It was a day to forget for the Ohio State Women's Softball program (4-9) as they dropped two contests Saturday at the Cathedral City Classic, losing to No. 25 BYU 5-1 and UC Santa Barbara 11-3 in five innings.
In the first game, BYU struck immediately in the top of the first inning as Ohio State senior Karisa Medrano was called for an illegal pitch, allowing Cougar lead-off hitter J.C. Clayton to score for a 1-0 BYU lead. The Cougars tacked on their second run of the ballgame when BYU first baseman Katie Manuma scored from third after Buckeye sophomore catcher Cara Longworth miss threw the throw back to Audrey Plant, who relieved Medrano in the first inning.
The Buckeyes would cut into the Cougar lead in the bottom of the third when junior co-captain Alicia Herron scored on an Evelyn Carrillo single to make it 2-1. However, the Cougars would get that run back as BYU right fielder Delaney Willard blasted a solo shot to deep center in the bottom half of the third for a 3-1 Cougar lead.
The Buckeyes had a great offensive opportunity in the top of the sixth inning when they loaded the bases with two out. Unfortunately, sophomore Megan Colletta was not able to come through for the Scarlet and Gray as she grounded out to second to end the Buckeye scoring threat. BYU would then tack on two more runs in the top of the seventh courtesy of a two-run shot from catcher Jessica Purcell-Fitu.
The Cougars outhit the Buckeyes 8-3. Aubrey Plant (0-1) was saddled with the loss after giving up four runs on eight hits with one strikeout. Pagie Affleck (4-5) got the win for the Cougars after limiting the Buckeyes to 1 run on three hits and striking out five in a complete game victory.
The second game against UC Santa Barbara would prove to be more frustrating for the Buckeyes. In the top of the third inning, the Gauchos managed to score five runs as they took advantage of costly Buckeye fielding mistakes. A wild pitch by Karisa Medrano plated one run with another run to follow after Kara Longworth overthrew Medrano as she attempted to get the ball back to the senior pitcher. The Gauchos plated a third run in the inning with an rbi single from by Lauren Boser and tacked on two more on a two-run home run by Allison Taylor.
Needing a rally, the Buckeyes responded with a three run outburst in the bottom half of the inning. Alicia Herron plated Megan Coletta with an rbi single, and Evelyn Carrillo knocked in two with a single to draw the Buckeyes within two runs of the Gauchos. After that, it was UC Santa Barbara the rest of the way as the Gauchos scored six times in the fourth inning with five runs scoring with two outs.
The Gauchos outhit the Buckeyes 11-7 with Medrano falling to 1-5 on the season and Andriana Collins picking up her 6th win of the season.
The Buckeyes will conclude play in the Cathedral City Classic on Sunday when they take on No. 18 Nebraska at 11:30 A.M. EST, followed by No. 2 UCLA at 2:00 P.M. EST.
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