Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Travel To Texas This Weekend
April 27, 2001 | Cowgirl Softball
April 27, 2001
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Oklahoma State (22-21, 6-8)
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Texas A&M (30-15, 7-9)
COWGIRLS TRAVEL TO COLLEGE STATION
Oklahoma State (22-21 overall, 6-8 in Big 12) travels to College Station, Texas, this weekend for the final series of the Big 12 regular season. Texas A&M is 30-15 overall and 7-9 in league play. The teams are tied for fifth in the Big 12 standings, but the Aggies lead by percentage points. Texas A&M leads the all-time series, 28-18, including a 4-2 record in College Station.
COMING UP
Oklahoma State will host the Wichita State Shockers on Wednesday, April 2, at 6 p.m. at Cowgirl Stadium in a single game to end the regular season. The Cowgirls' next action will be at the Big 12 Tournament, which begins on May 9 at ASA/Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma State could mathematically enter the tournament as high as the No. 4 seed, or as low as the No. 7 seed.
LAST TIME OUT
Hawaii's Stacey Porter hit a two-run home run over the centerfield fence to lead off the eighth inning, propelling the Rainbow Wahine to a 5-4 win over the Oklahoma State Cowgirls Wednesday night. Hawaii took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first on just one hit. All three runs scored were unearned for starter Tiffany Paper as three errors were committed in the inning. The only hit was a two-run double by April Crowell, one of her two hits on the evening. Everything from then on was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth when, with two outs, OSU's Ryan Realmuto doubled down the leftfield line. Stephanie Hodges followed that with a base hit through the right side into left field, plating Realmuto. OSU added two more in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Jade Lindly led off with a home run out to left field. After a walk by pinch hitter Nicci Quiroz, Danielle Thomas hit a triple just past the outstretched glove of leftfielder Stacie Hirano. UH's Felicity Witt came on in relief of starter Desiree Duran, and struck out the next two batters to end the inning. Using the international tiebreaker rule, Hawaii placed a runner on second base, who quickly scored on Porter's home run, her second of the season. Cowgirl Amanda Hayes was placed on second for Oklahoma State and, after two strikeouts, Angela Veronesi hit her first extra-base hit of the season, a double down the leftfield line, scoring Hayes. However, Lindly struck out to end the game.
SCOUTING REPORT ON TEXAS A&M
Texas A&M os 30-15 overall this season and 7-9 in the Big 12. The Aggies are percentage points ahead of OSU in the Big 12 standings, good for fifth place. A&M is led by Hollee Hayden, who is batting .370 with 50 hits in 136 at-bats. Kelly Ferguson leads the team with team highs in doubles (15) home runs (6), RBIs (37) and slugging percentage (.614). On the mound, Lindsay Wilhelmson is 8-3 with a 1.16 earned run average, while Amy Vining is 11-5 with a 1.52 ERA. Jessica Slataper is 8-5 with a 1.86 ERA and 118 strikeouts in 94 innings..
SERIES WITH TEXAS A&M
Texas A&M leads the all-time series between these two schools, 28-18, including a 4-2 record in College Station. The majority of the games in the series took place at neutral sites prior to the forming of the Big 12. A&M was 22-9 vs. OSU prior to 1996 (the first year of Big 12 play), but OSU is 9-6 vs. the Aggies since then. Seven games have been decided in extra innings, with the Cowgirls holding a 4-3 edge. Here is a look at the all-time series ...
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
Sophomore Lauren Bay leads the team in two-out RBIs with 11, followed by freshman Jade Lindly and senior Amanda Hayes, who each have eight ... Oklahoma State has scored 21 of its 114 runs this season in the first inning, 24 in the third and 20 in the fourth ... OSU has 52 multiple-hit games this season as a team, including a 4-for-4 performance by junior Angela Veronesi vs. Utah in the Red Desert Classic ... Freshman Jade Lindly leads the Cowgirls in pinch-hitting, going 2-for-3 this season ... The Cowgirls have 86 called strikeouts, or 34 percent of their total strikeouts ... Sophomore catcher Ryan Realmuto has thrown out 18-of-68 attempted base stealers, or 26.5 percent.
