Cowgirls Take on Cyclones in Big 12 Tournament

May 11, 1999

Oklahoma State (20-22, 4-8)
vs. Iowa State (23-29, 5-11)
Wednesday, May 12 * 5 p.m.
Big 12 Tournament
Don E. Porter/Hall of Fame Stadium
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Radio: Stillwater Radio (Y105.5 FM)

OSU TO COMPETE IN BIG 12 TOURNAMENT
Oklahoma State enters the 1999 Big 12 Tournament as the No. 8 seed and will meet No. 9 Iowa State in a play-in game Wednesday, May 12, at 5 p.m. at the Don E. Porter/Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. OSU finished the regular season with a 20-22 record, 4-8 in conference play. The Cowgirls and Cyclones did not play this season. Should Oklahoma State win the game, it will face the top-seeded Oklahoma Sooners on Thursday at 10 a.m. as part of the eight-team, double-elimination bracket. The next opponent for either OSU or ISU after Oklahoma would be either No. 4 Nebraska or No. 5 Kansas.

COWGIRL NOTE-ABLE

Oklahoma State's catchers have thrown out 14-of-45 base runners on stolen-base attempts, or 31.1 percent. Conversely, OSU base runners have been successful on 38-of-52 attempts, or 73.1 percent. Senior Michelle Singer leads the pack, throwing out 7-of-23 base stealers.

Cowgirl junior Jennifer Olival is batting .514 in conference games, with 18 hits in 35 at-bats.

Oklahoma State has turned 15 double plays this season, compared to just six by the opponents.

Senior Jaime Foutch leads the Cowgirls when batting with runners in scoring position, hitting at a .439 average.

Foutch is also batting a whopping .471 with runners on, but just .345 when the bases are empty.

Shelly Graham, OSU's leadoff hitter in 23-of-42 games, is batting .354 when leading off an inning.

As a team, Oklahoma State is 37-for-75 (.493) when batting with a runner on third base and less than two outs.

OSU is batting a dismal .171 when the bases are loaded, while the opposition is batting just .185 in the same situation.

Opponent leadoff hitters are batting .405 against the Cowgirl pitchers, but just .217 with runners on base.

The Cowgirls have had 51 two-out RBIs, led by freshman Casey O'Neill and Foutch, who each have seven. Senior Melissa Turley has six, while Shelly Graham and Liz Silva each have five. Kristine Garcia, Michelle Singer and Amanda Hayes have four each.

Oklahoma State has scored more runs in the third inning (30) than any other inning, and have not scored more than 27 in the final four frames. Meanwhile, the opponents have scored at least 20 runs in all but the sixth inning.

Seniors Foutch, Turley and Katie Wise rank 1-3-5 in career walks at Oklahoma State, respectively. Foutch, with 53, is tied with Stephenie Little for the top spot, and Wise is third with 48 free passes. Turley currently has 45 walks.

Fourty of OSU's 77 multiple-hit games have been accomplished by underclassmen, while 10 of the 19 multi-RBI games have come off the bats of non-seniors.

Sophomore Amanda Hayes set an OSU school record with three stolen bases in a single game when she had three steals vs. Texas-San Antonio. The previous record was two SBs by many players, most recently by Melissa Turley on Apr. 5, 1997. The team set a school record with six stolen bases vs. Ohio on March 19, 1999. The previous record was five, vs. Oregon State on Feb. 28, 1995.

The longest hitting streak of the season is 12 by Jaime Foutch. The OSU school record is 16 consecutive games, by Cyndi Smith in 1995. Jennifer Olival holds the longest current streak at eight games.

FOUTCH OWNING RECORD BOOKS
Cowgirl senior Jaime Foutch owns more than half of the 32 all-time OSU offensive records. She owns or is tied for four single-game records, six single-season records, and 10 career records; 20 in all. Here is a look at the records Foutch holds ... games played in a season and a career; career at-bats; career runs; hits in a game and a career; doubles in a game, season and career; home runs in a game, season and career; total bases in a season and career; slugging percentage in a season and career; RBIs in a game, season and career; and walks in a career.

OLIVAL STREAKS TO THE TOP
Junior Jennifer Olival, who came to OSU after her freshman year at Oral Roberts on a basketball scholarship, has put herself in position for postseason honors. The Choctaw, Okla., native is currently batting .398 and is on an eight-game hitting streak. Over that span of eight games, she has seven multiple-hit games, and is batting 16-for-30, good for a .533 average. She has also scored at least one run in the last six games. Jennifer is also spectacular in the field, making many over-the-shoulder catches, and pulling several balls back into play from over the outfield fence.

TWO COWGIRLS HONORED
Oklahoma State's 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 State's Athletic Department for their dedication to the Stillwater community and to several charitable organizations. OSU's only other honoree was Cowboy tailback Jamaal Fobbs, who received the accolade during the fall semester.

SERIES VS. IOWA STATE
Oklahoma State leads the overall series with Iowa State by a 35-11 count, including the last six meetings since 1996. The doubleheader between these two teams in Ames was rained out this season. OSU is 19-5 vs. the Cyclones at neutral sites, and 8-3 vs. ISU in the conference tournament. The Cowgirls won 15 in a row vs. Iowa State in the series, and have won 23 of the last 25 meetings. ISU's only wins were in 1994, when the Cyclones won 2-of-4 in Ames.

SERIES VS. OKLAHOMA
Should OSU defeat Iowa State in the play-in game, the Cowgirls' first opponent will be bedlam-rival Oklahoma. Although OSU owns the all-time series, 67-42, the Sooners have won the last five games, one of which was in last season's conference tournament. OSU is 20-11 all-time vs. OU on neutral fields, and 6-3 vs. the Sooners in the conference tournament.

SERIES VS. NEBRASKA and KANSAS
If Oklahoma State defeats Iowa State in the play-in game, regardless of whether the Cowgirls win or lose to Oklahoma, they will play either Nebraska or Kansas in their second game. OSU is 38-26 all-time vs. Nebraska, including an 8-6 mark in games played in the conference tournament. Versus Kansas, OSU is 47-34 all-time, including an 11-5 mark in the conference tournament. The Cowgirls have won the last three conference-tournament meetings with Kansas, including a 1-0 win last year. Oklahoma State also won the last conference-tournament meeting with Nebraska, an 8-7, 18-inning victory in 1997.

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