Connect with us

Softball

OSU Softball: No. 4 Cowgirls Start Season with 9-6 Victory against No. 9 Florida State

OSU starts the 2025 season with a top 10 win.

Published

1 year ago

on

[Devin Wilber/PFB]

The 2025 Cowgirls jumped straight in the deep end in terms of scheduling, but they started their season with a W.

Oklahoma State beat Florida State 9-6 on Thursday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The Cowgirls started the season at No. 4 in the country, and Florida State is No. 9. It was the first look at how a handful of transfers would adjust to life as Cowgirls, and the first test was definitely passed.

Ruby Meylan, an All-American pitcher who transferred from Washington, got the start in the circle for OSU. She threw five innings allowing two runs off five hits while walking two and striking out nine. She handed the ball to Baylor transfer RyLee Crandall in the sixth, who got the final six outs.

The Cowgirls got the scoring started early. Cal State-Fullerton transfer Megan Delgadillo took OSU’s first at-bat of the season. She doubled before Claire Timm drew a walk. Wild pitches put those two on second and third with NC State transfer catcher Amanda Hasler at the dish. Hasler chopped a ball up the middle that bounced past FSU pitcher Ashtyn Danley. Second baseman Annabelle Widra then ran up on it but couldn’t corral the ball in time to force an out. Delgadillo darted across home plate, and the Cowgirls had a 1-0 lead.

Coming off surgeries to both knees this past offseason, Micaela Wark came to the plate with two outs in the first inning. She singled through the left side, and Hasler scored from second, making it 2-0. Wark finished the day 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

OSU pushed its lead to 3-0 in the second when Tallen Edwards hit the first home run of the Cowgirls’ 2025 season, sending the ball over the right-field fence. It was one of two RBIs Edwards had on the day, with her other being a sacrifice bunt in the fifth that scored Hathoot.

That home run popped the cork, as Wark homered to right in the fifth, battling through and eight-pitch at-bat to do so. Then Hasler crushed one to left-center in the sixth.

Hasler’s homer started a three-run sixth inning for the Cowgirls, with Macy Graf scoring on a fielding error before Hathoot doubled to score Tia Warsop. So, OSU went into the seventh with a 9-2 lead. It wasn’t totally smooth sailing for Crandall in the seventh. She walked two and gave up a pair of two-run home runs that cut OSU’s lead to three before forcing a groundout back to herself to get the final out and make the Cowgirls’ 1-0.

Delgadillo had three hits in her OSU debut. She’s no stranger to finding herself on base, as she had a .390 batting average in four seasons at Cal State-Fullerton with a .437 on-base percentage. A problem for opposing defenses on the base paths, as well, Delgadillo also stole three bases Thursday. She earned the NFCA’s Golden Shoe last season, given to the nation’s top base-stealer.

The Cowgirls still have work to do in Mexico. They’ll play Louisiana Tech and Northern Colorado on Friday. The Louisiana Tech game is set to start at 4 p.m., and the Northern Colorado game will be at 7 p.m. OSU closes its time in Mexico with a rematch against the Seminoles at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Related Topics:

Most Read

Copyright © 2011- 2025 Pistols Firing Blog