MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. – WSU's softball team finished the EMU Madeira Beach Invitational with a 4-3 loss against Texas State on Sunday morning inside the Madeira Beach Sports Complex. At the conclusion of the Wichita State/Texas State game, the Shockers are 7-7, as the Bobcats are now 8-7.

Katie Malone (2-3) took the loss. She pitched 3.1 innings and gave up four runs (all earned) on five hits, allowed a walk and struck out four.

Randi Rupp (6-4) picked up the win. She went all seven inning and gave up three runs (all earned) on seven hits, walked one and struck out 10.

Brittany Fortner and Liz Broyles each went 2-3 with solo home runs. Sunday's home runs were Fortner's second of the season, while Broyles' home run was her first.

Kendall Wiley led the Bobcats by going 3-4 with a three-run home run (her seventh), three RBI, and a run scored.

Texas State had the bases loaded with one out in the top of the first due to a Kelli Baker single to right, an error by Mackenzie Wright and a Malone pitch that hit Kortney Koroll. Malone then struck out Wiley and threw out Lexi Fryar after a comebacker to the pitcher's circle.

Leading off the bottom of the second, Broyles hit her first home run of the season (solo) to deep right center, giving the Shockers an early 1-0 lead. 

Texas State scored three runs on three hits to take a 3-1 lead after the top of the third.

The Bobcats had back-to-back singles from Courtney Harris and Koroll to set up runners on first and second with one out in the top of the third. Wiley then hit a three-run home run, her seventh of the season, that allowed Texas State to take a 3-1 lead.

Fortner answered the Bobcats' three-run top of the third with a solo home run to deep left-center (her second) in the bottom of the third, cutting the Texas State lead to 3-2 after three innings.

In the top of the fourth, Kimberlin Naivar hit a pinch-hit solo home run to answer Fortner's bottom of the third solo home run, extending the Bobcat lead back to a two-run lead at 4-2. 

The Shockers scored one in the bottom of the sixth when Wright hit a RBI-single to shallow right, scoring Hunter Hogan (who pinch-ran for Broyles after she doubled) from second to cut the Bobcat lead to 4-3. Wright advanced to second on an error by Isabelle Barnes. Michelle Dixon pinch-hit for Kennedy Long and popped out to Ortiz to end the Wichita State sixth, as 4-3 later became the final score.

The Shockers resume their 2015 season when they travel to the Long Beach State Louisville Slugger Tournament from February 26-28 in Lakewood, Calif/Fullterton, Calif.