Memphis Falls to Charlotte Saturday; Dugar Makes 100th Career Appearance

Saturday, April 11

Charlotte, N.C.

Noon

University of Memphis

14-29, 3-14

Charlotte

24-19, 9-8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Memphis	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	5	9	2
Charlotte	0	1	4	1	0	2	X	8	10	2

Memphis Falls to Charlotte Saturday; Dugar Makes 100th Career Appearance

Apr 11, 2026 | Softball

Box Score

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The University of Memphis (14-29, 3-14 American) softball team fell by a score of 8-5 to Charlotte (24-19, 9-8 American) in the Saturday game of the series.

After falling behind 5-2, Memphis stormed back with a three-run fourth inning before Charlotte pulled away with three unanswered runs and by stranding three Memphis runners in the final three innings.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Memphis was on the board quickly to start the game, with Faith Brown sending the first pitch she saw over the wall in right field.
- Taniyah Brown induced three outs after allowing the first two runners to reach in the top half to get through the inning scoreless.
Two Tigers, Kayla Clement and Deana Cunningham, reached in the second on a hit and hit-by-pitch, respectively. The pair were stranded as two of the next three batters struck out.
Charlotte tied the game with a bunt attempt resulting in a throwing error by Taniyah Brown that allowed a run to score.
- Rylee Dugar entered in relief, where two Charlotte runners were thrown out at home to keep the game tied at one run apiece.
A successful safety squeeze by Zereniti Sousa scored Faith Brown to give Memphis the lead.
- Brown reached on a single to lead off the inning.
Charlotte answered back with a four-run third inning on a two-run home run, a single and an RBI double.
Memphis tied the game at five on one swing by Faith Brown, that brought herself, Deana Cunningham and Kennedy Semien to score after Charlotte's outfielders collided on the play.
The 49ers took the lead back on a solo home run by Jenna Lord.
The Tigers stranded two in the fifth inning as Kayla Clement and Deana Cunningham both singled and were stranded for a second time in the game.
Charlotte extended its lead to three runs after a wild pitch and an RBI single.
Zereniti Sousa led off the top of the seventh with a first-pitch single, but the next three batters went down in order to end the game.

NOTABLES

After today, the Tigers have 37 sacrifice hits, which would rank fourth in the NCAA.
Memphis' now 32 hit-by-pitches rank fourth in single-season program history.
Memphis now has 53 stolen bases on the year, tied for the ninth-most in a season and the second-most under head coach Trena Prater.
The Tigers now have 12 sacrifice flies on the year, the fifth-highest single-season mark in program history.
The second game of the doubleheader was Memphis' ninth 10-plus hit game as a team this season and was the fourth time this season that the Tigers put up at least 10 runs in a game.
Faith Brown was 2-for-4 with a home run, an RBI and three runs scored in the loss.
- She is now tied with Ariel Davis for the team lead with six home runs and is one RBI away from 30 on the season.
- Brown also becomes the second Tiger this season with 40 hits.
Kayla Clement logged her third multi-hit game of the season with a pair of singles.
- Clement is now hitting .290 in limited opportunities.
Zereniti Sousa was 1-for-2 with an RBI and a walk in the game.
Deana Cunningham was 1-for-2, reaching three times while also drawing a walk and a hit-by-pitch.
- Cunningham is the fourth Tiger this season to reach 20 runs scored.
Mya Clark reached twice with a hit and a walk.
Isabella Hune logged a hit in the loss.
Kennedy Semien recorded one run scored.
Ariel Davis went 1-for-4 for a second game in a row.
Rylee Dugar made her 100^th career pitching appearance, becoming the fifth Tigers in program history to reach that mark.
Avery Stutts tossed four innings of relief in her 27^th outing of the season, striking out one.

UP NEXT

Memphis will finish the series out tomorrow with a start time of 11 a.m. CT / noon ET.

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