Tigers Drop Series Finale Versus North Texas

Sunday, March 23

Denton, Texas

Noon

University of Memphis

14-18, 3-6

North Texas

22-10, 5-4

Memphis

North Texas

Photo by: Steven Spehar

Mar 23, 2025 | Softball

Box Score

DENTON, Texas – Memphis (14-18, 3-6 AAC) softball dropped its third game in the series against North Texas (22-10, 5-4 AAC), 6-1, Sunday afternoon at Lovelace Stadium.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Tigers tallied the first run in the top of the first inning when Neely Taylor scored on a wild pitch.
- Memphis drew four walks in its first seven at-bats.
North Texas took the lead in the bottom half of the inning, bringing two across on bases-loaded walks.
- Lyrical Bennett entered in relief with two outs in the first inning.
- Both Memphis and North Texas left the bases loaded in the first inning.
A leadoff double by Drue Thomas came to pass as she was caught stealing on an attempted hit-and-run.
In the top of the third inning, Memphis left two runners in scoring position after a lineout by Faith Brown ended the inning.
A sacrifice fly from Kailyn Bearpaw extended North Texas' lead to four runs in the bottom of the third.
- On the next at-bat, Ausha Moore sent a ball to right field, where Arianna Cox-Cole made the catch and threw out the runner trying to score for an inning-ending double play.
Another sacrifice fly in the fourth inning off the bat of Cierra Simon gave North Texas its sixth run of the game.
- It was Simon's third RBI of the game.
Both North Texas and Memphis went hitless and scoreless during the fifth and sixth innings.
Neely Taylor reached on an infield single in the top of the seventh inning, but the Tigers grounded out to end the game.

NOTABLES

Jericho Tate takes the loss and moves to a 2-4 record this season.
Memphis was swept for the first time this season.
Neely Taylor recorded one hit in her 32nd start of the season.
- She currently holds the team lead in hits (37) and batting average (.385).
Mia Brown finished the day going 1-for-2 with a walk.
Drue Thomas made her third start of the season in left field and recorded her second double of the year.
Zoe Adebayo extends her bases-reached streak to ten games after drawing a walk today.

UP NEXT
The Tigers return to Memphis for midweek contest against Middle Tennessee at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. It will be Memphis' Salute to Service game and will be broadcast on ESPN+.

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