Tulsa Falls to No. 13 Oklahoma State on Saturday, 2-1

Saturday, May 18

Stillwater, Okla.

3:45 PM

Tulsa

37-20

Oklahoma State

42-14

Tulsa

Oklahoma State

Photo by: Walt Beazley

Tulsa Falls to No. 13 Oklahoma State on Saturday, 2-1

5/18/2019 8:29:00 PM | Softball

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STILLWATER, Okla. — Tulsa took an early lead, but No. 13 Oklahoma State bounced back to score a 2-1 win over the Golden Hurricane in the championship round of the NCAA Stillwater Regional on Saturday.

The loss ended the season for the Golden Hurricane (37-20), who won at least two games in an NCAA Regional for the fifth time in program history.

Julia Hollingsworth went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored to lead Tulsa, while Rylie Spell also went 2-for-3 in the contest. Chenise Delce took the loss, falling to 15-6 on the season after she gave up two runs on six hits in six innings of work.

Meanwhile, the Cowgirls (42-14) advanced to their second-ever NCAA Super Regional and will await the winner of the Tallahassee Regional. Madi Sue Montgomery led the way with an RBI double, while Kiley Naomi went 2-for-3 with a run scored for Oklahoma State.

Pitcher Samantha Show improved to 19-7 after she gave up just four hits and one run in the complete-game effort.

"I just talked to the team about what a great fight they put up," head coach John Bargfeldt said. "They did that all through the regional, and I just commend them for doing that again in this game here. Oklahoma State made it awfully tough on Chenise. They had a lot of tough at-bats. I want to commend them (OSU) on a great year that they've had. It's fun to compete against them. They're a very talented group, and it raises our level of play whenever we play them. Shout out to them, and good luck to them as they go on."

Tulsa jumped ahead with a run in the top of the first, as Hollingsworth started the game with her double down the left field line. She moved to third on a Morgan Neal's grounder and scored on Alexis Perry's groundout for the 1-0 lead.

Delce kept OSU off the board until the bottom of the third, when Montgomery knotted the score with a two-out RBI double to left field. An inning later, the Cowgirls took the lead for good with another two-out RBI hit, this time off the bat of Sydney Springfield.

The score remained 2-1 heading into the seventh inning. Spell started the frame with a single to put the tying run aboard. She was lifted for pinch runner Celyna Shaw and the freshman made it to third after a pair of grounders.

However, Show recorded the final out to close the 2-1 final and send the Cowgirls to next weekend's NCAA Super Regionals.

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