHP Ellen Roberts leads the team in the circle with a 3.67 ERA. She is 0-3 with 15 strikeouts in 21.0 innings pitched. • As a team, Memphis has a 5.37 ERA with 25 strikeouts and 23 walks in 30 innings. Gunning Them Down • Junior catcher Amber Lindahl needs to throw out one more runner attempting to steal to tie for the school career record with 30. • Lindahl threw out five of eight steal attempts in the opening week - a 72% mark. • Lindahl set the school-single season record last year with 21, which tied for the lead in Conference USA. • Kimmi Hayden (2006-08) holds the school record for runners caught stealing with 30. Tigers in Tournament Play • The Tigers have participated in 24 different tournaments in eight seasons and carry a 55-60 record into the LSU Purple & Gold Challenge • Last year, Memphis finished 4-14 in four regular season tournaments. • The LSU Purple & Gold Challenge marks the third regular-season tournament for the U of M in the state of Louisiana and second time at LSU. • The Tigers are 7-3 all-time in tournaments played in
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Louisiana. • Memphis went 4-2 in its only other trip to LSU in 2007 at the Easton Tiger Classic. The Tigers finished second in the tournament to LSU. Year
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Louisiana Classic (Lafayette, La.) FIU Tournament (Miami, Fla.) UNC Tournament (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Easton Tiger Classic (Baton Rouge, La.) Sunshine State Tourn. (Tallahassee, Fla.) Blues City Classic (Memphis, Tenn.) San Diego Tourn. (San Diego, Calif.) USF Wilson Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) Blues City Classic (Memphis, Tenn.) Residence Inn Invit. (Norman, Okla.) Winthrop/Adidas Invit. (Rock Hill, S.C.) South Alabama Invit. (Mobile, Ala.) K-Club Classic (Kennesaw, Ga.) Blues City Classic (Memphis, Tenn.) Spring Fling Tourn. (Honolulu, Hawaii) Blues City Classic (Memphis, Tenn.) UCSB Gaucho C. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) USF Under Armour Inv. (Clearwater, Fla.) FIU Combat Classic (Miami, Fla.) Panther Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.) Stanford Nike Invit. (Palo Alto, Calif.) Bulldog Classic (Starkville, Miss.) Mardi Gras Invitational (Mobile, Ala.) Desert Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) Blues City Classic (Memphis, Tenn.) Tennessee Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.) Texas Classic (Austin, Texas)
3-1 2-2 1-4 4-2 1-3 3-1 4-1 2-3 3-1 4-1 1-3 3-1 1-3 1-4 0-1 2-3 2-2 1-1 3-2 3-2 4-0 3-1 1-1 2-2 0-6 2-3 0-3 1-4
2013 C-USA Standings Houston East Carolina Tulsa UAB Marshall UTEP Southern Miss Memphis UCF
C-USA ALL GAMES W-L PCT. W-L PCT. L-10 Streak 0-0 .000 4-2 .667 4-2 W2 0-0 .000 3-2 .600 3-2 W1 0-0 .000 3-2 .600 3-2 L2 0-0 .000 3-2 .600 3-2 L1 0-0 .000 2-3 .400 2-3 W1 0-0 .000 2-4 .333 2-4 L1 0-0 .000 2-7 .222 2-7 L3 0-0 .000 1-4 .200 1-4 L3 0-0 .000 0-4 .000 0-4 L4
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