Cowgirls Drop Pair In California

Friday, February 24

Palm Springs, CA

3:00 PM CT

Oklahoma State University

7-6

California

9-1

OKLAHOMA STATE

California

Photo by: Stephen Lew

February 24, 2017 | Cowgirl Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. ---- Oklahoma State Softball dropped a pair of games Friday at the Mary Nutter Classic. The Cowgirls fell to No. 21 California, 9-1, in five innings and lost to San Diego State, 17-5, in six innings.

Oklahoma State slipped to 7-7 on the year. Five of the Cowgirls losses this year have come at the hands of nationally ranked opponents.

"We just have to let it go," head coach Kenny Gajewski said. "We've got to get back here tomorrow and finish this thing strong. There's not much you can say. There are days like this in our game. We've got to grow and regroup as a team. I'm looking forward to seeing how we respond tomorrow."

In the first game of the day, Oklahoma State ran into its fifth ranked opponent of the year in California. The Golden Bears scored one run in the first four innings to jump out to an early 4-0 lead.

The Cowgirls got on the board in the top of the fifth thanks to an RBI double from Rylee Bayless to score Randee O'Donnell from second to cut the deficit to 4-1. California responded with five runs on three hits and two errors to put the game away at 9-1 after five.

Shea Coats (0-2) took the loss in four innings of work for the Cowgirls.

The second game of the day was all offense for San Diego State. The Aztecs jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Taylor Lynch tried to bring the Cowgirls back with an RBI-single up the middle scoring Madi Sue Montgomery from second to make it 3-1.

The Aztecs added three more runs the next two innings to extend their lead to 9-1.

Oklahoma State showed fight as Vanessa Shippy's RBI single up the middle scored Bayless and Maddi Holcomb to cut it to 9-3 after three.

The Cowgirls held SDSU scoreless in the top of the fourth before Montgomery brought home two with an RBI double. She was thrown out at third attempting to take an extra base to end the inning.

SDSU scored three in the fifth and five in the sixth to earn the run-rule victory.

Brandi Needham (4-2) took the loss for the Cowgirls in two innings of work.

On the day, Bayless extended her on-base streak to 14 games, the longest active streak on the team.

------
Up Next: The Cowgirls conclude the Mary Nutter Classic against New Mexico State at 12 pm CT. Fans can follow on Twitter (@CowgirlSB) or with live stats on okstate.com.