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Hurricane Softball Hosts Memphis for AAC Series
4/16/2021 9:44:00 AM | Softball
SERIES #7 - Memphis Tigers
GAME NOTES
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (13-10, 4-3) vs. Memphis Tigers (7-25, 0-8)
Date: Saturday-Sunday | April 17-18
Time: 12:00 PM & 2:00 PM - Saturday - April 1017
11:00 AM & 1:00 PM - Sunday - April 18
Site: Collins Family Softball Complex - Tulsa, Okla.
TV: ESPN+ - Bruce Howard/Brandon Hart (pxp) & Brooke Smart (analyst)
A LOOK AHEAD - MEMPHIS
• For the second time this season, the Hurricane host an American Athletic Conference series in the Collins Family Softball Complex ... TU welcomes the Memphis Tigers April 17-18 for a 4-game series.
• Tulsa will take on the Tigers Saturday at 12:00 p.m and 2:00 p.m ... the series finale will take place on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
• The Tigers enter the series with a 7-25 record overall on the season and 0-8 in conference play ... Memphis opened conference play by getting swept by the USF Bulls, 0-4, on the road, before going 0-4 at home against Wichita State in the second weekend.
• The U of M is led in the circle by Hallie Siems who has drawn 8 starts with a 2-5 record ... from the plate Gracie Morton leads the Tigers with a .326 batting average, 31 hits and 14 RBIs.
SERIES STATS AGAINST THE TIGERS
• This is the 43rd meeting between the Hurricane and Tigers ... Tulsa holds a 33-9 advantage all time against Memphis.
• Tulsa has protected their home diamond holding an 18-3 record in the Collins Family Softball Complex ... TU has won 8-of-9 at home since joining the American Athletic Conference in 2015.
• The last time the Tigers stepped into the Collins Family Softball Complex (March 29-31, 2019), TU swept the series 3-0 ... in the series finale Rylie Spell went 3-3, driving in 4 runs as the Hurricane won 12-5.
POCHOP EARNS ANOTHER WEEKLY HONOR
• After winning Pitcher of the Week earlier in the season, junior pitcher Samantha Pochop was named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll after going 1-0 against the USF Bulls on April 10.
• Against USF Pochop threw 6 innings, allowing 2 hits while striking out three on her way to picking up her 6th win of the season.
THE BALL MAGNET
• Getting hits and drawing walks are not the only way a player can help their team by getting on base ... Haley Morgan has given up her body multiple times this season, using hit by pitches to get on base.
• Morgan is first on the team with 11 of TU's 18 HBPs ... the center-fielder is 6th in the country in HBP per game with 0.48.
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