Feb. 13, 2010

Recap |  Box Score

• Keanah Prestridge made her Memphis debut as the starting catcher in the game.

• Jessica Phillips hit a line-drive home run over the left field fence to put Memphis in front 1-0 in the second inning. It was the first hit of the game and the fourth home run of Phillips' career.

• Maddie McKinley connected on a pitch in the bottom of the third inning and turned it into a double, the 11th of her career.

• Leigh Rowan hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the third inning to put Memphis in the lead 4-0. It is her 10th career home run.

• Memphis held Wichita State hitless through three innings before Kersti Rowan got on base with a single in the top of the fourth inning. Memphis then turned a double play off a groundball from Kara L'Huillier to retire both players.

• Alyssa Palmieri reached base for the first time this season on a single in the top of the fourth inning. It is the second hit of her career.

• Lelani Bernardino connected on a one-out triple in the bottom of the fifth inning. It is Bernardino's third career triple, moving her into third place for most career triples in Memphis history.

• Heather Mott recorded her first stolen base of 2010 in the bottom of the fifth. It is her 10th career steal. Mott is now 10-of-11 on stolen base attempts in her career.

• Leigh Rowan connected on a two-out double to allow Bernardino and Mott to score and put Memphis ahead 6-2. Rowan had five RBI in the game to set a new career high. The RBI total ranks tied for fourth in school history.

• Alex Marshall made her career debut as a pinch runner for Leigh Rowan in the top of the sixth inning.

• Jessica Phillips connected on a two-run home run to put Memphis ahead 8-2 in the top of the sixth inning. It was Philip's second home run of the day, marking her first career multi-home run game. The four RBI's are a career high. She now has five career home runs. Her two home runs in a game tie her for the schools' top mark.

• Alex Marshall scored her first career run on the home run by Phillips.

• Kailey Kassner hits a walk-off three run home run to give Memphis an 11-2 season opening victory. It is Kassner's 10th career home run. She also ties a career high in RBI with three.

• Memphis knocked four home runs out of the park against Wichita State, which ties a program record. The Tigers did it twice against Alabama A&M in 2008.

• Vanessa Walle picked up her first win of the 2010 season.

• The game marked the third time in five years that Memphis won its opening season contest and marked the first opening game victory since 2007.