Memphis Comeback Bid Falls Short Against Middle Tennessee

Wednesday, March 26

Memphis, Tenn.

5 PM

University of Memphis

14-19

Middle Tennessee

14-19

Middle Tenn.

Memphis

Memphis Comeback Bid Falls Short Against Middle Tennessee

Mar 26, 2025 | Softball

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis (14-19, 3-6 AAC) softball fell in its midweek matchup against Middle Tennessee (14-19, 3-6 CUSA) by a score of 8-7 Wednesday evening at Tiger Softball Complex.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Both sides went down in order in the first inning.
The Blue Raiders gained the first lead of the game in the top of the second inning after an RBI single to left center off the bat of Lilly Pendergrast.
In the bottom half of the inning, Faith Brown singled down the left field line to score Mia Brown from second.
- Mia Brown had reached on an error to lead off the frame.
A fielding error in the third inning allowed Julia Garcia to reach, scoring Addy Edgmon on the play.
Memphis plated four runs in the bottom of the third inning on four hits.
- After Aubrey Williams led off the inning with a single, Neely Taylor attempted to bunt the runner over and reached on a throwing error.
- Ariel Davis doubled down the left field line to bring both Williams and Taylor home to give the Tigers a one-run lead.
- After advancing on a groundout by Zoe Adebayo, Davis scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Mia Brown.
- Kennedy Semien reached on a single and later avoided a tag to earn a stolen base.
- Faith Brown recorded her second RBI of the contest with a single up the middle to score Semien.
After two runners reached base in the top of the fourth, Macie Harter hit a two-RBI triple to bring the Memphis lead down to one run.
Harter scored on a passed ball during the following at-bat to tie the game at five runs apiece.
Neither side recorded a run in the fifth or sixth innings.
In the top of the seventh, Lexi Medlock hit a two-run home run to give the Blue Raiders the lead for the first time since the top of the third inning.
A third run scored in the inning after a throwing error by Jericho Tate.
Ariel Davis made it a one-run game in the bottom of the seventh with a two-RBI double to score Neely Taylor and Drue Thomas.
With runners on first and second, the next two Memphis batters struck out and grounded out to end the game.

NOTABLES

Jericho Tate moves to 2-5 on the season, taking the loss after entering in relief of starter Lyrical Bennett.
After failing to reach in four plate appearances, Zoe Adebayo's on-base streak ends at 11 games, the second longest streak for a Tiger this season.
- Neely Taylor holds the longest streak after reaching base in the first 12 games of the 2025 season.
Neely Taylor recorded two runs scored in her 33rd start of the season.
- Despite finishing hitless, Taylor reached on an error twice and came around to score each time.
Faith Brown went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
- Brown has at least one RBI in five of her last six games played.
Mia Brown finished with one RBI on a sacrifice fly, her third of the season.
- She is currently tied with Faith Brown for the team lead in sacrifice flies.
Four qualified Memphis hitters (Neely Taylor, Kennedy Semien, Zoe Adebayo, Faith Brown) come out of the midweek contest with a batting average above .300.
- Qualified batters must have played in at least 75% of all games played and have recorded at least two plate appearances per game.

UP NEXT
Memphis will play host to UAB for Alumni Weekend with an updated schedule due to weather. The Tigers will play a doubleheader on Friday with a start time of 3 p.m. for game one, with the series finale set for a 3 p.m. start on Saturday.

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