Cougars Fall in Series Finale, Take 3 of 4 Against Iowa

Sunday, March 2

Cleburne, Texas

10 a.m.

Washington State University

3-9

Iowa

4-6

Washington State

Iowa

March 02, 2025 | Baseball

Box Score

By: Washington State Athletic Communications

CLEBURNE, Texas (March 2, 2025) – Washington State won the first three games of the series with Iowa but dropped the finale14-3 in seven innings at La Moderna Field in Cleburne, Texas Sunday afternoon.

The Cougars won Thursday's opener 12-7, claimed Friday's game 7-4 and came back for a 6-4 win Saturday.

First baseman Ryan Skjonsby homered, centerfielder Cole Watterson doubled and scored a run but Iowa collected 12 hits, a four-run first and six-run third to avoid the sweep.

KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
Iowa used a pair of walks and three hits including an opposite-field three-run home run to plate four runs in the opening frame. In the third inning, Watterson reached on a bloop double to left-centerfield and came around to score on an RBI-single to right-centerfield by Max Hartman.

The Hawkeyes answered right back with six runs in their half of the third on four hits, three walks and a hit-by-pitch to push their lead to 10-1. Skjonsby led off the fourth with an opposite-field solo homer to left centerfield and WSU added another run after a pair of Hawkeye errors.

Iowa clinched the win with a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Ollie Obenour had bunt single in the 1^st to extend his on-base streak to 7 games
Max Hartman singled in the 3^rd to extend his on-base streak to 6 games
Ricco Longo had his 9-game on-base streak snapped
Griffin Myers came off the bench, caught the final 2 innings and singled to right field

NEXT UP
Following a season-opening three-week road trip, the Cougars return home to host a three-game series against Seattle U beginning Friday at Bailey-Brayton Field.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Reece Beuter (2-0)

L: Hutzezon, Ingmar (0-1)

Washington State

Batting:

2B: Watterson, Cole 1

HR: Skjonsby, Ryan 1

RBI: Hartman, Max 1 ; Skjonsby, Ryan 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Skjonsby, Ryan 1 ; Longo, Ricco 1 ; Watterson, Cole 1

HBP: Obenour, Ollie 2

Iowa

Batting:

2B: Miles Risley 1 ; Jackson Beaman 1 ; Andy Nelson 1

HR: Blake Guerin 1 ; Reese Moore 1

RBI: Ben Wilmes 1 ; Gable Mitchell 2 ; Caleb Wulf 1 ; Blake Guerin 2 ; Reese Moore 4 ; Colin Coonradt 1 ; Andy Nelson 2 ; Kooper Schulte 1

SF: Kooper Schulte 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Ben Wilmes 1 ; Gable Mitchell 2 ; Miles Risley 1 ; Caleb Wulf 2 ; Blake Guerin 1 ; Jackson Beaman 2 ; Reese Moore 2 ; Colin Coonradt 2 ; Andy Nelson 1