Cowgirls Win Pair at The Preview Featuring Bedlam

Saturday, March 6

Oklahoma City, Okla.

3:00 PM

Oklahoma State University

14-5

Oklahoma

13-3

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma

Julie Ward went 3-for-6 with 5 RBIs and a grand slam home run Saturday.

March 06, 2010 | Cowgirl Softball

Box Score

March 6, 2010

Final Stats

Senior pitcher Anna Whiddon threw a one-hit, complete-game shutout against 11th-ranked and bedlam-rival Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State won the nightcap 1-0 over the Sooners in The Preview Featuring Bedlam here Saturday night at the ASA/Hall of Fame Stadium.

Whiddon (10-2) was nearly unhittable, giving up the lone hit off the bat of Stillwater-native Katie Norris in the bottom of the fifth. The native of Huntington, Texas, retired the side in the first, third, fourth and sixth innings. The only time OU had a runner reach second base was in the bottom of the second when Whiddon hit Lindsey Vandever with a pitch and then walked the following batter, Keilani Ricketts. However, she struck out Norris to end the threat.

Oklahoma State scored its lone run of the game in the top of the fourth. Sophomore Julie Ward hit a double down the left-field line off Ricketts. She advanced to third on a groundout by freshman Amy Graham, and scored on a sacrifice fly by another freshman, Tamara Brown. The Cowgirls threatened to score in two other innings, with runners on first and second with two outs in both the third and sixth innings. But Ricketts was able to work out of those jams.

The victory ends a 15-game losing streak at the hands of the Sooners. The streak dates back to 2003, when No. 18 OSU defeated sixth-ranked Oklahoma 4-0 in Stillwater. It was also the last year that both teams were ranked. The Cowgirls still hold the all-time series record with the Sooners, 69-66.

In Oklahoma State's earlier game, the Cowgirls defeated Nevada 5-2 thanks to a bases-loaded home run off the bat of Ward in the bottom of the third. It was her third grand slam of the season.

OSU led 1-0 in the first when leadoff hitter Mariah Gearhart scored on a double by Ward. After the four-run third and a 5-0 lead, freshman pitcher Kat Espinosa gave up a run in the fourth on a pair of hits, a walk and a hit-by-pitch, then gave up an unearned run in the sixth on a walk and two Cowgirl errors. She improved to 4-2 on the season.

Oklahoma State (14-5) has now defeated two ranked opponents this week and is 3-5 on the season versus ranked foes. The Cowgirls will host the Nevada Wolfpack on Sunday morning at 11 a.m. at the Cowgirl Softball Complex.