Oklahoma State University Athletics
Oklahoma State Week In Review, Look Ahead
October 18, 1999 | General
Oct. 18, 1999
Men's Cross Country
This Week: idle
Last Week: at Arkansas Chile Pepper Invitational
Oklahoma State's Chuck Sloan was among the to 15 runners, leading the Cowboys to an overall third-place finish Saturday at the 18th-annual Arkansas Chile Pepper Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.
Sloan, a senior from Billings, Mont., finished the 10K race with a time of 30:47. Redshirt freshman Ben Lake was shortly behind Sloan, finishing 16th in 31:29. Sophomore Bruce Wright was six seconds behind Lake, placing him 18th with a time of 31:35. Junior Jerry Rainey was the fourth man across the line for the Cowboys with a time of 32:00, finishing 26th. Capturing the fifth-runner spot for the team was Junior Vasquez. His 32:08 finish was good enough to place him in the no. 30 spot.
Overall, the Cowboys' team score of 103 put them in third-place for the Chile Pepper Invitational. Arkansas won their home meet, finishing with a total of 25 points. Rice University won the second-place title, with an overall point total of 100.
OSU's next appearance will be at the Oct. 30 Big 12 Championships in College Station, Texas.
Equestrian
This Week: Sat.-Sun. at Texas A&M Show
Last Week: idle
The Oklahoma State Cowgirl equestrian team will travel to College Station, Texas, this weekend to compete in three western shows.
In their last action, the Cowgirls took top honors at the University of Texas show in Canyon, Texas, on Oct. 2. The show consisted of two-hunt seat shows and points from both shows were added together to determine overall placings. The Cowgirls' team score of 52 points was good enough for a first-place overall finish.
Sophomore Audrey Buck won overall high-point honors for the show, as well as winning her division. Freshmen Jackie Skibicki, Kim Cloud and Amber Higgins also received first place in their divisions. Trista Armstrong and Susie Reed also received division top honors.
The Cowgirls will return home Oct. 29-31 as they host two hunt seat and two western shows at the Oklahoma State Animal Science Arena.
Football (3-2 Overall, 1-1 Big 12)
This Week: Saturday vs. Kansas State, 11:30 a.m. (Big 12 TV)
Last Week: idle
Oklahoma State hosts Kansas State Saturday as the Cowboys celebrate Homecoming and try to stay in the thick of the Big 12 Conference's South Division title chase. The Cowboys will be trying for a second-straight win this season and also be seeking to snap a seven-game losing streak to Kansas State.
Oklahoma State is 3-2 overall and 1-1 in Big 12 Conference play ahead of this week's game against Kansas State. The Cowboys won their first two of the '99 season before losing to Mississippi State and Nebraska, both on the road. OSU rebounded last week for a 41-21 win over Texas Tech on Lewis Field. Kansas State will come to Stillwater with a perfect 6-0 overall record and a 3-0 mark in league play. The Wildcats stepped out of league play last week with a 40-0 win over Utah State in Manhattan.
Oklahoma State will celebrate its last Homecoming of the millennium this week, capped with Saturday's football game against the Wildcats. OSU's Homecoming is annually one of the largest in the nation, attracting thousands to Friday night's walkaround and campus-wide activities Friday and Saturday.
A capacity crowd is expected for Saturday's game between Oklahoma State and Kansas State. With the seats that were in the east end zone now gone because of construction, the official Lewis Field capacity is 48,500. As of last Friday, only a few hundred donor-level tickets remained for the game.
For the third time in six games, Oklahoma State will kick off a football game at about the time you should be finishing your Belgian waffle. The Cowboys are appearing on the Big 12 Syndicated Game of the Week for the third time (Tulsa, Nebraska and Kansas State). Today is the fourth televised game of the season for OSU.
Men's Golf
This Week: Mon.- Tues. at Jerry Pate Invitational in
Last Week: at Red River Classic in Dallas 1st/15
One week after setting school and possibly national records with its stunning victory at the Red River Classic, the fifth-ranked OSU men's golf team heads to Birmingham, Ala., for the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate.
OSU carded a 22-under-par round of 266 on the final day of last week's Red River Classic to win the event with a school-record score of 813, an astounding 51 strokes under par. All 12 individual scoring rounds for OSU were under 70, helping the Cowboys set school records for final and single-round scores. The 51-under overall final score is also believed to be a school record.
Senior Edward Loar, who won the Jerry Pate as a freshman in leading OSU to a 1996 victory in the event, leads the Cowboys' lineup into the tournament. The 10th-ranked Loar will be joined by third-ranked teammate Charles Howell as well as J.C. DeLeon, Anders Hultman and Landry Mahan. Howell finished fourth at the Red River while DeLeon, a true freshman, and Loar tied for fifth.
The tournament will be played Monday and Tuesday at Old Overton Country Club. The field in this annual tournament, whose selection committee has included Arnold Palmer and Ben Crenshaw as well as Jerry Pate, is considered one of the strongest in regular-season play.
Women's Golf
This Week: idle
Last Week: at Shootout at the Legends 1st/12
Oklahoma State's 16th-ranked women's golf team won the Shootout at the Legends in Franklin, Ind., Tuesday afternoon, carding a three-round score of 873. That total is the lowest ever in the history of the program, and defeated second-place Northwestern by 19 strokes.
Junior Maria Boden won the individual title with a 215, the lowest score of her three-year career. Freshman Christi Cano, a San Antonio product, finished second with a 217. Both scores rank in the top 15 all-time at OSU.
OSU senior Natasha Rowe finished sixth individually with a 221, while freshman Linda Wessberg tied for seventh with a 222. Tulsa-native JoAnn Heller carded a 226, good for a tie for 18th place, and sophomore Emma Zackrisson jumped 20 spots from 51st to 31st with a par 72 on the final day.
Oklahoma State will next compete in the final tournament of the fall season, the Roadrunner Invitational, Nov. 1-3, in Las Cruces, N.M.
Soccer (4-12 Overall, 2-6 Big 12)
This Week: Friday vs. Iowa State, 7 p.m., Sunday vs. Nebraska, 1 p.m.
Last Week: Won at home vs. Texas Tech, 2-1, Lost at home vs. Baylor, 4-0
OSU's Cowgirls host their final two home games of the year next weekend when Big 12-foes Iowa State and Nebraska come to Stillwater. The Cowgirls and Cyclones will play Friday at 7 p.m. before closing out the home season against fourth- ranked Nebraska Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Cowgirls split a pair of Big 12 contests at home last weekend, defeating Texas Tech 2-1 on Friday before falling to Baylor 4-0 on Sunday.
Mercy Morrical scored a goal and recorded an assist in the win over Texas Tech, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Kellie White scored her second goal of the season in the win.
The Cowgirl held the powerful Baylor offense to just one goal in the first half before the Bears erupted for three second half scores in the 4-0 loss.
Men's Tennis
This Week: Thurs.-Mon. at ITA Rolex Regional (Individual)
Last Week: at ITA All-American
The Oklahoma State Cowboy tennis squad will participate in the ITA Rolex Regional starting Thursday and ending Monday in Wichita, Kan.
The Cowboys lost all three of their matches in the first round of qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships last Tuesday.
Fran Krepelka and Chris Bates had won four straight pre-qualifying matches before being eliminated in the qualifying round.
Krepelka was defeated in three sets by TCU's Scott Eddins. Chris Sands of UCLA knocked off Bates in two sets, 6-3 7-6 (7-4).
In doubles play, Clemson's Josh Goffi teamed with Darren Knight to defeat Bates and Matt Prentice by a count of 6-4, 6-3.
Women's Tennis
This Week: Fri.-Sun.at Texas-Arlington Tournament
Last Week: idle
Oklahoma State's Cowgirl tennis team will see its first action since its strong showing in the Hurricane Invitational two weeks ago when they travel to Arlington for the Texas-Arlington Fall Invitational Friday through Sunday.
Other teams participating in the tournament include Abilene Christian, Wichita State, Tyler Junior College, Texas-Arlington, Lamar, Texas Christian and North Texas.
October
18 MG Jerry Pate Invitational
19 MG Jerry Pate Invitational
21-25 MT at ITA Rolex Regional (Individual)
22 EQ at Texas A&M
WS Iowa State 7 p.m.
WT at Texas-Arlington Tournament
23 EQ at Texas A&M
FB Kansas State 11:30 p.m.
WT at Texas-Arlington Tournament
24 EQ at Texas A&M
WS Nebraska 1 p.m.
WT at Texas-Arlington Tournament
27 WS at Texas Christian 4 p.m.
29 EQ Oklahoma State Show
30 MCC Big 12 Championships
EQ Oklahoma State Show
FB at Texas A&M 1 p.m.
MT at ITA Rolex Regional (Team)
WT at Kansas State Doubles Tournament
31 WCC Big 12 Championship
EQ Oklahoma State Show
WT at Kansas State Doubles Tournament
November
1 WG Roadrunner Invitational
2 WG Roadrunner Invitational
3 WG Roadrunner Invitational
WT Rolex Regional
4 WS Big 12 Tournament
