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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Begins Homestand with Memphis Tuesday
4/18/2016 | Softball
Game 46
Ole Miss (30-15, 6-9 SEC) vs. Memphis (22-23, 4-5 The American)
Date: April 19, 2016
First Pitch: 6 p.m.
Location: Oxford, Miss.
Venue: Ole Miss Softball Complex
Capacity: 1,000
Dimensions: L-200, C-220, R-200
TV: SEC Network+
Will Kollmeyer, play-by-play
Brittany McKinney, analyst
Series: Ole Miss leads, 3-1
Last Meeting: March 22, 2016
Ole Miss won, 7-3
Oxford, Miss.
Live stats: Twitter Updates: @OleMissSoftball
PROMOTIONS
- $1 Hot Dogs and Popcorn
LEADING OFF
- Ole Miss hosts Memphis Tuesday in its 31st non-conference game of 2016.
- The Rebels have fared 24-6 in non-conference games thus far, including a 6-2 mark in midweek tilts.
- In the previous matchup with Memphis on March 22, the Rebels claimed a 7-3 win thanks to 2-RBI efforts from Courtney Syrett and Alex Schneider.
- In that game, Elisha Jahnke got the start, going all but one inning with just two earned runs allowed off five hits.
- Ole Miss is hitting .327 in non-conference games this season, led by Hailey Lunderman's .480 clip and Dakota Matiko's .417 mark.
- In midweek matchups at home, Lunderman is hitting .533, while Ashton Lampton has totaled a .462 average.
- With the win Saturday at South Carolina, Ole Miss tied the school record for wins in a season at 30. One more victory would be a single-season record.
- The Rebels are also in search of their school record 16th home win, currently at 15-6 on the year at the Ole Miss Softball Complex, a mark that ties the 15 home wins set back in 2010.
- Three Rebels are nearing single season records, as Lunderman's 58 hits are eight off tying the record (66) set by Lauren Grill in 2010. Miranda Strother has 36 runs this season, six from tying the single-season record set by RT Cantillo in 2013, while her 27 stolen bases are six away from tying Brittany Broome's 2013 record.
- In last Saturday's series-clinching win at South Carolina, Kayla Landwehrmier tossed potentially the game of her career, using just 67 pitches in a 2-0 shutout over the Gamecocks. She allowed just three baserunners leading the Rebels to the deciding victory in the road SEC series.
- After returning to the starting lineup in last week's midweek vs. UT Martin, junior transfer Dakota Matiko got back in the groove in the series in Columbia, going 4-for-6 with a double and three RBI.
- Senior pitcher Madi Osias, 15-5 on the year in the circle, is just two wins from tying the single-season school record set by Amanda Fine in 1997. She's also inched her way to ninth in career strikeouts (257).
- With the road series win, Ole Miss jumped back inside the RPI top-30 at No. 29 for the second time this season.
- With 111 stolen bases on the year, the Rebels rank fifth in the NCAA in that category and second in the SEC.
SCOUTING REPORT
Since the last meeting between the two schools on March 22, the Tigers have posted a 6-7 record. Overall, Memphis is 22-23 on the year with a 4-5 mark in American Conference play. The Tigers have posted a 5-4 record in road games thus far, including a 2-2 mark in their last four games away from Memphis.
Ole Miss leads the all-time series, 3-1, following the win against the Tigers earlier in the year. The only meeting against Memphis in Oxford came last spring when Ole Miss won in an 8-0 decision in five innings. The Rebels have outscored the Tigers, 23-16, in the previous four meetings.
As a team the Tigers are hitting at a .281 clip with a slugging percentage of .361. Four players lead the group hitting over .300, led by Brittany Seale's .336 clip and team-best 29 RBI. Brooke Lee is hitting .309 on the year with a club-best six home runs and 26 RBI, while Lindsey Stickrod has chipped in with five long balls and 27 runs driven in. Four Tigers have double-digit stolen base totals to carry the team tally of 81, led by Hannah Harrell's 22 steals in 25 attempts, while Kyler Trosclair is 21-of-27 on the base paths. Jessie Lamb has swiped 15 bags, while Lindsay Crowdus is 12-of-14.
Six Memphis pitchers have seen action in 2016, led by Molly Smith's team-high 27 appearances and 18 starts. She's amassed a 2.64 ERA and 9-10 record in the circle, maintaining a 2:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio with 104 strikeouts and 42 walks. Four other pitchers have started at least six games each, led by Bayleigh Wisher's 4.68 ERA. In the last contest with the Tigers, Christian Novak got the start, while Calli Irvin finished it out in relief.
ON DECK
Ole Miss hosts Arkansas this weekend in Oxford for a three-game SEC slate. First pitch Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m., while Saturday's game will begin at 7 p.m. live on SEC Network. The series will conclude Sunday at 1 p.m.
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