2012 MEMPHIS SOFTBALL 2012 SCORE BY INNING Memphis Opponents
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4 14 37
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Blues City Classic All-Tournament Team Sophomore pitcher Ellen Roberts and freshman left fielder Breslin Perry earned Blues City Classic All-Tournament Team honors after Memphis went 2-3 in the tournament. Roberts posted a 1.78 ERA in 19.2 IP in the tournament and struck out 24 batters. Perry earned the honors after hitting .400 in the tourney and knocking in the game-winning run in the 10th inning against Western Illinois. The Poole Era Begins In new Memphis head coach Natalie Poole’s first tournament with the Tigers, she guided the team to a 2-2 finish at the Mardi Gras Invitational. Poole’s first Memphis victory was a 10-5
2012 OPP. RECORDS AND RPI
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(March 26, 2012 RPI) OPPONENT 2012 RECORD RPI Alabama 30-1 2 Alcorn State 6-21 276 Boston University 19-8 30 BYU 19-8 33 East Carolina 13-17 92 East Tennessee State 8-16 210 Hawaii 26-3 11 Houston 18-13 84 Idaho State 3-20 221 Indiana 16-15 118 Jacksonville State 14-6 109 Long Beach State 12-18 153 Louisiana-Monroe 15-13 129 Louisville 27-0 6 Marshall 17-14 107 Miami-Ohio 17-9 66 Mississippi State 18-15 39 Mississippi Valley State 17-15 186 Missouri State 13-10 133 Murray State 11-7 87 Northern Illinois 12-13 140 Samford 8-23 213 South Alabama 19-9 52 Southeast Missouri State 12-17 225 Southern Miss 10-17 205 Tennessee 23-7 4 Tulsa 22-6 36 UAB 19-11 44 UCF 22-10 42 UNLV 17-14 83 UT Martin 20-12 124 UTEP 12-21 226 Western Illinois 16-14 165 MEMPHIS 7-26 203 MEMPHIS VS TOP 50 RPI (2012 OPP.) 0-10 MEMPHIS VS. TOP 100 RPI (2012 OPP.) 3-16
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ESPN.COM/USA SOFTBALL 7 11 14
8 0 0
9+ 3 2
Total 79 170
2012 Top 25 Poll Week 7 (March 19-25, 2012) 1. California (18) 29-1 498 2 2. Alabama (2) 30-1 475 1 3. Washington 32-1 464 3 4. Florida 29-1 436 4 5. Arizona State 31-3 409 6 6. Texas 26-2 406 5 7. Oklahoma 26-4 369 7 8. Louisiana-Lafayette 30-1 356 8 9. Tennessee 23-7 344 11 10. Georgia 27-5 318 12 11. Louisville 27-0 300 14 12. Missouri 23-5 267 10 13. Stanford 25-6 262 9 14. UCLA 21-6 212 16 15. Texas A&M 22-9 187 19 16. Oregon 19-6 183 15 17. Arizona 19-8 167 13 18. Hawaii 26-3 163 17 19. Michigan 21-9 156 20 20. Baylor 22-8 134 18 21. South Florida 29-5 123 22 22. Florida State 29-5 93 23 23. LSU 23-7 43 RV 24. Auburn 24-9 32 21 25. Syracuse 19-8 31 24
offensive showcase over Jacksonville State on February 11. She also earned a 3-1 victory over South Alabama. Poole came to Memphis after head coaching stints at McNeese State and Georgia Southern. In 11 years, she has a career record of 316-311. Aggressive on the Base Path Memphis head coach Natalie Poole’s aggressive style of play on the base paths has immediately been evident. In the first four games of the season, the Tigers have scored twice on suicide squeeze attempts. Memphis scored on sac bunts against both Jacksonville State and South Alabama. The run off the squeeze against USA proved to be the game winner in a 3-1 victory. Memphis has also stolen six bases and has a total of seven sac hits. Returning Position Starters Name Class-Pos GP-GS Key Stats Phillips Sr-1B 47-47 15 HR, 44 RBI King So.-OF 44-40 11 R, 15 RBI Palmieri Sr.-2B 46-46 6 2B, 13 R Chester r-Jr.-OF 38-38 17 R, 12 RBI
Dropped Out: North Carolina (25) Others receiving votes: North Carolina (28); Oregon State (20); Tulsa (8); New Mexico (7); DePaul (4); Nebraska (3); Kansas (1); Troy (1)
USA TODAY/NFCA 2012 Top 25 Poll Week 6 (March 12-18, 2012) 1 California (20) 740 29-1 2 2 Alabama (10) 724 30-1 1 3 Washington 691 32-1 3 4 Florida 656 29-2 4 5 Arizona St. 634 31-3 5 6 Texas 598 26-2 6 7 Oklahoma 563 26-4 7 8 La.-Lafayette 526 30-1 8 9 Georgia 487 27-5 11 10 Tennessee 470 23-7 12 11 Louisville 454 27-0 13 12 Missouri 409 23-5 10 13 Stanford 401 25-6 9 14 UCLA 356 21-6 16 15 Texas A&M 282 22-9 19 16 Hawai‘i 271 26-3 18 17 Oregon 263 19-4 17 17 Baylor 248 22-8 15 19 Arizona 241 19-8 14 20 Michigan 223 21-9 20 21 USF 159 29-5 22 22 Florida St. 139 29-5 23 23 North Carolina 57 22-8 24 24 Auburn 49 24-9 21 25 New Mexico 40 22-6 RV
Returning Pitchers Name Class APP-GS Key Stats Hummel Jr. 31-25 1.46 ERA, 196 K Carley r-Sr. 21-14 1.62 ERA, 51 K Roberts So. 5-4 3.36 ERA, 12 K Challenging Schedule Memphis will face 12 opponents that played in the 2011 NCAA Championship totaling 21 of 56 games. Additionally, 17 of the 2012 opponents finished the 2011 season ranked in the top 100 RPI with 10 of those teams finishing in the top 50. Phillips and Hummel Named to Preseason All-C-USA Team Senior first baseman Jessica Phillips and junior pitcher Carly Hummel were both named to the 2012 Preseason All-Conference USA Team as selected by the league’s nine coaches. Hummel joins Tulsa sophomore Aimee Creger as the two pitchers represented on the list. As a sophomore, Hummel went 21-8 with a 1.46 ERA and 196 strikeouts. Phillips set school records last year in home runs (15) and RBI (44) and finished second on the team with a .336 batting average.
Dropped Out: No. 25 DePaul Others Receiving Votes: LSU 30, Tulsa 14, Oregon St. 6, DePaul 5, Georgia Tech 3, Kentucky 3, Syracuse 3, BYU 2, Troy 2, Kansas 1 2012 Opponents in Bold
MEMPHIS SOFTBA LL WEEK SCHEDULE - MA RCH 12-18 Monday
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Tuesday 20
Wednesday 21
Thursday 22
Practice Pitchers 1:30 Team 2:30
Murray State (DH) 4/6 pm
Practice Pitchers 1:30 Team 2:30
Off Day
UniversityofMemphis
Friday Practice Pitchers 1:30 Team 2:30
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Saturday
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Southern Miss (DH) 1/3 pm
Sunday 25 Southern Miss 1 pm
2012 Softball Game Notes