University of Memphis Athletics
Wednesday, March 18
Memphis, Tenn.
6 p.m.
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Memphis Sets Attendance Record in Midweek Loss to No. 6/4 Oklahoma
Mar 18, 2026 | Softball
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis (7-20, 0-6 American) softball team fell by a 15-0 run-rule to No. 6/4 Oklahoma (29-2, 3-0 SEC) in a game where the Tigers set a new single-game attendance record of 551.
The Tigers fell in the game but created an atmosphere that more than doubled the highest attendance from a previous game this season of 238.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Memphis continues action at home with an American Conference series against East Carolina (20-10, 4-2 American) with start times scheduled for 5 p.m., 2 p.m. and noon on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE TIGERS
For complete information on Memphis Tigers Softball, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team's social media channels on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
The Tigers fell in the game but created an atmosphere that more than doubled the highest attendance from a previous game this season of 238.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Free passes led to early trouble for the Tigers issued two walks, committed an error and threw two wild pitches, allowing Oklahoma to score twice in the opening frame.
- A home run and another wild pitch led to two more runs for the Sooners in the second.
- Kennedy Semien picked up Memphis' first hit of the contest, but she and Neely Taylor were stranded on base in the inning.
- Taylor reached on a one-out walk.
- An error and passed ball allowed Oklahoma to extend its lead to four before back-to-back home runs by the Sooners' Kendall Wells and Allyssa Parker opened the game up to a nine-run deficit for Memphis.
- Consecutive singles by the top of Oklahoma's lineup brought two runs in in the fourth inning.
- Jasmine Mack roped a one-out triple past the diving reach of Oklahoma's Kasidi Pickering, but was stranded as the next two batters grounded out and flew out.
- The triple was Memphis' ninth of the 2026 campaign.
- Oklahoma's second three-run home run of the game and an RBI double gave them a lead of 15 runs that held as Memphis went down in four batters to end the game.
- The last time Memphis faced a top 10 team was during the 2022 season when the Tigers had contests against then No. 8/9 Arkansas and No. 10 Oklahoma State.
- Memphis' recorded attendance of 551 surpassed the highest total of the season and the program record, previously set at an unofficial number of 537 in a non-ticketed game against Mississippi State in 2019.
- Jasmine Mack went 1-for-2 with a triple in the loss.
- It marked Memphis' ninth of the season and now eight different Tigers have a triple on the year.
- As it stands, Memphis would be tied for 25th in the country and second in the American with nine triples.
- Kennedy Semien was also 1-for-2 at the plate, recording Memphis' first hit of the game.
- She now moves into sole possession of second place on the team with 19 hits.
- Taylor Caton picked up two strikeouts in 1.2 innings of relief.
- Caton again entered as a relief pitcher after starting the game in the lineup at second base.
- She also moves into second on the team in strikeouts with 15 in just 19.1 innings pitched.
- Fellow freshman Avery Stutts logged one strikeout in two innings of work.
- She now has a team-leading 20 strikeouts.
- She now has a team-leading 20 strikeouts.
Memphis continues action at home with an American Conference series against East Carolina (20-10, 4-2 American) with start times scheduled for 5 p.m., 2 p.m. and noon on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE TIGERS
For complete information on Memphis Tigers Softball, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team's social media channels on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Berzon, Sydney (4-1)
L: Tate, Jericho (2-7)
Batting:
2B: Parker, Ella 1
HR: Parker, Allyssa 1 ; Wells, Kendall 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 1 ; Dayton, Abby 1
RBI: Parker, Allyssa 1 ; Wells, Kendall 4 ; Parker, Ella 1 ; Pickering, Kasidi 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 1 ; Dayton, Abby 3 ; Barker, Sydney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Parker, Allyssa 1 ; Wells, Kendall 1 ; Helton, Chaney 2 ; Pickering, Kasidi 2 ; McDaniel, Lexi 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 3 ; Dayton, Abby 2 ; Garcia, Gabbie 1 ; Agbayani, Ailana 1 ; Barker, Sydney 1
SB: Dayton, Abby 1
Batting:
3B: Mack, Jasmine 1
Base Running:
HBP: Waldrep, Kylie 1
Game Leaders
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Players Mentioned
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