Memphis-UAB Game Notes

Mar 21, 2008 | Softball

March 21, 2008

 Leila Dolfo walked to lead off the third inning. It is her team-leading 20th walk of the season and ranks in the top 5 in Conference USA. She has walked at least once in eight-straight games.

 Leandra Hines advanced Leila Dolfo in the top of the third with her eighth sacrifice hit of the season. She ranks in the top 10 in the conference in the category.

 Catcher Kimmi Hayden recorded her third pick off of the season when she got Holly Krzan leaning too far off first in the bottom of the third inning.

 Leigh Rowan singled in the top of the fourth inning to extend her hitting streak to three games.

 Maddie McKinley drew a bases loaded no out walk as a pinch hitter in the top of the fourth inning to score the first run of the game for Memphis. The RBI is her second of the season and scored Heather Mott. It is Mott's 19th run of the season.

 Leila Dolfo knotted the game at two in the top of the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly to left field to score Tori Gross. It is Dolfo's second sac fly of the season and team-leading 24th RBI. The run scored Gross' seventh run of the season.

 Tori Gross tied her career high with two walks in the game. It is the fifth time she has walked twice and second time this season. Gross walked twice last week against Gardner-Webb.

 Brittany Gooch extended her hitting streak to four games with an infield single in the top of the sixth inning.

 For the second time in the game, Memphis was forced out at home with the bases loaded. The Tigers had a force out at home in the fourth and sixth innings.

 Kimmi Hayden drew two walks for the second time in her career. Her first two walk game came last week against Gardner-Webb.

 Sara Schneider and Leila Dolfo both scored unearned runs in the top of the sixth. It is Schneider's fifth run of the season and Dolfo's 25th.

 With two singles, Leigh Rowan had her third multi-hit game of the season. It is her first since having two hits against Alabama A&M on February 23.

 Leila Dolfo was intentionally walked in the top of the seventh to load the bases for Memphis with two outs. It is the Tigers' first intentional walk of the season. The walk is Dolfo's second in the game and 21st of the season. It is her fifth multi-walk game of the year.