Beavers End Season Against Kent State

Saturday, May 20

Waco, Texas

1:30 PM

Oregon State

28-27

Kent State

33-27

Kent State

Oregon State

May 20, 2017 | Softball

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By: Jeff Schmidt

WACO, Texas – The Oregon State softball team's season came to a close at the hand of Kent State, who put a small rally together in the top of the fifth and held on to knock the Beavers out of the Waco Regional, 2-1. Taylor Cotton finished her career with a stellar performance in the circle, setting a career-high 11 strikeouts in four innings pitched. The lefty faced 20 batters and sat down over half of them, while allowing just four hits.

Cotton recorded eight of the first nine outs for the Beavers to keep the Golden Flash at bay heading into the home half of the third.

Oregon State got on the board first in the third frame off a RBI single from Shelby Weeks. The inning started with a one-out walk by Michelle Sass and McKenna Arriola knocked a base hit to center to put two runners aboard. Jessica Garcia moved Sass 60 feet from home on a fielder's choice before Weeks hit the RBI single. Garcia rounded third too far and was thrown out, which ended the inning.

Cotton continued to dominate in the fourth inning, add another three strikeouts to her name and setting a new career high.

Kent State caught up to the senior in the top of the fifth after a single to center field and an error allowed a run to score with no outs to tie the game at 1-1. The Flash took the lead on the following at bat with another single before Cotton was relieved.

Oregon State had opportunities in the final two frames, putting two runners in scoring position in the sixth and a runner on in the seventh.

The Beavers finished the season 28-27 overall and 9-15 in the Pac-12.

For more information on the Oregon State softball team, follow the team's official Twitter and Instagram accounts at @BeaverSoftball or by Facebook at /BeaverSoftball.

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