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Tulsa Looks to Extend Conference Winning Streak in Memphis
3/26/2026 11:25:00 AM | Softball
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After winning their first American Conference series last weekend, Tulsa looks to keep the momentum going as they take on Memphis this weekend on the road.
Date(s): March 27-29
First Pitch: 5 PM, 2 PM, 12 PM
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Venue: Tigers Softball Complex
TV: ESPN+
Series History vs Memphis: 46-12
Record in Memphis: 19-5
Last Meeting: March 9, 2025 in Tulsa (W, 8-0)
QUICK HITS
Date(s): March 27-29
First Pitch: 5 PM, 2 PM, 12 PM
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Venue: Tigers Softball Complex
TV: ESPN+
Series History vs Memphis: 46-12
Record in Memphis: 19-5
Last Meeting: March 9, 2025 in Tulsa (W, 8-0)
QUICK HITS
- Tulsa earned its first American Conference series win last weekend over South Florida. The bats came to life in a 15-0 win on Saturday before Maci Cole's two-out, sixth-inning home run broke a tie for a 3-2 win on Sunday.
- Head Coach Crissy Strimple earned her 141st win as the head coach at Tulsa on Saturday, passing James Pinkerton for the second most wins in program history.
- Starting pitcher Maura Moore was brilliant, throwing 12.0 innings in the circle and striking out eight. She allowed just one earned run and earned American Conference Pitcher of the Week honors for the second time this season. She is the only pitcher in the league so far to earn multiple POTW honors.
- Claira Skaggs is heating up in conference play. She is hitting .469 with four home runs and a league-high 13 RBI through nine conference contests. She is second in OPS at 1.466.
- Tulsa has played five extra inning games in 2026, the team's most since playing five games in 2019. They are 2-3 this season in those games.
- The Tulsa bats have come to life in conference play. The team is hitting .282 overall and scored 46 runs the fourth most in the American. The team's 12 home runs only trail Wichita State's 14, with 11 of them coming at the Collins Family Softball Complex.
- Tulsa did damage last weekend with two out, going 14-for-31 (.452) at the plate and scoring 16 runs.
- Tulsa is 46-12 all-time against the Tigers.
- Tulsa has won eight of the last 10 in the series.
- Last time in Memphis, the Golden Hurricane swept the Tigers, taking all three games by a score of 24-2.
- Tulsa is third in the American and 54th in the country with 51 doubles as a team.
- Last season, Tulsa only had 51 in 54 games.
- Sophomore Amber Turner leads the way with 10, last season she only had four in 145 at bats.
- Seven players have five or more doubles this season for the Golden Hurricane.
- The Golden Hurricane are patient at the plate, working 104 walks, while being hit by a pitch 32 times.
- Their 32 hit by pitches rank 13th in the country and lead the American.
- The team's 104 walks are fourth in the league and 95th in the NCAA.
- As a team, Tulsa is 80-for-209 (.383) to lead off an inning with 11 doubles, a triple, and five home runs.
- Maci Cole is 15-for-36 (.417) when leading off an inning and has been the leadoff hitter in 19 games this season.
- The senior is batting .292 (19-for-65) as the leadoff hitter in the order in 2026.
- Claira Skaggs is 11-for-16 (.688) and Amber Turner is 9-for-20 (.450) leading off an inning for the Golden Hurricane.
- Tulsa is outscoring opponents 31-11 in the second inning.
- Opposing pinch hitters are just 2-for-18 (.105) against Tulsa this season.
- Tulsa is 2-3 in extra inning games this season.
- The Golden Hurricane have three walk-off wins this season.
- Tulsa's win over Pitt was the team's first meeting and win over an ACC program since an 11-3 win over Syracuse in 2019.
- Tulsa heads to Wichita State for a three-game weekend series.
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