Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Face Sooners in Bedlam
April 12, 2011 | Cowgirl Softball
April 12, 2011
Game Notes vs Oklahoma in PDF Format 
Stillwater, Okla. — Oklahoma State's 19th-ranked softball team travels to Norman, Okla., on Wednesday for the first Big 12 Conference matchup with Bedlam-rival Oklahoma. First pitch is slated for 7 pm at the OU Softball Complex. It will be the 139th meeting between these two teams on the softball diamond.
The Cowgirls are 32-9 overall this season and 3-3 in Big 12 Conference play, currently sitting in a tie for fifth place in the league standings. The Sooners are 32-11 overall, 5-3 in conference play and tied for third place in the Big 12.
The OSU offense is led a pair of seniors and a pair of juniors, all infielders. Second baseman Alysia Hamilton is batting .417 this season and has 35 runs scored and 28 RBIs from the three-hole spot in the lineup. Third baseman Mariah Gearhart is hitting .414 with 40 runs scored and is 32 of 33 on stolen bases. She is the all-time OSU career record holder for runs scored with 171 as well as the all-time stolen base record holder (111).
Shortstop Chelsea Garcia is hitting .375 with 27 runs scored and a team-high 42 RBIs. First baseman Julie Ward is batting .355 with nine doubles, 11 home runs and 39 RBIs. She is the all-time OSU home run leader with 31.
In the circle, sophomore Kat Espinosa is 16-4 with a 2.31 earned run average and four shutouts. A pair of freshmen — Simone Freeman and Morgan Hawkins — have both thrown well for OSU. Freeman is 8-5 with a 1.96 ERA while Hawkins is 6-0 with a 1.12 ERA.
Oklahoma defeated the Cowgirls 7-0 earlier this season in a non-conference game that was part of The Preview Featuring Bedlam in Oklahoma City. The all-time series between these two rivals is tied squarely at 69 games each.
