Rosie Davis knew the ball was out of the ballpark the moment it left her bat.

Even with a blackened eye and the weight of the moment on her shoulders, Oklahoma State’s third baseman delivered for her team. On a 2-0 count, Davis sat on a fastball from Nebraska closer Alexis Jensen.

Davis watched as the ball sailed deep into the blackened Stillwater night sky. It cleared the batter’s eye in dead center field as Cowgirl Stadium jolted into a state of pandemonium shortly after. 

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