March 20, 2013

 Box Score | Box Score  

 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Alcorn State (2-18)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	2
Memphis (13-17)	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0

 

 

Hitting Leaders
	Hits	Runs	RBI
Morgan Mosby	1	1	0
Kelly Braman	1	0	1
Sara Pearson	1	0	0
Wheeler Hill	1	0	0
Hannah Harrell	0	1	0
Lindsie Knowles	0	1	0

 

 

Pitching Leaders
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF	NP
Ellen Roberts	7.0	5	2	2	1	13	26	28	111

MEMPHIS – The University of Memphis softball team needed some late inning heroics in a 3-2 victory over Alcorn State in game one of a doubleheader on Wednesday at the Tigers Softball Complex.

Trailing 2-1 heading into the bottom of the seventh, the Tigers scored two unearned runs to earn the comeback victory.

Junior RHP Ellen Roberts (7-11) tied a career high with 13 strikeouts to pick up her second-straight victory. Roberts allowed two runs on five hits with a walk. The 13 strikeouts rank tied for sixth in school history and equals Roberts’ best mark set in a 13-inning victory against Southern Miss last year.

Sophomore Sara Pearson led off the bottom of the seventh with a single to put the tying run on base. An error on a sacrifice bunt by freshman Georganna Goodman put runners on the corners with no outs. Junior Amber Lindahl then hit a ground ball to third and the ball was thrown away, allowing pinch runners Hannah Harrell and Lindsie Knowles to score the tying and winning runs.

Memphis took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Following a two-out walk to Morgan Mosby, Kelly Braman hit her first career triple down the right field line to drive in the run.

Alcorn State tied the game up with a run in the top third. Rayven Riggs hit a two-out single and advanced to second on a stolen base. Hannah Vesper followed with a double to left center to score Riggs.

The Braves took a 2-1 lead in the top fifth scoring their second two-out run. Chqueta Givens tripled to center field and scored on a bloop double to right.

Alcorn State outhit Memphis 5-4 in the game. Deanna Ranciliio suffered the loss, allowing one earned run on four hits and striking out three.

Game Notes

• Kelly Braman recorded her first career triple in the first inning to score the first run in the game. It was her seventh RBI of the season and 49th of her career. 
• Morgan Mosby scored her 11th run of the season and 43rd of her career in the first inning. 
• Hannah Harrell scored her fifth run of the season as a pinch runner in the seventh inning. 
• Lindsie Knowles scored her third run of the season as a pinch runner in the seventh inning. 
• Ellen Roberts tied a career high with 13 strikeouts in the game. Her other 13 strikeout game came in a 13-inning victory against Southern Miss last year. 
• The 13 strikeouts tie for sixth in school history. 
• The win is only the second this season for the Tigers when trailing after six innings. Memphis is now 2-13 when trailing heading into the seventh.