Oklahoma State University Athletics
No. 8 Cowgirls Split Doubleheader with Tulsa.
June 21, 1999 | Cowgirl Softball
STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma State's eighth-ranked Cowgirl softball team jumped out to a 3-0 lead before defeating Tulsa in game one, but had just one hit off TU's Krystel Markwardt in a 2-0 loss here Wednesday evening at Cowgirl Field.
Oklahoma State scored a run in the bottom of the third and added one more in each of the fifth and sixth before the Golden Hurricane scored one in the seventh for the 3-1 win. Amy Lopez pitched seven complete innings, scattering seven hits while striking out three. Casey Acree went 2-for-4 with a run batted in and Sheryl Anderson went 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored.
In the second game, Markwardt, a freshman from Tulsa, Okla., handcuffed the Cowgirls, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out five. She retired the final 13 batters she faced, using a barrage of fastballs and changeups. OSU's lone hit was a double by Shannon Sullivan in the second inning.
It was the first win ever for Tulsa over Oklahoma State, with OSU owning an 11-1 record vs. the Golden Hurricane. It was also TU's seventh win of the season over a ranked opponent.
Oklahoma State (29-10, 3-2 Big 12) will return to conference action this weekend as the Cowgirls travel to Kansas and Missouri for doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday starting at 12 p.m.
Oklahoma State 3, Tulsa 1
TU 000 000 1 - 1 7 1 OSU 001 011 x - 3 10 1 Lopez and Silva. Green, Markwardt (6) and Garroutte. WP: Lopez (10-4). LP: Green (7-8). 2B: OSU-Anderson (1); TU-Fuller.
Tulsa 2, Oklahoma State 0
TU 000 200 0 - 2 4 0 OSU 000 000 0 - 0 1 0 Tyler and Turley. Markwardt and Wilkerson. WP: Markwardt (9-14). LP: Tyler (8- 3). 2B: OSU-Sullivan (4); TU-Garroutte.
