Oct. 27, 2007

Box Score-Game 1
Box Score-Game 2

For Immediate Release
Contact: Brandon Kolditz
wkolditz@memphis.edu, (901) 678-2444

Game One
Memphis	000 12 -  3  3 1
Alabama	351 02 - 11 10 2
Win: Owens. Loss: McClinton. Save: None
2B: (MEM) Kelso. (ALA) Praytor, Morgan 2, Montalvo
3B: (ALA) Prayton
HR: (ALA) Morgan
Game Two 
Memphis	000 00 - 0 3 4
Alabama	300 5x - 8 9 0
Win: Dunne. Loss: Bossom. Save: None
2B: (MEM) Hines. (ALA) Praytor, Woods
3B: (ALA) Larson

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.- The University of Memphis softball team dropped its final two fall exhibition games to the University of Alabama on Saturday. The Tigers fell 11-3 in the first game before being shutout 8-0 by the Crimson Tide in game two.

Juniors Tori Gross and Leandra Hines led the U of M in hitting with two hits on the day. Junior Leila Dolfo knocked in two runs with a single in her only at bat of the doubleheader and senior Lindsay Kelso hit in a run with a double in game one.

Memphis finishes its fall workouts with a 4-2 exhibition record. The Tigers spent six weeks practicing together on a squad with six new freshman. The team closed out against an Alabama program that finished in the NCAA Super Regional in 2007 and ended the year ranked ninth in the country.

Alabama scored nine unanswered runs in the first three innings of game one before Memphis answered with a run in the fourth and two in the fifth. Redshirt freshman Heather Mott reached base on a two-out error in the fourth inning and was brought home by Kelso's double.

After a walk in the fifth inning to freshman Kailey Kassner and a single by Gross, a passed ball and a stolen base moved the two runners into scoring position. Dolfo then delivered with a two-run pinch hit single.

The Tide drove in two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to complete the run rule finish.

In game two, Alabama scored three runs in the third and five in the fourth for a five-inning shutout.