Cowgirl Softball Downs Texas State, 6-2

Sunday, February 14

San Marcos, Texas

11:30 AM

Oklahoma State University

5-0

Texas State

1-3

Oklahoma State

Texas State

Julie Ward hit three home runs and had 12 RBIs over the opening weekend in San Marcos, Texas.

February 14, 2010 | Cowgirl Softball

Box Score

Feb. 14, 2010

Final Stats

San Marcos, Texas — The Oklahoma State softball team starts the season 5-0 as they defeated Texas State 6-2 in the final game of the CenturyLink Classic on Sunday. Freshman pitcher Kat Espinosa earned her second win of the season and sophomores Julie Ward and Chelsea Garcia combined for five runs batted in.

The Cowgirls scored first in the third inning when Ward hit a double to right field with the bases loaded to score three. Texas State got on the board in the fifth inning when Kristina Tello got a hit to center field to score Brooke Baker from third. They added one more run when Anna Hernandez hit a solo home run to left field.

OSU built on to their lead when Garcia got a hit up the middle in the top of the sixth and was advanced to second. She scored as junior Mariah Gearhart also hit the ball up the middle. They added two more runs in the seventh as Garcia got a hit to left field to bring home Sammy Jo Diffendaffer and Megan Castle.

Espinosa started and threw five innings, gave up five hits for one run, struck out four and walked two. She improves to 2-0 on the season. Senior Anna Whiddon entered the game in the sixth inning and threw the final two innings, giving up one hit for one run to earn her first save of the season.

Oklahoma State will play again next weekend as they travel to Baton Rouge, La., to face Michigan, LSU and Virginia in the LSU Tiger Classic. First game is slated for 2:00 on Friday against Michigan.