Tigers Fall In Extras To FIU Sunday

Sunday, February 12

Miami, Fla.

8:30 AM

University of Memphis

3-2

FIU

4-1

Memphis

FIU

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Feb 12, 2017 | Softball

Box Score

Memphis finishes Felsberg Invitational with a 3-2 record after falling to FIU Sunday

MIAMI, Fla. – The University of Memphis softball team fell in extra innings in the final game of the Felsberg Invitational Sunday morning to FIU. In the third game against FIU this weekend, Memphis lost by a score of 3-2 and the Tigers drop to 3-2 on the year.

The game started off slow for both teams offensively until Memphis scored first in the top of the fourth inning. After scoring their first run on a single by Addison Maxwell, the Tigers took advantage of defensive miscues to score their second run of the inning.

Memphis held FIU at bay until the bottom of the fifth inning when the Panthers evened up the contest at 2-2. The Tigers then had an opportunity to go up on the host team in the top of the seventh inning on an apparent sacrifice fly, the Tigers had a runner called out for leaving early.

FIU proceeded to string together three-straight singles in the bottom of the ninth inning to score the game-winning run and take the final game away from the Tigers.

Who Stood Out
Lindsay Crowdus / CF / Senior / Houma, La.
Crowdus finished the day going 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and a run scored. Crowdus ultimately went 11-for-14 from the plate this weekend with a pair of triples. Through today's game, she had nine-straight official at bats with a hit.

Brooke Lee / 2B / Junior / Meraux, La.
Lee finished the final game of the weekend going 2-for-4 at the plate. She ended with five hits and a pair of doubles this weekend. Lee started in every game at second base for the Tigers.

Bayleigh Wisher / P / Sophomore / Collierville, Tenn.
Earned the start and put in 4.1 innings of work in for the Tigers. Struck out four and allowed just four hits and two runs in her first appearance in the circle this season.

Scoring
Game 1 | Memphis 9, Georgetown 7

Top 4 – Lindsay Crowdus led off the inning with a double to right field and came around to score on an RBI single by Addison Maxwell with one out. Bayleigh Wisher then reached base on a fielder's choice and came around to score due to a throwing error by the FIU third baseman. (2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base)
Bottom 5 – A walk and two singles presented a bases loaded situation for FIU with just one out. A single to centerfield then brought in two runs to tie up the game at 2-2. (2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base)
Bottom 9 – Three straight singles to lead off the inning resulted in the game winning run coming around to score. (1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base)

Quotable – Head Coach Natalie Poole
Overall thoughts on the game.
"I thought for the fifth game of the weekend, we came out ready to play. Bayleigh Wisher did a great job of coming out ready to pitch. She kept us in the ball game for almost five innings. We did a good job of scoring first and pulling out two runs in the game. It was definitely a better defensive day for us. Yesterday I felt we struggled a bit defensively and today we cleaned that up. We made some really clutch plays when we needed to, we just didn't walk away with the win."

Next Up For The Tigers
The Tigers will remain on the road next weekend for the DeMarini Desert Classic in Las Vegas, Nev. First pitch against Boise State on Feb. 17 is set for 2:15 p.m. CT. Memphis will compete against Boise State, Utah State, Hawaii, UNLV, and Nevada over the course of the weekend. For more information on the University of Memphis softball team, follow the Tigers on Facebook and Twitter at @MemphisSoftball.