Iowa State ends Arizona softball’s 8-game winning streak with walk-off victory
Arizona utility player Grace Jenkins prepares to bat during the 2025 fall season | Ryan Kelapire No. 14 Arizona softball hadn’t lost a game since Friday, Mar. 20 when the Arizona State Sun Devils took the opening game of their three-games series.
The Wildcats went on to win eight straight games and three Big 12 series since then. All that came to an end early Wednesday afternoon when the Iowa State Cyclones used a three-run home run by Reagan Bartholomew to defeat the Wildcats 12-10 in Ames. It was another game of comebacks for Arizona.
The Wildcats just couldn’t hold it this time as both the pitching and the defense failed to protect leads on several occasions. The defense wasn’t charged with any errors, but initial rulings indicated that it was at least discussed. The visitors took a 1-0 lead in the opening inning on a single, a walk, and an RBI double by Grace Jennings , but things started to go sideways in the fourth.
As has been the case for Arizona pitchers so many times this season, the real damage came with two outs. Starter Jalen Adams allowed a leadoff single in the fourth, but retired the next two. Then came a walk and an RBI single to tie the game.
It was a sign of things to come. Adams returned the next inning. The Cyclones had already seen her 9.
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