Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Play Five Games in Three Days
June 21, 1999 | Cowgirl Softball
April 23, 1999
Up Next:
Utah (22-19, 6-5 WAC) Fri., 6:30 p.m. Baylor (29-19, 4-6) Sat., noon (dh) Texas Tech (29-26, 4-6) Sun., noon (dh) at Stillwater, Okla. * Cowgirl Field
Current Record:
Oklahoma State 16-21 overall, 2-7 Big 12
COMING UP Oklahoma State will conclude the regular season next week as the Cowgirls host three games in three days starting Wednesday, April 28. OSU hosts Wichita State at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, and will host Hawaii on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The Cowgirls will wrap up the regular season on Friday, April 30, when OSU hosts Bedlam rival Oklahoma at 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma State will take off a week for finals before the Big 12 Tournament begins on Wed., May 12, at Don E. Porter/Hall of Fame Stadium on Oklahoma City.
COWGIRL NOTE-ABLE Oklahoma States catchers have thrown out 14-of-44 base runners on stolen-base attempts, or 31.8 percent. Conversely, OSU base runners have been successful on 32-of-43 attempts, or 74.4 percent. Senior Michelle Singer leads the pack, throwing out 7-of-22 base stealers.
Cowgirl junior Jennifer Olival is batting .458 since conference play started, with 11 hits in 24 at-bats.
Cowgirl freshman Jessica Jenkins has struck out 51 batters in 47.1 innings, an average of 7.5 strikeouts per seven innings.
Oklahoma State has turned 14 double plays this season, compared to just six by the opponents.
Senior Kristine Garcia leads the Cowgirls when batting with runners in scoring position, hitting at a .435 average.
Senior Jaime Foutch is batting a whopping .466 with runners on, but just .333 when the bases are empty.
Shelly Graham, OSUs leadoff hitter in 23-of-37 games, is batting .370 when leading off an inning.
As a team, Oklahoma State is 31-for-61 (.508) when batting with a runner on third base and less than two outs.
OSU is batting a dismal .179 when the bases are loaded, while the opposition is batting .227 in the same situation.
Opponent leadoff hitters are batting .426 against the Cowgirl pitchers, but just .220 with runners on base.
The Cowgirls have had 46 two-out RBIs, led by freshman Casey ONeill and Foutch, who each have six. Shelly Graham and Melissa Turley each have five, while Kristine Garcia, Liz Silva and Amanda Hayes have four each.
Oklahoma State has scored more runs in the third inning (25) than any other inning, but have not scored more than 17 in the other six. Meanwhile, the opponents have scored at least 20 runs in all but the sixth inning.
Seniors Foutch, Katie Wise and Melissa Turley rank 2-3-5 in career walks at Oklahoma State, respectively. Foutch, with 51, needs two more to surpass Stephenie Littles 52 career passes, and Wise is third with 48. Turley currently has 44 walks.
FOUTCH OWNING RECORD BOOKS Cowgirl senior Jaime Foutch owns all but a few of the all-time OSU offensive records. She owns or is tied for four single-game records, six single-season records, and eight career records. With her next game, she will set the record for most games played in a career, and with one more base on balls, she will tie Stephenie Little for that career mark. By the time she leaves OSU, she will hold at least 20 offensive records.
HITTING STREAKS Jaime Foutch holds the longest hitting streak of the season at 12 games, and she also holds the longest current streak at four games. Here is a look at the current hitting streaks ...
4 - Jaime Foutch
3 - Jennifer Olival, Liz Silva
1 - Summer Younk, Jenny Kipp
TWO COWGIRLS HONORED Oklahoma States Melissa Turley and Kristine Garcia were both honored by the Big 12 Conference with the NationsBank Community Champion Award this season. Turley was featured on the Big 12 Showcase three weeks ago, while Garcia will be honored on the same program in the future. Both were nominated by Oklahoma States Athletic Department for their dedication to the Stillwater community and to several charitable organizations. OSUs only other honoree was Cowboy tailback Jamaal Fobbs, who received the accolade during the fall semester.
SERIES VS. UTAH Oklahoma State is 8-4 all-time vs. the Utah Utes, including a 1-0 record in Stillwater. All other games have been played at neutral sites. The only game played in Stillwater was during the 1995 NCAA Regional, when the Cowgirls defeated Utah, 3-0. The Utes won the first three meetings between these two school, all during the 1982 season. Since then, the only other loss to Utah was a 2-0 setback in eight innings in the 1994 Womens College World Series.
SERIES VS. BAYLOR Oklahoma State leads the all-time series with Baylor, 10-4, including a 4-1 mark in Stillwater. The two teams have split the last four games, and the Bears won the last meeting, 2-1, in Waco. The first seven games played were at neutral sites, beginning in the fall of 1980. In 1987, OSU hosted the Cowgirl Classic, and shut out BU, 13-0 and 5-0. Although Big 12 play began in 1996, the game between OSU and Baylor was played in the OSU Spring Classic. The teams are tied, 2-2 in conference games.
SERIES VS. TEXAS TECH Oklahoma State has dominated the series with Texas Tech, owning a 12-1 record vs. the Red Raiders. OSU won the first 11 games in the series, which began in the spring of 1980. The Cowgirls threw five shutouts vs. TTU before the Raiders finally scored in OSUs first-ever Big 12 contest. The Cowgirls won, 8-4, in eight innings in the first game last season, and Texas Tech won its first-ever game vs. OSU in the second as Emily Hayes threw a shutout. The Cowgirls defeated Texas Tech, 1-0, in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament last season.
