BELTON, Texas – Hardin-Simmons’ Cowgirl softball team dropped the opening game of the American Southwest Conference softball tournament to McMurry 4-2 on Thursday afternoon. The Cowgirls will play an elimination game on Friday at 10 a.m. in Belton against the loser of ETBU and LeTourneau. The Cowgirls had a slow start and McMurry got up 2-0 in the second inning. The deficit increased to 4-0 for Hardin-Simmons in the fourth. The Cowgirls got two runs in the fifth to make it 4-2. Ella Salinas and Sarah Diessner had RBIs for HSU in the inning. The Cowgirls mounted a rally in…