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Game Notes: Cowgirls Open 10-Game Road Swing
March 13, 2019 | Cowgirl Softball
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STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State softball team opens a 10-game road swing with a Thursday-night matchup against Central Arkansas in Conway. It was originally slated to be contested in Stillwater before inclement weather pushed the two teams east. OSU is 3-0 against the Bears during the current coaching staff's tenure in Stillwater, and holds an 8-0 edge in the all-time series between the regional competitors.
In the Rankings
Oklahoma State is ranked in both national polls this week, rising to No. 18 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll and at No. 14 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25. The Cowgirls been ranked in at least one of the national polls in 17 of the last 19 weeks, with Tuesday's ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 ranking marking the program's best standing since finishing the 2011 season at No. 8.
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 incites 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 41-26 in games decided by two runs or less since the start of the 2016 season.
- Oklahoma State is 40-6 during Kenny Gajewski's tenure when hitting at least two home runs.
- Oklahoma State starting pitchers have gone at least five innings in 16 of the Cowgirls' last 22 games.
- Madi Sue Montgomery has started 205 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.
- Kiley Naomi has drawn at least one walk in 12 of 23 games so far during the 2019 campaign. Rylee Bayless has done so on 15 occasions.
- Rylee Bayless has drawn at least one walk in 28 of her last 43 games.
- Taylor Lynch has logged at least one hit in 65 of her last 83 games played, including in 19 of her last 25.
- Kiley Naomi has reached base safely in every game but three so far this season.
- Lynch has recorded a hit in 17 of 22 contests, while Naomi has recorded a hit in 15 of 23 thus far.
- Chyenne Factor has recorded a hit in seven of the eight games she has started this season, and in nine of her last 10 games overall.
- Samantha Show has recorded a hit in 17 of 23 games this season and posted five multi-hit outings.
- Samantha Show has pitched at least six innings in six of her nine 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 four times in her last 41 appearances.
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Oklahoma State is proud to celebrate more than 40 years of rich softball tradition and its 20th season of play at Cowgirl Stadium this year. To purchase your tickets for the 2019 campaign, visit okstate.com/tickets or call the OSU ticket office at 877-ALL-4-OSU.
STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State softball team opens a 10-game road swing with a Thursday-night matchup against Central Arkansas in Conway. It was originally slated to be contested in Stillwater before inclement weather pushed the two teams east. OSU is 3-0 against the Bears during the current coaching staff's tenure in Stillwater, and holds an 8-0 edge in the all-time series between the regional competitors.
In the Rankings
Oklahoma State is ranked in both national polls this week, rising to No. 18 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll and at No. 14 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25. The Cowgirls been ranked in at least one of the national polls in 17 of the last 19 weeks, with Tuesday's ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 ranking marking the program's best standing since finishing the 2011 season at No. 8.
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 incites 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 41-26 in games decided by two runs or less since the start of the 2016 season.
- Oklahoma State is 40-6 during Kenny Gajewski's tenure when hitting at least two home runs.
- Oklahoma State starting pitchers have gone at least five innings in 16 of the Cowgirls' last 22 games.
- Madi Sue Montgomery has started 205 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.
- Kiley Naomi has drawn at least one walk in 12 of 23 games so far during the 2019 campaign. Rylee Bayless has done so on 15 occasions.
- Rylee Bayless has drawn at least one walk in 28 of her last 43 games.
- Taylor Lynch has logged at least one hit in 65 of her last 83 games played, including in 19 of her last 25.
- Kiley Naomi has reached base safely in every game but three so far this season.
- Lynch has recorded a hit in 17 of 22 contests, while Naomi has recorded a hit in 15 of 23 thus far.
- Chyenne Factor has recorded a hit in seven of the eight games she has started this season, and in nine of her last 10 games overall.
- Samantha Show has recorded a hit in 17 of 23 games this season and posted five multi-hit outings.
- Samantha Show has pitched at least six innings in six of her nine 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 four times in her last 41 appearances.
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Oklahoma State is proud to celebrate more than 40 years of rich softball tradition and its 20th season of play at Cowgirl Stadium this year. To purchase your tickets for the 2019 campaign, visit okstate.com/tickets or call the OSU ticket office at 877-ALL-4-OSU.
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