WITH ITS FIRST PITCH, THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS SOFTBALL SQUAD DEMONSTRATED IT WOULD NOT BE TAKEN DOWN EASILY IN ITS INAUGURAL SEASON. THE NEW KIDS IN TOWN BURST ONTO THE SCENE WITH A 19-0, ONE-HIT BLANKING OF GRAMBLING STATE IN THE PROGRAM‚S DEBUT AT THE LOUISIANA CLASSIC TOURNAMENT IN LAFAYETTE, LA. THE TIGERS SHOWED THAT A PROMISING FUTURE WAS IN STORE FOR THE PROGRAM, FINISHING THE 2006 SEASON ABOVE .500 WITH A 28-26 OVERALL RECORD AND A SEVENTH-PLACE FINISH IN CONFERENCE USA.
2012 Tigers Softball Yearbook Page 24 University of Memphis
