Cowgirls drop Indiana in NCAA Regional opener

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Seven runs in the sixth inning lifted the No. 24 Oklahoma State softball team to an 11-6 victory over Indiana at Bogle Park Friday.

This is OSU’s 16th consecutive win in NCAA Regional play going back to 2019.

The Cowgirls never led until the sixth and trailed by as many as four runs in the fourth inning.

Karli Godwin homered twice for OSU on nearly identical two-run blasts to center field. She finished 3-for-3 with a career-high five runs batted in.

Perhaps the most critical at-bat of the game came in the sixth, when pinch hitter Audrey Schneidmiller singled through the right side to score Macy Graf from second and tie the game at six. A hard grounder from Rachael Hathoot two batters later drove in Schneidmiller and Tia Warsop to give the Cowgirls an 8-6 advantage before the game was blown open thanks to a run-scoring sacrifice bunt by Megan Delgadillo followed by an RBI single from Amanda Hasler. The Cowgirl scoring was capped when Schneidmiller walked with the bases loaded.

The seven-run sixth inning marked OSU’s most runs in an inning this season.

This marks the most runs scored by OSU in an NCAA Tournament game since 2022. With the win, the Cowgirls improved to 34-18, while the Hoosiers dropped to 33-19.

Rylee Crandall picked up the win and improved to 6-4. She entered the game in the fourth inning and kept the high-powered Indiana offense scoreless in the fifth, sixth and seventh. IU’s Brianna Copeland fell to 17-9 with the loss.

Offensive standouts for Oklahoma State included Godwin (3-for-3 with 2 home runs and 5 RBIs), Davis (2-for-3 with three runs scored) and Schneidmiller (1-for-1 with 2 RBIs).

The Cowgirls will face the winner of the Arkansas-Saint Louis matchup at noon tomorrow in the second round of the Fayetteville regional.