Oklahoma State University Athletics
OSU Weekly All-Sports Release
April 30, 2001 | General
April 30, 2001
Baseball (34-15, 13-11 Big 12)
This week: Tuesday vs. Brigham Young, 6 p.m.
Friday vs. Nebraska, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday vs. Nebraska, 2 p.m.
Sunday vs. Nebraska, 1 p.m.
Last week: Defeated Arkansas, 6-5
Lost to Baylor, 6-5
Lost to Baylor, 7-5
Defeated Baylor, 15-5
Oklahoma State's baseball team scored eight unanswered runs on Sunday afternoon to down Baylor 15-5 in the series finale before 2,132 fans at Reynolds Stadium.
With the Cowboys holding an 11-5 lead, catcher Matt Oakes smashed a grand slam to left field to end the contest in the seventh inning due to the mercy rule.
OSU took advantage of four long balls on the day, including a three-run blast by Paul Powell in the first inning that gave the Pokes a 3-0 lead. Freshman Joe Weaver came on to hold the Bears in check over the final three frames and pick up the win.
In the sixth, Jimbo McAuliff belted his first homer of the season, a three-run shot to left. Luke Scott closed out the scoring in the inning with his 14th dinger of the season, a solo blast to right-center field. In the seventh, Oakes put the finishing touches on the game with his four-RBI round tripper.
The Cowboys will return to action on Tuesday when BYU comes to town for a 6 p.m. contest at Reynolds Stadium.
Men's Golf
This week: Idle
Last week: Fifth place at Big 12 Championship
Oklahoma State's golf team took advantage of calm conditions on Tuesday at Prairie Dunes Country Club to shoot its lowest round at the Big 12 Championship, a 12-over-par mark of 292, and finish in fifth place.
After windy conditions that saw team scores balloon on Monday, including a 311 and a 309 from the Cowboys, all five OSU players tied or bettered their first-day totals, but were unable to improve their standing on the leaderboard.
Par Nilsson shot his second consecutive 74 to finish in a tie for second place with a three-round total of 223, 13-over-par.
Cowboy sophomore J.C. DeLeon picked up his first top-ten finish of the season. The Tulsa native shot a 2-over 72 on Tuesday to wrap up play in a three-way tie for 10th place at 228.
Women's Golf
This week: Idle
Last week: First place at Big 12 Championships
Oklahoma State's 10th-ranked golf team won the Big 12 Championships in Rhodes, Iowa, Wednesday afternoon, led by senior Maria Bod?n's individual title won on the first hole of a three-person playoff.
The championship is the Cowgirls' second in three years. OSU also won the 1999 team title, led by Bod?n's individual championship.
Oklahoma State won by six strokes over second-place Texas, which was tied with OSU after the second round. Missouri, which led the tournament after two rounds, shot a 321 on the final day, dropping to fourth place behind Baylor. Nebraska rounded out the top-five teams.
Bod?n, who was named the Big 12 Golfer of the Year earlier in the day, had four birdies and four bogeys for an even-par round the final day. Only Lisa Meldrum of Oklahoma had a better round, shooting a 71 to enter a three-way tie for first.
Amelia Moses of Missouri shot a 75 to join Bod?n and Meldrum.
Bod?n sank a 20-foot birdie putt on the first hole of the playoff for the win. It was a straight putt that appeared to have stopped short but fell over the lip into the cup. Both Moses and Meldrum conceded short par putts. Bod?n was not without assistance, however, in winning the team title as all three of OSU's scorers shot a 75 or better during the final round, giving the Cowgirls the best round of the tournament at 295. Junior Emma Zackrisson finished with a 231 three-round total, good enough for sixth place, while sophomore Linda Wessberg shot a 233, tying three others for a seventh-place finish. Both earned all-tournament honors.
Wessberg was awarded another honor earlier in the day, earning her second-consecutive second-team All-Big 12 accolade. The Swedish native was the Newcomer of the Year last season.
Softball (22-20, 6-8 Big 12)
This week: Wednesday vs. Wichita State, 6 p.m.
Last week: Lost to Hawaii, 5-4
Defeated Texas A&M, 1-0
Defeated Texas A&M, 2-1
Oklahoma State's softball team took a 2-1 decision from the No. 23 Texas A&M Aggies, sweeping A&M and finishing at .500 for the conference season. The Cowgirls can finish no worse than fifth place in the standings following this week's final conference games.
Oklahoma State struck for a run in the third on Jenny Kipp's RBI double. Casey O'Neill led off by reaching first on an error by Aggie third baseman Jennifer Davis. After Lezli Leathers popped out, Danielle Thomas reached on a fielder's choice, advancing O'Neill to second. Kipp then smashed a double off the left-field fence to score O'Neill and move Thomas to third.
The Aggies held OSU to only one run in the inning as Amanda Hayes followed with a line drive to center field that was caught by a diving Angie Shetler. Shetler then got up and doubled off Thomas who had run home, not realizing that Shetler had made the catch.
The Cowgirls tallied their final run in the top of the fourth when catcher Ryan Realmuto led off with her sixth home run of the season. Realmuto finished the weekend going 4-for-6 in the series with two home runs, two RBIs and two runs scored.
Lauren Bay (13-10) pitched a complete game for the Cowgirls, striking out six, walking three, allowing three hits and no earned runs.
Oklahoma State will host the Wichita State Shockers on Wednesday, May 2, at 6 p.m. at Cowgirl Stadium. It will be the final regular-season game for two Cowgirl seniors.
Men's Tennis (15-8, 5-3 Big 12)
This week: Idle
Last week: Defeated Kansas, 4-3, in first round of Big 12 Tournament
Lost to Texas A&M, 4-0, in semifinals
Oklahoma State's 41st-ranked men's tennis team lost to Texas A&M, 4-1, at the Big 12 Championships in Waco, Texas.
Texas A&M's 32nd-ranked doubles of Tres Davis and Ryan Newport defeated junior Matt Prentice and sophomore Eru Lyndon, 8-4, at the No. 2 doubles position. At the No. 3 doubles position, the Aggies 41st-ranked duo of Cody Hubbell and Jarin Skube beat freshman Anthony Zafiris and sophomore Jiri Jezek, 8-5.
The Cowboys only victory came from Lyndon when he defeated Keith From, 6-2, 6-3, at the No. 3 singles position.
The Cowboys finished the year with an overall record of 15-8.
Women's Tennis (22-4, 10-1 Big 12)
This week: Idle
Last week: Defeated Missouri, 6-1
Second place in Big 12 Tournament
Oklahoma State's women's tennis team fell to top-seeded Texas on Sunday at the Big 12 Championships in Waco, Texas.
The Cowgirls won two of the three doubles matches and two of the six singles matches before falling 4-3.
The Cowgirls recorded the first victory when junior Dominika Olszewska and sophomore Kate Vasylyeva defeated Joan Masongsong and Ziva Grasic, 8-4, at the No. 3 doubles position.
OSU took the early 1-0 lead when the Cowgirls' 36th-ranked duo of senior Maria Galoustova-Phillips and junior Ashleigh Dolman defeated No. 14 Vladka Uhlirova and Janet Walker, 9-8, at 1 doubles.
Texas tied the score at one when Walker defeated Olszewska in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0, at the No. 2 spot.
The Longhorns then took a commanding 3-1 lead when Kaysis Smashey defeated Vasylyeva, 6-2, 6-1, and Michelle Krinke downed Dolman, 6-2, 6-0. The Cowgirls battled back and tied the score at three by winning the Nos. 1 and 4 positions, respectively.
OSU's 50th-ranked Phillips upset No. 35 Uhlirova, 6-4, 6-2, notching the second team point.
Kolodynska then tied the score at three by defeating Rebekah Forney in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, at the No. 4 spot.
Texas clinched the win, and the Big 12 Championship, when 52nd-ranked Masongsong defeated Faltynkova, 6-1, 7-6, at the No. 3 spot.
The Cowgirls will return to action on May 17 at the NCAA Championships in Stone Mountain, GA.
Men's Track
This week: Saturday at Cardinal Invitational
Last week: Drake Relays
Penn Relays
Sooner Invitational
At Saturday's Sooner Invitational, Cowboy tracksters Jon Cordes, Kevin Connolly and Scott Rantall all finished in the top-five of the 3,000-meter run.
Jon Cordes placed first when he crossed the finish line with a time of 8:40.89. With a times of 9:06.13 and 9:21.43, Kevin Connolly finished fourth and Scott Rantall finished fifth.
Junior Vasquez finished the 10,000-meter run at the Penn Relays with a time of 29:58.27. Also competing in the 10K was Johan Bergstrom. He finished 24th with a time of 30:56.81.
Bjorn Bergstrom ran the 5,000-meter run at the Penn Relays this week. He placed 10th with a time of 14:04.61. Jerry Rainey's 5K time was 15:08.05, giving him 27th place.
In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Chris McWatters placed 17th at the Penn Relays with a time of 9:23.17. The distance medley relay team that consists of Cam Katchuk, Ben Lake, Matt Thomson and Trey Vernon, placed fifth. The relay team's time was 9:52.14.
At the Drake Relays, Jason Woolhouse's time of 31:12.05 gave him a ninth-place finish. Ben Sigle ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:24.44. This time gave him 13th-place.
Melvin Sanders, the Cowboy's only field competitor, competed in the triple jump at the Drake Relays, but he did not place.
Women's Track
This week: Penn Relays
Last week: Saturday at UTA All Comers Meet
Oklahoma State's women's track and field team was represented well over the weekend at the Penn Relays.
Siri Alfheim and Sara Wells came away with two top ten finishes and both ran a provisional qualifying time for nationals in the 5,000-meter run. Siri Alfheim posted a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 16:22.50 in the 5,000-meter, finishing second behind Jolene Williams of South Florida. All-American Sara Wells also posted a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 16:30.60 placing her eighth in the field. She is now eligible to run in both the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter at the NCAA Championships in June.
The Cowgirls return to action on May 5 at the UTA All Comers Meet in Arlington, Texas, in preparation for the Big 12 Championships May 17-20 in College Station, Texas.
