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Oklahoma State University
9-4
Gardner-Webb
10-4
Cowboy Baseball Falls In Series Opener
March 06, 2026 | Cowboy Baseball
The loss snapped the Cowboys' eight-game winning streak, the fourth longest in 14 seasons under head coach Josh Holliday, as they fell to 9-4 on the season. GWU improved to 10-4 as Kelvin Agosto led the way with a two-home run, seven-RBI night.
Hudson Barrett took the mound for the Cowboys, making his fourth start of the season. The southpaw only pitched 1 2/3 innings and struck out four before being removed from the game.
The Pokes used six pitchers in the contest, with Bryce LeBlanc taking the loss to fall to 0-2.
GWU jumped in front in the first inning courtesy of a solo home run off the bat of Matt Ilgenfritz. For Barrett, it snapped a streak of 15 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run. Surrounding the home run, the lefty struck out two in his first frame.
It didn't take long for the Pokes to respond as Alex Conover led off the bottom of the inning with his first home run of the season, a shot to center field to even the score at one. The Cowboys threatened to do more damage after back-to-back singles by Kollin Ritchie and Aidan Meola, but GWU starter Oliver Ellison retired the final two batters of the inning.
LeBlanc was tasked with replacing Barrett on short notice in the second inning and struck out the lone batter he faced to finish the frame.
Colin Brueggemann, who had two hits in the contest, led off the bottom of the second by lacing a double to right field and was joined on the bases by TP Wentworth via a walk. With two outs, Brock Thompson smacked a single to center field that scored both Brueggemann and Wentworth after an error by the center fielder to make the score 3-1.
But Gardner-Webb answered back in the top of the third, scoring three runs with two outs to take a 4-3 lead. Zane Burns replaced LeBlanc and was able to get out of the inning thanks to a sliding catch by Wentworth to save two more potential runs.
The Bulldogs hit two home runs in the fourth inning, a solo shot by Merik Carter and a two-run blast by Agosto, to extend the lead to 7-3.
GWU would score 12 runs over the final three innings as the visitors finished with 19 hits in the contest.
The two teams return to action Saturday at 2 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: ELLISON, Oliver (3-0)
L: LeBlanc, Bryce (0-2)
Batting:
2B: ECTOR, Thad 1 ; KENNELL, Ryan 1 ; ILGENFRITZ, Matt 1 ; AGOSTO, Kelvin 1
HR: CARTER, Merik 1 ; ILGENFRITZ, Matt 1 ; AGOSTO, Kelvin 2
RBI: CARTER, Merik 3 ; THOMPSON, Zack 2 ; ECTOR, Thad 1 ; KENNELL, Ryan 3 ; ILGENFRITZ, Matt 3 ; AGOSTO, Kelvin 7
SH: CAMARILLO, Allan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CARTER, Merik 3 ; CAMARILLO, Allan 1 ; THOMPSON, Zack 1 ; ECTOR, Thad 2 ; LIAO, Ethan 1 ; KENNELL, Ryan 4 ; ILGENFRITZ, Matt 4 ; AGOSTO, Kelvin 3
SB: ECTOR, Thad 2 ; ILGENFRITZ, Matt 1
HBP: ECTOR, Thad 1 ; KENNELL, Ryan 1 ; AGOSTO, Kelvin 1
PO: CAMARILLO, Allan 1
Batting:
2B: Wentworth, TP 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1
3B: Brueggemann, Colin 1
HR: Conover, Alex 1
RBI: Thompson, Brock 2 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1 ; Conover, Alex 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wentworth, TP 2 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1 ; Conover, Alex 1 ; Pomeroy, Deacon 1
HBP: Meola, Aidan 1 ; Wentworth, TP 1
