Memphis Falls in Series Opener Against North Texas

Friday, March 21

Denton, Texas

6 PM

University of Memphis

14-16, 0

North Texas

20-10, 0

Memphis

North Texas

Photo by: Steven Spehar

Mar 21, 2025 | Softball

Box Score

DENTON, Texas – Memphis Tigers (14-16, 3-4 AAC) softball fell to North Texas (20-10, 3-4 AAC) on Friday by a score of 11-3 in five innings.

HOW IT HAPPENED

North Texas took an early lead in the bottom of the first.
- Tatum Sparks plated the first run with a solo home run.
- Rylee Nicholson plated another run on an RBI single.
- After Memphis turned to Lyrical Bennett in relief, Kailyn Bearpaw registered an RBI groundout.
- The final run of the inning came off the bat of Madison Conley, who singled to left field but was thrown out at second to end the inning.
The Tigers tallied their first run on an RBI single off the bat of Mia Brown.
Both sides went scoreless in the third, with North Texas leaving a runner stranded at second base.
In the fourth inning, Faith Brown hit a looping shot to the outfield to bring home Memphis' third run.
The Mean Green extended its lead back to two runs with an RBI single off the bat of Tatum Sparks.
North Texas plated two more runs in the fourth inning from a sacrifice fly by Riley McNemar and an RBI single by Cierra Simon.
The Mean Green put together a four-run fifth inning, which ended the game due to mercy rule.
- A sacrifice fly from Madison Conley plated the first run of the inning.
- Emma Grahmann recorded a triple that scored two runs to extend the North Texas lead to seven runs.
- An RBI single by Riley McNemar gave the Mean Green an eight-run lead, enacting the mercy rule and ending the game.

NOTABLES

Neely Taylor finished with a 2-for-3 performance in her team-leading 30th start of the season.
- She moves into the team lead in batting average (.382) and hits (34).
- Taylor also moves into second on the team in runs scored with 19.
With a 1-for-2 performance including a sacrifice fly, Mia Brown recorded the first multi-RBI performance of her collegiate career.
Faith Brown finished the evening with one hit and one RBI.
- For the second time this season, both Faith and Mia Brown recorded RBIs in the same game, having previously done it against ULM on March 2.
Zoe Adebayo went 1-for-3 with a double. It was her eighth double, which now puts her tied for the team lead with Kennedy Semien.

UP NEXT
The Tigers continue their series against North Texas with a 2 p.m. start tomorrow.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Skylar Savage (9-5)

L: Dugar, Rylee (5-6)

Memphis

Batting:

2B: Adebayo, Zoe 1

RBI: Brown, Mia 2 ; Brown, Faith 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Taylor, Neely 2 ; Davis, Ariel 1

North Texas

Batting:

3B: Emma Grahmann 1

HR: Tatum Sparks 1

RBI: Tatum Sparks 2 ; Riley McNemar 2 ; Cierra Simon 1 ; Rylee Nicholson 1 ; Kailyn Bearpaw 1 ; Madison Conley 2 ; Emma Grahmann 2

SH: Emma Grahmann 1

SF: Riley McNemar 1 ; Madison Conley 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Tatum Sparks 2 ; Riley McNemar 1 ; Elizabeth Moffitt 1 ; Rylee Nicholson 2 ; Taylor Platt 1 ; Madison Conley 1 ; Ausha Moore 2 ; Emma Grahmann 1