OSU Softball: Cowgirls Go 1-1 on Opening Day of Clearwater Invitational

The Cowgirls faced a pair of ranked SEC foes on Thursday in Florida and split those games.

No. 23 Oklahoma State beat No. 17 Georgia 6-5 before falling to No. 10 LSU 9-4. The Cowgirls are now 4-3 on the season.

Here are quick recaps of each game.

Oklahoma State 6, Georgia 5

The Cowgirls were cruising for the first 5.5 innings of this game before the Bulldogs made it interesting late.

OSU had a 6-0 lead going into the bottom of the sixth, but Georgia hit a two-run home run and had an RBI single in that frame to make it 6-3. Then the Bulldogs managed three doubles in the bottom of the seventh, putting two more runs across the plate before Ruby Meylan forced a groundout to win the game.

The Cowgirls got their scoring started early. Jayelle Austin slid home safely on a double steal with Tia Warsop in the first inning. Warsop took second, and the Georgia catcher attempted to throw her out, allowing the opening for Austin, a freshman, to take home.

Another freshman crossed the plate in the second, with Aubrey Jones scoring on a Melina Wilkison single.

The score remained 2-0 until the fifth when Amanda Hasler smoked a three-run home run over the fence in left center to make it 5-0. It was Halser’s first round-tripper of the young season after she led the Cowgirls with 16 last season.

We’re not sure what’s better… the home run or the bat flip 😮‍💨

Thoughts, @SamanthaShow03?

📺 SECN#GoPokes | @amandahasler3 pic.twitter.com/ti1D8xNXFn

— OSU Cowgirl Softball (@cowgirlsb) February 12, 2026

The Cowgirls’ final run came in the top of the sixth when a Warsop single scored Wilkison. Warsop was 2-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI and a walk drawn.

RyLee Crandall put together an outstanding outing in the circle. She threw the first four innings, allowing no runs off four hits while walking one and striking out another. She was helped by some good defensive plays like Jones turning this slick double play in the third.

Saucy smooth defense 🔒#GoPokes | @AubreyJones2025 pic.twitter.com/kffhzzEXDb

— OSU Cowgirl Softball (@cowgirlsb) February 12, 2026

LSU 9, Oklahoma State 4

This game was a bit of an inverse of the first.

The Cowgirls saw themselves down 5-0 after three innings but got going in the fourth when Hasler put a ball in right field that scored Warsop and Karli Godwin, who each got a hit in the at-bats before Hasler.

OSU trimmed LSU’s lead down to 5-3 in the sixth when Warsop scored on a fielder’s choice.

But then the Tigers stomped out the would-be comeback in the top of the seventh when LSU plated four runs to go up 9-3.

Austin doubled to left in the bottom of the seventh, scoring Montgomery Henderson with the Cowgirls down to their final out, but that’s all they managed to get.

Meylan threw 6 1/3 innings in this one, allowing six runs (four earned) off six hits while walking two and striking out five. Freshman Preslee Downing came on in the seventh and gave up three runs (one earned) in 2/3 of an inning.

As you can see, errors proved costly for the Cowgirls. They had two in this game, one in the third and one in the seventh. LSU scored eight runs in those two innings.

Up Next

The Cowgirls have three more games over the next two days in Florida. Times are Central.

9 a.m. Friday — vs. No. 8 Texas A&M
2 p.m. Friday — vs. No. 7 UCLA
9 a.m. Saturday — vs. No. 19 Duke