The Ohio State Women's Softball team did not get off on the right foot as they dropped a 10-1 decision to No. 24 Texas A&M in their first game at the Cathedral City Classic in Palm Springs, California.
At the beginning of the game, it looked like Ohio State would jump on the Aggies early. Dee Dee Hilman led off the game with a triple. Unfortunately, the Buckeyes were not able to take advantage of the scoring opportunity as Aggies pitcher Lindsey Sisk struck out two OSU batters to end the Scarlet and Gray scoring threat.
The Aggies got on the board first with a solo home run from third baseman Amber Garza in the bottom of the second inning. Buckeye junior shorstop Alicia Herron tried to tie up the contest in the top of the third, but it was not to be as the wind knocked down her drive deep to center, thwarting another Buckeye scoring opportunity.
The Aggies then played add-on to their lead as Melissa Dumezich delivered a grand slam in the bottom of the third to extend the Aggie advantage to 5-0. Ohio State eventually got on the board with a lead-off solo shot from freshmen Evelyn Carrillo in the top of the 4th inning, but it was all Texas A&M after that as they would put five more runs on the board in the bottom of the 4th, courtesy of Rhie Kliesing knocking in two with a single, a sacrifice fly by Meagan May, Dumezich getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and a sacrifice fly by Nichole Morgan.
For the game, the Aggies outhit the Buckeyes 6-4 with Kasie Kelly (2-2) taking the loss for the Buckeyes and Sisk (5-2) picking up the win for Texas A&M.
Ohio State will be back at it again as they take on No. 25 BYU Saturday afternoon at 1:00 P.M. EST. The Buckeyes will then turn their attention to UC Santa Barbara at 3:30 P.M. EST.
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