University of North Texas
21-14
Oklahoma State
30-6
Softball Falls to No. 7 Oklahoma State, 2-1
4/3/2024 9:25:00 PM | Softball
DENTON, Texas – UNT softball fell 2-1 against No. 7 Oklahoma State on Wednesday at Lovelace Stadium.
"I'm happy we competed," head coach Rodney DeLong said. "But it's also disappointing because we had opportunities there."
Despite a first inning home run, the Mean Green (21-14) dropped to 17-3 when scoring the first run of the game this season. Over its past five meetings, North Texas have held the Cowgirls (30-6) to four runs or less in each contest and lost by no more than two runs over this period.
Mikayla Smith hit her seventh home run of the season on a line drive down the left field line in the first inning. She is three home runs shy of breaking into the career top-10 leaderboard for UNT.
Starting pitcher Skylar Savage (L, 5-6) battled for 5 2/3 innings and allowed two earned runs on seven hits and one walk. Mackenzie Childers spun 1 1/3 frames of relief work with two strikeouts and gave up only one hit.
After OSU took the lead in the top of the sixth inning, the Mean Green collected back-to-back singles from Kailey Gamble and Kat Ibarra. Both runners advanced into scoring position with one out, but Lexi Kilfoyl (SV, 2) collected two strikeouts to end the threat.
UP NEXT
North Texas continues its American Athletic Conference schedule with a three-game set at UAB beginning on Friday at 5 p.m. The full series can be streamed on ESPN+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rosenberry, Ivy (9-2)
L: Savage, Skylar (5-6)
S: Kilfoyl, Lexi (2)
Batting:
2B: Wark, Micaela 1
RBI: Poullard, Jilyen 1 ; Schneidmiller, Audre 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Anderson, Taylor 1 ; Wark, Micaela 1
HBP: Schneidmiller, Audre 1
Batting:
HR: Smith, Mikayla 1
RBI: Smith, Mikayla 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Mikayla 1
SB: Simon, Cierra 1 ; Ibarra, Kat 1
CS: Cobb, Lexi 1
