
Iowa State won the game with a final score of 9-7.
Reagan Bartholomew hit the game-winning two-run homer for Iowa State.
A total of five home runs were hit during the game.
Iowa State had a record of 23-15, while Iowa had a record of 21-17 before the game.
Reagan Bartholomew hit a game-winning two-run homer in the seventh inning, leading Iowa State to a 9-7 victory over Iowa in a rain-soaked rivalry game. Lauren Schurman secured her 13th win of the season for the Cyclones.
IOWA CITY â While the rain appeared heavy at times on the Big Ten Network stream it was a case of âwhen it rains, it poursâ as Iowa State (23-15, 4-8 Big 12) and Iowa (21-17, 5-10 Big Ten) combined for five home runs, punctuated by Reagan Bartholomewâs game-winning two-run homer to deep center field in the top of the seventh that secured the 9-7 victory for the Cyclones at Pearl Field on Wednesday.
Serayah Neiss was tagged with the loss, her fifth of the season, while Lauren Schurman earned the win â her 13th of the season â for the Cyclones after retiring the Hawkeyes in order in the bottom of the seventh.
The game began as a defensive struggle, with neither team scoring in the first two innings. In the top of the first, Iowaâs defense ended a threat when catcher Leah McAnally threw out Jessie Clemons at second base for a caught stealing. The Cyclones responded on defense in the second inning when Kadence Shepherd, Reagan Bartholomew, and Sydney Malott combined for a double play to neutralize an Iowa walk.
The scoring erupted in the third inning as Iowa State built a four-run lead. After McKenna Andrews drew a walk, Tatum Johnson hit a two-run home run to deep right field.
T3 | Tower Power from Tatum đȘđȘ
The senior puts us đđ
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â Iowa State Softball (@CycloneSB) April 8, 2026
Reagan Bartholomew followed with a double, setting the stage for Kadence Shepherd to launch another two-run home run, extending the lead to 4-0.
T3 | @ShepherdKadence with a đŁ of her own!
Second two-run blast of the frame puts us up four đ
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â Iowa State Softball (@CycloneSB) April 8, 2026
This prompted Iowa to replace starting pitcher Avery Sapp with Carly Brewer.
Iowa responded immediately in the bottom of the third. After a walk to Brianna Johnson and a single by Devin Simon, Tory Bennett hit a three-run home run to deep left field, cutting the deficit to 4-3.
This surge led Iowa State to make their own pitching change, bringing in Lauren Schurman for Jaiden Ralston.
In the fourth inning, Iowa State added an unearned run when Ames native Ireland Buss scored during a caught-stealing sequence involving Andrews.
However, Iowa leveled the score at 5-5 in the bottom half when the 2024-25 Iowa Gatorade Softball Player of the Year Mariah Myers hit a two-run home run that scored Nailyn Marshall.
The Cyclones reclaimed the lead in the fifth inning. Tatum Johnson and Reagan Bartholomew both singled to start the inning, eventually leading to a sacrifice fly by Sydney Malott and an RBI double by Karlee Ford to make the score 7-5.
T5 | Karlee doing Karlee things đ«Ą
Her second hit of the day drives in Shep to put us in front by two.
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â Iowa State Softball (@CycloneSB) April 8, 2026
The Hawkeyes continued to fight back, using an RBI single by Kiara Sipe in the fifth and an RBI single by Brianna Johnson in the sixthâfollowing a double by Mariah Myersâto tie the game once more at 7-7.
The deadlock was broken in the top of the seventh inning. After Tatum Johnson led off with a single, Reagan Bartholomew hit a go-ahead two-run home run to deep center field off relief pitcher Neiss.
T7 | Who else but @reagbart23âïž
The senior puts us in front!
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â Iowa State Softball (@CycloneSB) April 9, 2026
In the bottom of the seventh, Lauren Schurman retired the Hawkeyes in order to secure the victory. Schurman forced Tory Bennett, Kiara Sipe, and Leah McAnally into three consecutive groundouts to end the game.
Iowa State returns to Ames for a series against No. 19 Oklahoma State beginning Friday at 4 p.m.
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