Tulsa Softball Takes Down #4 Oklahoma State 3-0

Tuesday, March 19

Collins Family Softball Complex

5:00 p.m.

Tulsa

19-8

Oklahoma State

24-4

Oklahoma State

Tulsa

Photo by: Bill Powell

Tulsa Softball Takes Down #4 Oklahoma State 3-0

3/19/2024 8:15:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Moore throws complete game shutout as Hurricane improves to 19-8

TULSA, Okla. – Maura Moore threw a complete game shutout as Tulsa (19-8, 5-1 AAC) defeated the nation's 4^th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowgirls (24-4, 5-1 AAC) Tuesday night in front of a sellout crowd of 1,000 at the Collins Family Softball Complex.

The win against the 4^th/6^th -ranked Cowgirls is the highest-ranked win for the Hurricane since the 2009 season when Tulsa captured a 3-2 win over 5^th-ranked Texas A&M. The USA Today/NFCA Coaches poll had the Cowgirls ranked No. 4, while the ESPN.com/USA Softball ranked OSU at No. 6.

The win gave fifth-year coach Crissy Strimple her 100^th career victory as the Hurricane head coach.

Moore faced 27 batters, limiting the Cowgirls to four hits while striking out four to improve her record to 8-4 on the year. OSU's Kyra Adcock took the loss giving up all three runs in a relief appearance.

In the fourth, Imani Edwards tripled to center field with a grounder up the middle and scored Tulsa's first run when Claira Skaggs followed with a double down the left field line for her second two-bagger of the game.

In the top of the fifth, OSU put runners on base with a single and walk, advancing to second and third, but Moore retired Macy Graf on strikes to end the inning. The Cowgirls put one runner aboard in the top of the sixth but struck out two swinging and got the final out on a popup to second baseman Abby Jones.

Tulsa added two insurance runs in the bottom half of the inning. After an opening out, Haley Morgan doubled to left center field and Edwards pushed Morgan to third base on a single to right field. Edwards made her way to second base with a steal. With two outs, Abby Jones knocked the ball down the third base line as a fielding error scored Morgan and Edwards for a 3-0 Hurricane lead.

OSU put two runners on base in the top of the seventh, but Moore forced two groundouts and a pop-up for the Hurricane victory.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
OSU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Tulsa	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	3	5	0

GAME NOTES
• Tulsa improved to 19-8 overall.
• The win against the 4^th/6^th -ranked Cowgirls is the highest-ranked win for the Hurricane since
the 2009 season when Tulsa captured a 3-2 win over 5^th-ranked Texas A&M.
• Today's game was a sellout – 1,000.
• The win gave fifth-year coach Crissy Strimple her 100^th career victory as the Hurricane head coach, improving her career record to 100-93-1.
• The win improved Tulsa's record against Big 12 opponents this year to 2-1, with wins over OSU, Iowa State and a loss to Texas Tech.
• The 3-0 win was Tulsa's fifth shutout of the season.
• Pitcher Maura Moore improved to 8-4 overall this year.
• Tulsa had one triple and three doubles among its five hits.
• Claira Skaggs had two doubles to give her a team-high 12 on the year.

The Golden Hurricane will be back in action in non-conference action tomorrow against the UCA Bears at the Collins Family Softball Complex. Game time is 5 p.m. Tulsa will be back in American Athletic Conference play with a weekend series at North Texas. All three games can be seen on ESPN+.