March 29, 1999

Columbia, Mo. - On Sunday the Missouri Tigers women's softball team did something they previously had never done, sweep the Oklahoma State Cowgirls in Stillwater. The Tigers used timely hitting, good pitching and great defense to beat OSU 7-3 and 6-2. The wins improved MU to 26-11 over this season and 2-1 in Big 12 Conference action. The second game victory also provided a historic note, as the win gave head coach Jay Miller 600 career wins over his 17-year head coaching career, the last twelve of which have been spent as the Tiger's head man.

Missouri blew the first game open with five runs on five hits in the top of the second inning and, after scoring one run in the first, led the Cowgirls 6-0. The offensive output was keyed by a 2-run double by Christy Skouby who went 2 for 3 in the first game with 2 RBI. The Tigers never looked back as they added an insurance run in the third notched their first Big 12 win of 1999. Christy Caccavo improved to 9-4 with the pitching win and Stephanie Falk came in in the sixth to shut the door on OSU.

The Tigers got on the board early in the second game with a run in the second, but OSU fought back, scoring two runs of their own in the bottom of the third and knocking Christy Caccavo, who started both ends of the twinbill, out of the contest. Missouri then took control of the game. The Tigers scored three runs in the top of the fourth in retake the lead and added two more in the seventh, while Falk shutout the Cowgirls over 4 1/3 innings to get the win in relief, her 15th win of the season.

Missouri finished their four-stop raod trip 5-2 overall and 2-1 in conference play, with a game rained out in Oklahoma that will not be made up. The first ever sweep of OSU will be a boost for MU as they head into the middle of the their all-important conference schedule.

The Tigers will next play Saturday, April 3 at 1pm when they host the Kansas Jayhawks in a single game at University Field at Walton Stadium.