No. 2/2 Softball falls in series opener at No. 8/10 Oklahoma State

Thursday, March 28

Stillwater, OK

6 PM CT

University of Texas

28-4, 8-2

Oklahoma State

28-5, 8-2

Texas

Oklahoma State

No. 2/2 Softball falls in series opener at No. 8/10 Oklahoma State

03.28.2024 | Softball

Box Score

Oklahoma State plates one in the first, adds in the third and fifth while Texas was unable to rally

By: Chris Allen Brown

STILLWATER, Okla. – Texas freshman right-handed pitcher Teagan Kavan made light work of the first two Oklahoma State batters — retiring them on a combined five pitches — but her ninth pitch on the evening resulted in the first of three solo home runs for the Cowgirls as OSU went on to beat Texas, 5-0, Thursday night.

Karli Godwin's two-out, solo home run in the bottom of the first broke a 0-0 tie to give Oklahoma State a one-run advantage on the scoreboard. Texas was in prime position to tie the game — even potentially take the lead — two innings later after Viviana Martinez and Ashton Maloney led off the top of the third with back-to-back singles. Despite a Bella Dayton ground out advancing both Martinez and Maloney into scoring position, back-to-back strikeouts ended the Longhorn scoring opportunity.

With the game's momentum in its dugout, Oklahoma State came out and added three runs to its lead with a four-hit bottom of the third that was highlighted by a Tallen Edwards one-out, solo home run.

Texas, again, had a batter reach in both the fourth — Joley Mitchell leadoff single — and fifth — Maloney one-out single — but neither found a way to touch home plate before the Cowgirls added a fifth run on the night via a Micaela Wark two-out, solo home run in the bottom of the fifth.

The top of the sixth provided another scoring opportunity for Texas after Mitchell and Reese Atwood reached base courtesy of back-to-back, one-out singles. But a fielder's choice and a fly out to center field ended the frame before either could score.

Martinez attempted to spark a seventh-inning rally for the Longhorns by reaching first base with a single through the left side of the diamond to cap an eight-pitch at bat, but the three ensuring batters were all retired on a combined 10 pitches.

GAME NOTES

By drawing a full-count walk during her seven-pitch, first-inning at bat, Mia Scott extended her active consecutive games played successfully reaching base to 20 in a row.
- Scott is also the last Texas softball student-athlete to have a 20-game on-base streak when she reached base in every game (20) between June 9, 2022 to March 4, 2023.
  - Scott is the only active Longhorn softball student-athlete to not only have a 20-game on-base streak but has multiple 20-game on-base streaks throughout her playing career on the Forty Acres.
With their back-to-back singles to start the top of the third, both Viviana Martinez and Ashton Maloney extended their team-high five-game hitting streaks, which are tied for the sixth and seventh longest hitting streaks, respectively, by a Longhorn student-athlete this season.
On Oklahoma State's two-out double in the bottom of the third, Mac Morgan's consecutive score innings pitched streak was snapped at 18.0.
As a result of her leadoff single to start the top of the fourth, Joley Mitchell extended her on-base streak to 18 consecutive games, which is the second longest active on-base streak by a Longhorn softball student-athlete behind Mia Scott's 20.

UP NEXT

Texas (28-4, 8-2) will return to Cowgirl Stadium for the second game of the week's three-game series against Oklahoma State (28-5, 8-2) at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 29 with the game being broadcast on a nation-wide audience via ESPN2.

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