Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Wrap up Season at No. 2 Texas
April 28, 2006 | Cowgirl Softball
Oklahoma State will travel to Austin, Texas to face the second-ranked Texas Longhorns with the first game scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. with the series finale Sunday at 1 p.m. at McCombs Field. The Cowgirls have lost three straight games after losing to Oklahoma on Wednesday night. OSU is 19-25 and 5-11 in Big 12 action. Texas is on top of the Big 12 standings with a 12-2 league mark and they come in with a 46-5 overall record. The Longhorns boast 2004 Olympian Cat Osterman who is a two-time National Player of the Year. Osterman is 30-1 on the season with a 0.30 ERA. UT leads the Big 12 as a team wiith a staff ERA of 0.80, and also utilizes Meagan Denny who is 16-4 with a 1.56 ERA. Texas is hitting just .263 as a team, seventh in the Big 12, led by Desiree Williams .368 average. The Longhorns find ways to score and are third in the league in home runs with 41. The Cowgirls lost a pair of one run games to Texas last season and the two teams split the last time they played in Austin.
Tweed Completes Sweep of Texas Tech
After Oklahoma State defeated Texas Tech in the first game of a double header, The Cowgirls and Red Raiders needed extra innings in game two. with the score tied at two in the top of the ninth, Ashleigh Tweed delivered her fifth home run of the season and extended OSU's winning streak to three games. Tweed is currently second on the team with six homers and 25 RBIs.
Kitchens on Fire in Big 12 Play
Lauren Kitchens has been one of OSU's most consistent hitters at the plate. She has been even more so in conference play hitting safely in 14 of 16 Big 12 games thus far. She is 19-for-43 in conference play for a .442 average, second in the Big 12. She had the Cowgirls only hit against Kansas and came around to score the winning run in the eighth inning. Kitchens went-2-for-2 against Oklahoma. She went 2-for-4 in a double header against Nebraska, including her third home run of the season. She went 3-for-6 in the series against Missouri, including a key two-run double. She had her only three-hit game of the season against Baylor and went 4-for-7 in the two-game series. She went 2-for-3 with a two-run double in the second game against Oklahoma. Kitchens leads the team with a .358 average.
Hoppock Leads OSU Past Kansas
Oklahoma State was no hit through seven innings by Kansas starter Kassie Humphreys in the first game of a double header on Apr. 1. OSU starter Jessica Hoppock matched Humphreys pitch for pitch as she shut the Jayhawks down as well limiting KU to just five hits through seven. The Cowgirl offense took advantage as Lauren Kitchens led off the eighth with a single, moved to second on an error, moved to third on a sacrifice and scored on a ground ball to give Hoppock all the runs she would need as OSU won the game 1-0.
Scott Scores
Junior outfielder Shanel Scott became just the second Cowgirl in school history to score 100 runs for her career when she scored on Kim Kaye's double in the third inning against Iowa State (3/26). Scott needed just 142 games to reach the milestone and is now closing in on Jamie Foutch's career record of 122 runs scored. Scott already holds the school record in stolen bases. Her next milestone to reach will be 200 hits, she currently stands at 182 hits.
Totte Good for Two Bases
Junior Courtney Totte has quietly gone about her business and now sits fourth in school history in career doubles with 31. She has a career high 13 doubles thus far this season. Totte became the fourth player in school history with 30 doubles when she doubled against Baylor. Totte is approaching another milestone of 100 RBIs, she has 86 RBIs for her career. Jamie Foutch currently holds both records with 56 doubles and 163 RBIs.
