MEMPHIS, Tenn. – In the 2018 home opener, the Memphis softball squad claimed a 3-1 victory against the Fort Wayne Mastodons in the first day of the Bluff City Classic.
Memphis turned nine hits into a trio of runs, and four no-hit innings from reliever Mariah Nichols helped seal the win.
The Tigers struck first with a solo home run off the bat of Lee. Fort Wayne evened the game with an RBI knock in the top of the third, before Memphis regained the lead in the fifth inning.
Ashley Threatt delivered an insurance run in the home half of the sixth with an RBI single, while Nichols sat the Mastodons down in order to close the game.