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Cowgirls Win 3-of-4 In Speedline Invitational
March 10, 2000 | Cowgirl Softball
March 10, 2000
TAMPA, Fla. -- Oklahoma State's 17th-ranked softball team won 3-of-4 games here late Thursday night and Friday in the Speedline Invitational Tournament, hosted by the University of South Florida. The Cowgirls lost to Georgia, 5-0, Thursday night before reeling off three wins vs. Ball State, Temple and Tennessee Tech.
After the Georgia loss, the Cowgirls came back behind fine pitching by freshman Karla Rivera and defeated Ball State, 1-0. The Whittier, Calif., native threw a three-hit shutout. Meanwhile, the Cowgirls scored their only run of the game on a sacrifice fly in the fourth, which scored Kirsty Jennings who had reached on a double.
Against Temple, OSU scored four runs in the top of the third and added one in the seventh for a 5-2 win. The Cowgirls used five straight hits in the fourth, including a two-run single by Jennings, to score the runs.
In the final game against Tennessee Tech, OSU scored four in the bottom of the third and added one in the fourth for a 5-1 victory. Rivera gave up just one while scattering four hits. Four Cowgirl doubles, including three in the third, were four of the 12 hits by OSU.
Oklahoma State (20-7) will play Iowa Saturday at 11 a.m. CST. Bracket play will begin at 5 p.m.
Georgia 5, Oklahoma State 0 UGA 210 101 0 - 5 4 0 OSU 000 000 0 - 0 1 2 Bay, Hodges (7) and Silva. Price and Bell. WP: Price. LP: Bay (4-5). 2B: OSU-Kipp. 3B: UGA-Rhoden.Oklahoma State 1, Ball State 0 OSU 000 100 0 - 1 4 3 BSU 000 000 0 - 0 3 0 Rivera and Realmuto, Silva (7). Bochee and Willis. WP: Rivera (7-0). LP: Bochee. 2B: OSU-Jennings.
Oklahoma State 5, Temple 2 OSU 004 000 1 - 5 12 2 Temple 002 000 0 - 2 4 1 Bay and Silva. Naughton, Plfeiger (5) and Caudill. WP: Bay (5-5). LP: Naughton. 2B: OSU-O'Neill.
Oklahoma State 5, Tennessee Tech 1 TTU 000 001 0 - 1 4 4 OSU 004 100 x - 5 9 2 Rivera and Silva. Monzor, Johnson (3), Fortman (4) and Mitchell. WP: Rivera (8-0). LP: Monzor. 2B: OSU-Kipp, Silva, Shaddox, Leathers, TTU-Monzor, Maroon.
