IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa State earned its fourth-straight Cy-Hawk victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes Wednesday evening, 7-4, capping off the 2022-23 Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series. The Cyclones tied the school’s largest margin of victory ever in the series 17-8.

Iowa State (19-27) stayed undefeated against the Hawkeyes under head coach Jamie Pinkerton. Iowa (28-21) dropped its fourth straight game in its penultimate non-conference game.

Milaysia Ochoa had a whale of a game, going 2-2 at the plate, blasting a pair of homers, recording four RBI and accounting for three of Iowa State’s seven runs. Angelina Allen and Alicia Ranches also had multi-hit games for the Cyclones, with Allen earning the only other extra-base hit.

Freshman pitcher Jaiden Ralston picked up her fifth win of the season for the Cyclones, allowing just three hits in 3.2 innings of work. Ralston relieved Tatum Johnson and punched out four Hawkeyes before Saya Swain came in to close it down. Swain pitched three innings and struck out five Hawkeyes, earning her third save of the season.