EDMOND, Okla. - Midwestern State and Pittsburg State (Kan.) traded blows on Saturday morning at the Broncho Softball Stadium. But a back and forth contest swung in favor of the Gorillas during a four-run fourth inning in what became a 9-6 loss for the Mustangs at the Edmond Regional Festival III. 

Down 2-0 before they came to bat, the Mustangs erupted for three runs in the bottom of the first. With two runners on and two outs, Kelsey Eropkin reached on an error that scored a run before Marley Eller drove in two with a single to center that gave the Mustangs a 3-2 lead. 

Pittsburg State tied the game in the top of the second on a Kylee Bohle home run but once again, MSU Texas responded. Carson Solis singled to start the bottom of the second, one of three hits on the day for the junior. After Katlyn Frakes and Bailey Wamsley were retired, Ashley Turner singled ahead of a two-run double off the bat of Lauren Lindgren that made it 5-3 in favor of the Mustangs. 

Solis continued her big day in the third, plating Eropkin with a single. 

The Gorillas took the lead for good in the fourth. Following three straight walks to start the inning, Makenzie Goswick knocked in a run with a single to right before Mareika Turpen tied the game at 6-6 with a two-run single. A Kianna Pellegrino sacrifice fly gave PSU the lead. 

Pittsburg State added a pair of runs in the sixth. 

The teams combined for 21 hits and six errors.

Jacey Henry (1-5) started for MSU Texas and suffered the loss after allowing five runs on six hits in three innings of work. The right-hander struck out three.

The Mustangs return to the field at 12:15 p.m. against Fort Hays State (Kan.).