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The No. 9 Nebraska softball team took a one-run lead into the seventh and held on to defeat the No. 21 Oklahoma State Cowgirls, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon in Stillwater, Okla.
The Big Red grabbed its sixth win against a ranked team this season and moved to 14-5 on the year. Oklahoma State fell to 14-5.
Jordy Frahm and Malia Thoms led the Husker offense, as Frahm drove in the two runs that gave NU the lead and Thoms hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning. Kacie Hoffmann and Hannah Coor added two hits apiece. NU also took advantage of three Cowgirl errors, particularly a throwing error in the sixth inning that advanced runners to first and second.
Frahm (4-3) also grabbed the win in the circle after pitching the final three innings and allowing no runs and only one hit. Alexis Jensen threw the first four innings and allowed three runs on three hits.
Oklahoma State grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third, aided by a pair of Husker errors.
NU struck back immediately, logging two runs in the top of the fourth, as Hoffmann singled and Thoms knocked a two-run homer to tie the score at 2-2.
The Cowgirls took the lead back at 3-2 with an RBI double in the bottom of the fourth.
In the top of the sixth inning, Coor singled and Bacon reached on a fielder’s choice, while Coor went to second on an OSU error. An L. Camenzind groundout advanced the two to second and third, and a Frahm single sent the two across the plate and gave NU the lead at 4-3 going into the seventh.
The Huskers will take on No. 21 Oklahoma State tomorrow, March 1 at 2:30 p.m. (CT). The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and can be heard across the Huskers Radio Network.
Notes
- Malia Thoms made her first start this season, as she was in the starting lineup today as the designated player.
- The Huskers are now 6-4 against ranked teams this season.
- With the win today, NU tied the most wins in the month of February in program history. The Huskers have 14 wins so far this season, as did the 2011 squad. Notably, the Huskers accomplished the feat with the toughest strength of schedule in Division I softball, according to the NCAA Statistics website.