(This is a joint article with Oklahoma State athletics media relations and Pokes Report)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.– No. 6 Oklahoma State Cowgirl softball dropped its second-straight game to No. 4 Florida State, 2-1, on Friday on the road at JoAnne Graf Field.
With the non-conference loss, the Cowgirls fall to 38-9, while the Seminoles improve to 45-5 on the year.
Despite retiring 18 of the 21 batters she faced, Morgan Day (9-3) took the loss after allowing solo home runs to Sydney Sherrill in the first inning and Chloe Culp in the sixth.
Pitchers on both sides controlled the tempo of the game, which lasted only one hour and 35 minutes.
The lone Cowgirl run came on a Sydney Pennington two-out RBI single to left, scoring Chyenne Factor in the fourth inning.
Two-way player Miranda Elish played in her first game back after suffering an upper arm injury last week. In her final at-bat of the afternoon, Elish recorded her only hit of the day, but it put a runner in scoring position with a chance to give the Cowgirls the led in the top of the seventh inning.
However, things wrapped up quickly as Julia Cottrill grounded out for the first out, Pennington and Hayley Busby flied out to end the game.
Next up for the Cowgirls is a three-game road conference series with No. 1 Oklahoma in Norman. The series is scheduled to begin Thursday, May 5 and ends Saturday, May 7. All three of the games will be televised on the ESPN network.
