Oklahoma State University Athletics
Softball Splits on First Day of NIT
June 21, 1999 | Cowgirl Softball
September 26, 1998
MACOMB, Ill. - Oklahoma State's Cowgirl softball team extended its winning streak to six games before losing its second of pool play here on the first day of the National Invitational Championship. The Cowgirls defeated St. Louis 9-0 before a disappointing 11-8 loss at the hands of Illinois State.
In the first game, Cowgirl hurler Jessica Jenkins struck out 11 St. Louis batters in a three-hit shutout. OSU belted 11 hits, including four doubles, for the win.
Oklahoma State scored all the runs it needed in the top of the second. With one out, Casey O'Neill singled, and advanced to second when Shelly Graham reached on an error. Jennifer Olival then hit an RBI single, scoring O'Neill. Kristine Garcia, the Cowgirls leading hitter, then scored both runners with a double, and scored on a double one out later by Jaime Foutch. Paula Garman went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in.
In game two, O'Neill gave up four runs in the bottom of the first and the Redbirds added five more in the bottom of the sixth in a wild, 19-run game. Illinois State scored its 11 runs on just six hits while the Cowgirls committed a record seven errors in the game. Three Cowgirls had two hits, including a solo home run by Liz Silva, her second in three games.
OSU returns to pool-play action Saturday as the Cowgirls play Southeast Missouri State at 1 p.m. and Northern Iowa at 5 p.m. Bracket play will begin Saturday night at 7 p.m.
Box Scores OSU 040 032 - 9 11 1 St. Louis 000 000 - 0 3 2Jenkins and Graham
Messner and Hattendorf
WP: Jenkins
LP: Messner
2B: OSU- Garcia, Foutch, Cozart, Garman
OSU 011 013 2 - 8 9 7 ISU 401 015 x - 11 6 2O'Neill, Anderson (1)
Silva, Singer (3)
Milligan, Bagnall (6) and Kent
2B: OSU-Cozart, Foutch; ISU-Fournia
3B: ISU-O'Hanian
HR: OSU-Silva (2)
