FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Omaha softball team lost a pair of games at the Woo Pig Classic Saturday at Bogle Park. Iowa State scored five runs in the final two innings to defeat Omaha 6-5 in the opener, and Arkansas earned a 3-1 win in the second game of the day. The losses drop the Mavericks to 12-18.
Iowa State 6, Omaha 5
The Cyclones (18-15) scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth and hit a solo home run in the seventh for the victory.
Omaha took an early 1-0 lead on
Natalie Mostek's leadoff home run. The Mavericks added four runs in the top of the second.
Jessica Nelson and
Sarrah Mains each hit one-out singles and then pulled off a double steal to put runners in scoring position. Mostek launched a 1-2 offering over the fence in right-center field. Following a pitching change,
Kelly Pattison hit a two-out single and came in to score on
Savannah Fisher's RBI double to right that made the score 5-0.
Iowa State got on the board in the bottom of the second. With two outs, Nychole Antillon was hit by a pitch and moved to third on a pair of Omaha errors. An infield hit by Kaila Koncz allowed Antillon to score and make it a 5-1 game.
Omaha starter
Sydney Hampton allowed one hit over the next three innings. ISU's first three batters reached and cut the lead to 5-3 in the bottom of the sixth. The Mavericks were able to retire the next two batters. Konz tied the game at 5-5 with a two-run homer to center.
In the bottom of the seventh, Sydney Stites hit the first pitch she saw over the left field fence to give ISU the 6-5 win.
Mostek went 2-for-4 at the plate with two home runs and four RBI to lead the Mavericks. Fisher added a 2-for-3 effort with a double and an RBI. Mains also had a multi-hit game with a stolen base and a run scored.
Hampton (8-8) pitched a complete game in the loss, allowing six runs (five earned) on eight hits with a strikeout. Brianna Weilbacher (8-4) picked up the win in relief, throwing 5.2 innings allowing one run on four hits with five strikeouts.
Arkansas 3, Omaha 1
Lexi Burchfield went 2-for-3 at the plate with a run scored to lead the Mavericks.
Kelly Pattison added a base hit with an RBI.
Aubrey Hacke and
Natalie Mostek each had base knocks.
Hacke (3-6) pitched a complete game in the loss, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits and two walks with a strikeout. Arkansas' Autumn Storms (8-3) earned the win, allowing one unearned run on five hits with a walk and five strikeouts in 7.0 innings of work.
The Razorbacks got on the board in the bottom of the third. Parr led off with a walk and moved to second on a Hacke throwing error. McEwen singled to left center allowing Parr to score and give Arkansas a 1-0 lead.
Arkansas tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the fifth. After the first two batters of the inning reached, Diaz hit a two-run single to center to make it 3-0.
Burchfield led off the top of the sixth with a single and moved to second on a throwing error by the third baseman. Pattison then hit an RBI single to center to make it 3-1. Storms settled down and retired the next six batters she faced to end the game without further damage.
Up Next
Omaha and Arkansas will square off in the final game of the Woo Pig Classic on Sunday morning. First pitch is set for 10:30 a.m. and links to live stats and video are available on OMavs.com.
