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Cowgirl Softball Wins First Round Of Bracket Play
March 04, 2000 | Cowgirl Softball
March 4, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ga. - After two tough losses to top-20 teams, the Oklahoma State Cowgirl softball squad defeated Massachusetts, 11-2, Saturday in the first round of bracket play here in the NFCA Leadoff Classic.
OSU won its first game Friday night, 7-0, over 20th-ranked DePaul. The Cowgirls were trailing, 10-0, to No. 4 Arizona State when the game was suspended due to rain late Friday night.
Saturday morning, the Cowgirls lost to 16th-ranked Alabama, 6-1, and then concluded the ASU game with a 10-0 final. With a 1-2 record, the Cowgirls were placed in the Bronze bracket.
Versus No. 28 UMass, the Cowgirl batting was spectacular, clubbing out 17 hits off three Minutewomen hurlers. Junior Lezli Leathers went 4-for-4 with a double and three runs scored, while freshman Ryan Realmuto and sophomores Casey O'Neill and Jenny Kipp each belted three hits.
On the mound, freshman Karla Rivera started the game, but was relieved in the third by freshman Lauren Bay. Bay proceeded to strike out eight UMass batters, and picked up the win.
Oklahoma State (15-6) will play No. 17 Illinois-Chicago on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. EST.
Late FridayOklahoma State 7, DePaul 0
DU 000 000 0 - 0 3 2 OSU 000 502 x - 7 11 0
Rivera and Silva. Chouinard and Allen. WP: Rivera (6-0). LP: Chouinard. 2B: OSU-Hayes, DU-Desecki.
Saturday
Arizona State 10, Oklahoma State 0 (5)
OSU 000 00 - 0 3 3 ASU 070 3x - 10 6 1
Bay, Knife Chief (2) and Silva. Beach, Voak (5) and Kahler. WP: Beach. LP: Bay (3-4). 2B: OSU-Kipp. HR: ASU-Beach.
Alabama 6, Oklahoma State 1
UA 101 202 0 - 6 8 1
OSU 000 010 0 - 1 5 2
Knife Chief, Bay (3) and Realmuto. Laird and Prejean. WP: Laird (8-3). LP: Knife Chief (5-2). 2B: UA-Kretschman, Prejean.
Oklahoma State 11, UMass 2
UM 002 000 0 - 2 4 2 OSU 000 214 3 - 11 17 0
Rivera, Bay (3) and Silva. Jeffries, Hadley (4), Holtz (6), Jeffries (7) and Wheeler. WP: Bay (4-4). LP: Jeffries. 2B: OSU-Leathers, Kipp. HR: OSU-Silva.
