Oklahoma State University Athletics
Softball Hits The Road
March 28, 2002 | Cowgirl Softball
March 28, 2002
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COWGIRLS TRAVEL TO MISSOURI Oklahoma State (20-11 overall, 1-3 in Big 12) will travel to Columbia, Mo., for a weekend series with the Tigers (19-18 overall, 0-2 in Big 12). The two teams will meet on Friday, March 29, at 6 p.m. and again at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, to wrap up the two-game set. Oklahoma State finished week one of conference play with a 1-3 record, splitting with Kansas and dropping both games to fourth-ranked Nebraska over the weekend. Missouri traveled to Ames, Iowa for a midweek doubleheader and fell to the Cyclones, 10-2, and, 4-1, on Wednesday.
COMING UP Oklahoma State returns to Cowgirl Stadium next week for a two-game home stand. On Wednesday, April 3, the Sooners and the Cowgirls will face off at 6:30 p.m. for round one of bedlam softball. OSU will host Wichita State on Thursday, April 5, at 6 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT OSU dropped both games to Nebraska at Cowgirl Stadium last weekend. On Saturday, the Cowgirls fell, 3-2, despite Bay fanning 19 batters in nine innings of work. All five runs in the game were scored off home runs, with Nebraska sending two long and the Cowgirls one. OSU was held scorless until the bottom of the seventh when Jade Lindly hit a two-run dinger to even the score and send the game into extra innings. Bay gave up her second home run of the game, and season, in the top of the ninth and the Huskers came away with the victory. On Sunday, Lindly hit her 10th home run of the season to pull the Cowgirls within one, but it was as close as they could get.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Senior Jenny Kipp is 2-for-2 at the plate when a runner is on third with fewer than two outs ... Junior Ryan Realmuto leads the team in two-out RBIs with 15 ... Realmuto also leads the team with a .389 batting average when the Cowgirls have two outs ... Sophomore Jade Lindly is batting .450 when a runner is in scoring position ... Junior Stephanie Hodges advances at least one runner 58.5% of the time she steps up to the plate ... Sophomore Calli Behmer is 2-for-3 when the bases are loaded ... The Cowgirls have hit 35 home runs this season, a new record at OSU ... The previous record was 30, set in 2000 ... Oklahoma State opened the season with an eight-game winning streak, its longest since 1997.
WHO'S HOT Lauren Bay - The lefthanded hurler struck out 41 batters last week, including a 14 K performance against Kansas and 19 Ks vs Nebraska. She has thrown 16 complete games this season with five shutouts. She also has 187 strikeouts in 125.1 innings, an average of 10.4 Ks per game.
Jenny Kipp - The senior third baseman is batting .337 overall, with 32 hits in 95 at-bats. She has six doubles and four home runs, accounting for a .526 slugging percentage. She also has 19 runs scored and 12 runs batted in.
Jade Lindly - The sophomore outfielder is batting .417 in her last six games, going 5-for-12 at the plate. Four of those hits were home runs, leading to a 1.417 slugging percentage. She also scored four runs and had six runs batted in.
Ryan Realmuto - The junior catcher is batting .330 overall, with 30 hits in 91 at-bats. She has eight doubles, two triples and seven home runs, leading to a .692 slugging percentage. She also leads the team in RBIs with 24.
Megan Carey - The freshman outfielder and designated player is batting .421 over the last six games, with eight hits in 19 at-bats. She has three runs scored and one run batted in. She hit her fourth home run of the season against Kansas.
COWGIRL SOFTBALL ON THE AIR Beginning with the Oklahoma game, all of Oklahoma State's home conference games, as well as the OU game in Norman and all postseason contests will be broadcast live on Stillwater Radio. Bill VanNess will provide the play-by-play for the fourth-consecutive season. Any game starting prior to 7 p.m. will air on KSPI 780 AM. Any game starting at 7 p.m. or later will be broadcast on Y105.5 FM.
