A quick start dries up as Mizzou softball falls to South Carolina
Tigers squander a 2-0 lead, falling in the series opener after allowing four unanswered runs
Things were firing on all cylinders early for Mizzou. Stefania Abruscato and Abby Hay each launched home runs to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead through the first inning. But the offense faded after that outburst, scoring no runs in the final six innings.
South Carolina slowly chipped away at the lead, eventually taking the lead on a two-run homer in the fifth and never looked back. The Gamecocks won Game 1 of the series 5-2 and Mizzou drops back to . 500 at 23-23.
“South Carolina deserved to win that game,” head coach Larissa Anderson said. “We did not play well enough to win at all. ” Abruscato added another hit in addition to her homer, finishing the day 2-for-3.
Mizzou ended the day with five hits, as Uptegrove and Cahalan each recorded one in the loss. “Our bats need to get better throughout the course of the game, and I felt like they got worse,” Anderson said. “That’s getting outside of our plan and getting complacent and lacking discipline.
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