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Tournament Notes: Cowgirl Gauntlet Continues at Nutter Classic
February 19, 2019 | Cowgirl Softball
PDF Notes - Nutter Classic
STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State softball team continues a nefarious non-conference schedule this week, as the Cowgirls head to Cathedral City, California, to take part in the 2019 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. OSU went 1-4 in its trip to the Golden State last year, and will look to reverse that result when the Cowgirls face Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado State, North Carolina and San Diego State out west.
In the Rankings
Oklahoma State is ranked in both national polls this week, holding steady at No. 20 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll and jumping one spot to No. 16 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 this week. The Cowgirls have been ranked in at least one of the national polls for 14 of the last 16 weeks, peaking as high as No. 15 and falling out of the top 25 only twice.
Oklahoma State From a Distance
Slowly, but surely, the Oklahoma State softball program has returned to the forefront of college softball under fourth-year head coach Kenny Gajewski, and in 2019, the Cowgirls will be hoping to reclaim their perch among the sport's elite teams.
Gajewski has assembled a roster of 22 star student-athletes that can go toe-to-toe with any team in the country on any given field and on any given night. Through grueling fall camp, winter workouts and beyond, the Cowgirls have seen and heard about the potential this year's team possesses, but now is their chance to show that Oklahoma State does more than talk the talk.
In Taylor Lynch and Madi Sue Montgomery, Oklahoma State fields two strong pillars to anchor the program. As the only players to be active on the roster through Gajewski's first four years in Stillwater, the Texas tandem stands as a driving force for whatever success lays ahead for OSU. Beside them, the Cowgirls boast talented names like returning senior Rylee Bayless, sophomore captain Sydney Pennington, rising pitcher Logan Simunek and a former Texas A&M two-way standout in Samantha Show.
For the first time under Gajewski, Oklahoma State has a lineup that will incite fear in the opposition at every spot, and a pitching staff that contains five arms, each with a dynamic skillset to send opposing hitters back to the bench in a hurry. The Cowgirls, for all of the flash and hype that has been heaped upon the 2019 squad, have remained focused on their goal – Oklahoma City.
Notable Streaks and Trends
- OSU is 37-25 in games decided by two runs or less since the start of the 2016 season.
- Oklahoma State has won 47 of its 74 (.635 win pct) neutral-site invitational games during Kenny
Gajewski's tenure as head coach.
- Oklahoma State is 34-6 during Kenny Gajewski's tenure when hitting at least two home runs.
- Oklahoma State starting pitchers have gone at least five innings in seven of the Cowgirls' last nine games.
- Madi Sue Montgomery has started 192 consecutive games, giving her a chance to set the OSU records for most games played, most games started and most consecutive games started in 2019.
- Madi Sue Montgomery and Kiley Naomi have drawn at least one walk in seven of 10 games this season. Rylee Bayless has done so in six games, including a season-high three in the season opener.
- Taylor Lynch has logged at least one hit in 58 of her last 71 games played, including in 12 of her last 13.
- Taylor Lynch and Kiley Naomi have reached base safely at least once in every game this season.
- Lynch has recorded a hit in nine of 10 contests, while Naomi has recorded a hit in eight of 10 thus far.
- Rylee Bayless has drawn at least one walk in 22 of her last 32 games.
- Samantha Show has recorded a hit in nine of 10 games this season and posted two multi-hit outings.
- Samantha Show has pitched at least six innings in three of her four starts in 2019.
- Logan Simunek has starred against the best competition, allowing only four earned runs in 22.0 innings against top-10 ranked opposition since the start of the 2018 season.
- Samantha Clakley has walked more than two batters only three times in her last 35 appearances.
STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State softball team continues a nefarious non-conference schedule this week, as the Cowgirls head to Cathedral City, California, to take part in the 2019 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. OSU went 1-4 in its trip to the Golden State last year, and will look to reverse that result when the Cowgirls face Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado State, North Carolina and San Diego State out west.
In the Rankings
Oklahoma State is ranked in both national polls this week, holding steady at No. 20 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll and jumping one spot to No. 16 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 this week. The Cowgirls have been ranked in at least one of the national polls for 14 of the last 16 weeks, peaking as high as No. 15 and falling out of the top 25 only twice.
Oklahoma State From a Distance
Slowly, but surely, the Oklahoma State softball program has returned to the forefront of college softball under fourth-year head coach Kenny Gajewski, and in 2019, the Cowgirls will be hoping to reclaim their perch among the sport's elite teams.
Gajewski has assembled a roster of 22 star student-athletes that can go toe-to-toe with any team in the country on any given field and on any given night. Through grueling fall camp, winter workouts and beyond, the Cowgirls have seen and heard about the potential this year's team possesses, but now is their chance to show that Oklahoma State does more than talk the talk.
In Taylor Lynch and Madi Sue Montgomery, Oklahoma State fields two strong pillars to anchor the program. As the only players to be active on the roster through Gajewski's first four years in Stillwater, the Texas tandem stands as a driving force for whatever success lays ahead for OSU. Beside them, the Cowgirls boast talented names like returning senior Rylee Bayless, sophomore captain Sydney Pennington, rising pitcher Logan Simunek and a former Texas A&M two-way standout in Samantha Show.
For the first time under Gajewski, Oklahoma State has a lineup that will incite fear in the opposition at every spot, and a pitching staff that contains five arms, each with a dynamic skillset to send opposing hitters back to the bench in a hurry. The Cowgirls, for all of the flash and hype that has been heaped upon the 2019 squad, have remained focused on their goal – Oklahoma City.
Notable Streaks and Trends
- OSU is 37-25 in games decided by two runs or less since the start of the 2016 season.
- Oklahoma State has won 47 of its 74 (.635 win pct) neutral-site invitational games during Kenny
Gajewski's tenure as head coach.
- Oklahoma State is 34-6 during Kenny Gajewski's tenure when hitting at least two home runs.
- Oklahoma State starting pitchers have gone at least five innings in seven of the Cowgirls' last nine games.
- Madi Sue Montgomery has started 192 consecutive games, giving her a chance to set the OSU records for most games played, most games started and most consecutive games started in 2019.
- Madi Sue Montgomery and Kiley Naomi have drawn at least one walk in seven of 10 games this season. Rylee Bayless has done so in six games, including a season-high three in the season opener.
- Taylor Lynch has logged at least one hit in 58 of her last 71 games played, including in 12 of her last 13.
- Taylor Lynch and Kiley Naomi have reached base safely at least once in every game this season.
- Lynch has recorded a hit in nine of 10 contests, while Naomi has recorded a hit in eight of 10 thus far.
- Rylee Bayless has drawn at least one walk in 22 of her last 32 games.
- Samantha Show has recorded a hit in nine of 10 games this season and posted two multi-hit outings.
- Samantha Show has pitched at least six innings in three of her four starts in 2019.
- Logan Simunek has starred against the best competition, allowing only four earned runs in 22.0 innings against top-10 ranked opposition since the start of the 2018 season.
- Samantha Clakley has walked more than two batters only three times in her last 35 appearances.
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