By Zicpraiz 
The No. 16 ranked University of Missouri softball team fell to Ohio State, 7-2, in the second day of the 2025 Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational Presented by EvoShield Friday.
With the loss, Mizzou drops to 5-4 in 2025 while Ohio State improves to 5-1.
Missouri jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on an RBI double from senior Taylor Ebbs. The Buckeyes would cut the margin in half in the home side of the first before pulling ahead with a six-run fourth inning.
Starter Cierra Harrison (2-2) was assessed the loss, allowing seven runs on seven hits with a season-best matching six strikeouts over three innings. Nathalie Touchet pitched a career-best 3.0 innings of relief work, limiting OSU to four hits and no runs with a strikeout.
Mizzou will next conclude the 2025 Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational Presented by EvoShield Saturday with a pair of games on Field 9 of the Eddie C. Moore Complex. MU will face Liberty at 9:30 a.m., CT on SEC Network before a 12:30 p.m., CT meeting with San Diego State on ESPN+.