Cowgirls hot bats in the third inning against Indiana carries them into Championship Sunday in Fayetteville

The OSU Cowgirls are headed to the Regional Championship fueled by a 12-run third inning to defeat the Indiana Hoosiers, 16-8.

How the Day Started

The Cowgirls started the day playing national four-seed Arkansas on their home field.

They held a 3-1 lead after four innings and a 5-1 lead after five, but the Razorbacks scored one in the sixth, three in the seventh and one in the eighth to win. 

OSU opened the scoring in the third inning when Amanda Hasler singled in Megan Delgadillo, but Arkansas tied the game in the bottom of the third with an RBI single.  

Oklahoma State took a two-run lead in the fourth thanks to an RBI triple from Tia Warsop and a double from Rachael Hathoot which brought Warsop home.  

The Cowgirls added two more in the fifth inning with an RBI double from Hasler and an RBI groundout from Karli Godwin to score pinch runner Macy Graf.  

Arkansas’ Atalyia Rijo cut the deficit to three with a solo home run in the sixth, and the Razorbacks plated three more runs in the seventh to send the contest into extra innings.  

Oklahoma State failed to get a base runner on in the eighth, setting the stage for Arkansas to win it on a bases-loaded single up the middle from Courtney Day. 

The Razorbacks moved on to the championship defeating the Cowgirls, 6-5.

Waiting Game

The Cowgirls sat the next game to await their opponent between Indiana/St. Louis winner.

Indiana defeated St. Louis, 4-2.

Season on the Line in Game 2

Oklahoma State began on the wrong end of the scoreboard as Indiana jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first inning.

The bats were blazing hot in the third as OSU tacked on 12 runs, including a solo home run by Rosie Davis and a grand slam by Amanda Hasler that gave them a 13-2 advantage early.

The Hoosiers didn't give up easily, adding six runs of their own in the fourth to keep things interesting.

The Cowgirls were able to escape with an 16-8 win in six innings and move on to Sunday.

A rematch with the Razorbacks is set for 3:00 p.m. at Bogle Field in Fayetteville.

If OSU wins the first game, another will be played to determine a winner since Arkansas is in the winner's bracket and that game will be played 30 minutes following the conclusion of game one.