Oregon State Tops Nebraska, 4-3

Tempe, Ariz. --- Nebraska fell to Oregon State on Friday by a score of 4-3 in its first of two games on the day.

Tristen Edwards led the Husker offense going 2-for-3 with two home runs. The homers marked her school-record seventh career. multi-home run game. Cam Ybarra also had two hits while Rylie Unzicker had a hit as well. 

Lindsey Walljasper (4-4) started and pitched 5.1 innings. She gave up four runs - two earned and had four strikeouts. Olivia Ferrell pitched 1.2 innings of relief. She gave up one hit and had two strikeouts.

OSU's Mariah Mazon improved to 10-5. She pitched a complete 7.0 innings. She gave up three runs on five hits and had eight strikeouts.

Oregon State took a 4-0 lead in the first after three hits and a Husker error. Nebraska responded in the inning when Edwards hit a leadoff home run to cut the lead to 4-1. 

In the fifth, Nebraska scored two runs. Glatter reached on a fielder's choice and Edwards homered again to plate two. 

OSU threatened in the sixth loaded the bases with two outs, but Nebraska was able to get an out to get out of the jam. In the bottom of the inning, Ferrell drew a leadoff walk and Courtney Wallace pinch ran for her. OSU got Wallace out on the next play but Walljasper reached on the fielder's choice. Ybarra singled to put another runner on with one out but a double play ended the inning.  
 
Game Notes:
- Tristen Edwards went 2-for-3 with two home runs. With the homers, Edwards becomes the sixth player in school history to hit 40 career home runs and have 80 career extra-base hits. Her second homer moved her  into the top five in school history in both categories. 
- The two home runs mark Edwards' first multi-home run game of the season and her school-record seventh career multi-home run game. Previously, Edwards was tied with Taylor Edwards with six career multi-home run games.