Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Softball Hosts North Texas
March 01, 2004 | Cowgirl Softball
Oklahoma State takes a short break from tournament play to host North Texas for a 4 p.m. tilt at Cowgirl Stadium on Tuesday. The Cowgirls came away with an 8-2 win in the last meeting with the Mean Green. The two squads met in mid-February at the North Texas Betlin Round-Up.
The Cowgirls are coming off a third-place finish at the Worth Wildcat Invitational last weekend. Oklahoma State went 3-2 at the event. Both losses came at the hands of a pair of Top 10 opponents, Stanford and Arizona. The Cowgirls defeated No. 22 South Florida and dropped Boston twice.
HEAD COACH MARGARET REBENAR
Margaret Rebenar is in her 25th season season as a softball coach at Oklahoma State and third as a head coach. She brings a 80-44 record as a head coach into Tuesday's contest. Rebenar led the 2003 Cowgirls to a second place finish in the Big 12 regular season race and their first NCAA Regional appearance in five years. Under her guidance, 23 players have earned All-American status 29 times, including Olympians Michele Smith, Melanie Roche and Lauren Bay.
SCOUTING NORTH TEXAS
Oklahoma State leads the all-time series with North Texas 3-0. UNT is reinstating softball this spring after dropping the program 15 years ago. The Cowgirls defeated North Texas 8-2 earlier this year in Denton at the North Texas Betlin Round-Up. North Texas is 5-22 on the year. Three members of the Mean Green softball team enter the game hitting over .300. Maureen Kelley leads the squad with a .313 batting average, followed by Mandy Hacker with a .310 average. Brittiny Chapman leads the team with nine runs batted in, three home runs and eight stolen bases. Katy Maxey (3-15) is North Texas' top pitcher with a 3.99 ERA in 114.0 innings. Maxey has tossed one shutout and thrown nine complete games. Mandy Hacker (2-6) fills the reserve role with a 5.57 ERA in 55.1 innings. Hacker also has one shutout in the books and has tossed five complete games.
COWGIRL SOFTBALL ON THE AIR
Oklahoma State's home conference games, as well as the OU game in Norman, the TU game in Tulsa and all postseason contests will be broadcast live on Stillwater Radio. Bill VanNess will provide the play-by-play for the sixth consecutive season. Any game starting prior to 5 p.m. will air on KSPI 780 AM. Any game starting at 5 p.m. or later will be broadcast on KGFY 105.5 FM. Below is a game-by-game radio schedule for 2004.
COWGIRL SOFTBALL ON THE WEB
For the latest information on 2004 Cowgirl Softball visit the official web site of Oklahoma State Athletics at www.okstate.com. Live stats will be available online for all home events. The games listed below will be broadcast via a live video feed on the web site as part of the MVP package.
