Cowboy Baseball Advances To NCAA Athens Regional Final

Sunday, June 1

Athens, Ga.

11:00 AM (CDT)

Oklahoma State University

30-24

Georgia

43-17

Georgia Bulldogs

Oklahoma State

Alex Conover

June 01, 2025 | Cowboy Baseball

Box Score

ATHENS, Ga. – Third-seeded Oklahoma State scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning at the NCAA Athens Regional to knock off No. 7 national seed and host Georgia, 11-9, at Foley Field.

With the win, the Cowboys improved to 30-24 and advanced to the Regional championship round, where they will need to defeat Duke twice to earn a Super Regional berth. UGA finished its season 43-17.

Kollin Ritchie and Brock Thompson each hit two-run home runs in the ninth, with Thompson's opposite-field shot to left field providing the walk-off win.

Matthew Brown picked up his first collegiate win with a perfect inning of relief as he struck out the side with two runners in scoring position in the top of the ninth to set up the Cowboys for the comeback.

OSU starter Harrison Bodendorf worked five innings and allowed seven runs on six hits while striking out two.

The Cowboys jumped out to an early lead in its first at bat when Nolan Schubart smashed his 19^th home run of the season, an opposite field solo shot over the wall in left field. The blast was the 59^th of his career.

OSU added to its lead in the second. Alex Conover smashed his sixth homer of the season to right to make the score 2-0, and three batters later, Brayden Smith delivered a two-out RBI single to extend the advantage to three.

The lead did not hold up, however. In the third, UGA got a two-run homer from Slate Alford to make the score 3-2 before tying the game on an RBI double by Tre Phelps. The Bulldogs then went up 5-3 on a two-run homer off the bat of Christian Adams.

Trailing 7-3, the Pokes rallied to tie the score in the fifth. Two singles and a hit by pitch to open the inning loaded the bases, and a walk to Schubart brought home the first run. Up next, Ritchie picked up an RBI on a fielder's choice, and Colin Brueggemann's infield single plated OSU's sixth run. The Cowboys knotted the score on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Ian Daugherty.

UGA regained the lead in the seventh when, with runners on first and second and two outs, Adams blooped a single into left field to make the score 8-7.

The Bulldogs tacked on another run in the eighth to take a 9-7 advantage.

In the decisive ninth, Schubart drew a leadoff walk before Ritchie stepped to the plate and drilled a pitch over the right-field wall to tie the score.

Following a Brueggemann single, the Bulldogs recorded two outs. But Thompson stepped to the plate and delivered an 0-1 pitch over the wall for his eighth homer of the season to set off the OSU celebration and keep its season alive.