Oklahoma State University Athletics
OSU Weekly All-Sports Release
May 01, 2000 | General
Baseball (30-18, 9-12 Big 12)
This Week:
Friday vs. Iowa State, 7 p.m.
Saturday vs. Iowa State, 7 p.m.
Sunday vs. Iowa State, 2 p.m.
Last Week:
Lost at home vs. Oral Roberts, 6-2
Won at home vs. Purdue, 11-1
Won at home vs. Purdue, 7-6
Won at home vs. Purdue, 15-14
Jimbo McAuliff knocked in Ryan Budde from third with the game winning run as Oklahoma State defeated Purdue 15-14 in 11 innings Saturday afternoon at Reynolds Stadium.
The contest had many twists and turns as Oklahoma State used nine pitchers and 23 players overall in the four-hour and 10 minute marathon. It was the first time this season the Cowboys rallied after trailing for five innings (0-16 prior to the game) and second consecutive extra-inning win over the Boilermakers.
Frank Bludau, the ninth OSU pitcher of the contest, retired the Boilermakers in the 11th setting up McAuliff's heroics.
Bludau picked up the win to improve to 5-5 while Russ Morgan took the loss for the Boilermakers to drop to 5-5.
Oklahoma State swept the series 3-0 and improved to 30-18 on the year while Purdue dropped to 30-17. The Cowboys will have the entire week off due to finals before getting back in Big 12 action next weekend against Iowa State in Stillwater. Game one is slated for Fri., May 5, at 7 p.m. at Reynolds Stadium.
Men's Golf
This Week:
idle
Last Week:
First place at Big 12 Championship
Charles Howell shattered school and conference records while leading third-ranked Oklahoma State to the Big 12 Men's Golf Championship on Tuesday.
Howell carded a two-under-par 68 in Tuesday's final round to finish at 10-under 200 for the tournament, giving him the individual title by 10 strokes over teammate Edward Loar, whose even-par score of 210 would have ranked second in Big 12 history before Howell's onslaught.
OSU's team score of 851 is a Big 12 record, six strokes better than Kansas' winning card last season. The Cowboys also set Big 12 records for single-round scoring (272 in the second round) and score through two rounds (559).
Howell was named Big 12 Player of the Year and Student-Athlete of the Year by the conference office on Friday, and OSU's Mike Holder and CU's Mark Simpson were selected Big 12 Co-Coaches of the Year.
The Big 12 honors co-coaches of the year for the first time in its four-year history. Holder led Oklahoma State to its third Big 12 Conference Championship in four years with a tournament-record score of 851. The Cowboys have three tournament wins this year and have placed in the top five in all of their spring tournaments. OSU is ranked fourth in the country, according to the latest MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings.
The Cowboys return to action May 13-14 when they compete in The Maxwell by Pontiac in Ardmore, Okla.
Softball (33-20, 8-10 Big 12)
This Week:
idle
Last Week:
Won at home vs. Texas A&M, 3-0
Lost at home vs. Texas A&M, 7-0
Oklahoma State's 23rd-ranked softball team lost its final regular-season conference game Sunday afternoon, falling to Texas A&M, 7-0, at Cowgirl Stadium.
Freshman Lauren Bay started the game for OSU, and gave up four runs on eight hits. Freshman Karla Rivera came on in relief in the seventh, but was pulled after giving up the three runs without an out.
Oklahoma State (33-20 overall, 8-10 Big 12) will host the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Monday, May 8, at 1 p.m. in a doubleheader before traveling to Oklahoma City for the Big 12 Softball Tournament, May 10-13, at Don E. Porter/ASA Hall of Fame Stadium.
Men's Tennis (11-8, 4-5 Big 12)
This Week:
idle
Last Week:
Big 12 Tournament
The 50th-ranked Oklahoma State men's tennis team was eliminated from the Big 12 Tournament on Friday after dropping a 4-2 decision to the Kansas Jayhawks at the Plaza Tennis Center.
The Cowboys, 11-8 overall and 4-5 in Big 12 play, picked up hard-fought wins at the Nos. 2 and 5 positions from Chris Bates and Jiri Jezek, but suffered three-set losses at the Nos. 1 and 6 positions.
At the No. 2 slot, Bates won the first set in a tie-break and took the third set 6-4 to improve his record to 10-9 on the season.
For the third consecutive match, Jezek required three sets to determine his outcome at the No. 6 position. The freshman defeated KU's Bryan Maier 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 to improve to 14-5 on the season.
The match's outcome hinged on the No. 1 singles contest between OSU's Matt Prentice and KU's Rodrigo Echagaray. Echagaray was able to fight off a match point to edge out the sophomore in the third set to close out the match's scoring.
Women's Tennis (16-5, 8-5)
This Week:
idle
Last Week:
Big 12 Tournament
The Oklahoma State women's tennis team was eliminated in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament on Friday after suffering a 5-1 setback to Kansas State at the Plaza Tennis Center.
The fourth-seeded Cowgirls saw their three-match winning streak snapped and fell to 16-5 overall and 8-5 in the Big 12.
OSU's lone win on the day came at the No. 3 position courtesy of Linda Faltynkova. The freshman continued her impressive play, winning 6-0, 6-2 to improve to 19-2 on the year. Of her 19 victories this season, 16 have come in straight sets.
The Cowgirls' Dominika Olszewska and Erin Pauchnik dropped pivotal three-set matches at the Nos. 2 and 6 positions to seal the victory for the Wildcats.
Women's Outdoor Track and Field
This week:idle
Last week:
Drake Relays
Cowgirl Sherita Jackson walked away from the University of Pennsylvania's annual Penn Relays with a seventh-place finish in the women's 100m Dash.
Jackson finished the championship race in 11.83. This was a .02 improvement from her preliminary qualifying time of 11.85.
Cowgirl Melinda Jackson also competed in the Penn Relays. She posted an 18'11.25 jump in the preliminary long jump event, but did not qualify to compete in the championship.
The Cowgirls will return to action in two weeks for a May 13 competition at Texas A&M University.
