Oklahoma State University Athletics
Softball Stays Alive with Shutout
June 21, 1999 | Cowgirl Softball
May 23, 1998
Oklahoma St. 6, Massachusetts 0
Nebraska 2, Texas 1
Oklahoma St. 3, Michigan 1
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma State scored three unearned runs Saturday night to beat Michigan 3-1 and stay alive at the Women's College World Series.
The victory sends Oklahoma State (42-18) into a Sunday rematch with defending champion Arizona, which beat the Cowgirls 1-0 in the first round.
Oklahoma State used two errors to score twice in the first inning, then added an insurance run in the fourth after Michigan had scored in the top half of the inning.
Kristi Bolle had two of Oklahoma State's four hits and scored twice. Traci Conrad had four hits for Michigan (56-7), which stranded 11 runners.
Oklahoma State had opened play Saturday by hitting three home runs in a 6-0 victory over Massachusetts (45-14).
Bolle, Liz Silva and Shannon Sullivan all homered off Danielle Henderson, who had given up just one home run in her previous 37 games.
Leanne Tyler (13-6) allowed only one hit - a single in the first inning by Kim Gutridge. She struck out eight and walked four.
Also Saturday, Nebraska eliminated Texas 2-1 despite getting just one hit.
The Cornhuskers (48-11) scored both their runs in the fourth on an RBI double by Jamie Fuente and a sacrifice fly.
A home run in the sixth by Nikki Cockrell gave Texas (49-16) its run.
Nebraska returned Saturday night to play an elimination game against Washington.
