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Game Notes: Cowgirls Look to Bounce Back in Memphis
March 18, 2019 | Cowgirl Softball
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OXFORD, Miss. – The No. 18 Oklahoma State softball team enters the heart of its 10-game road swing, as the Cowgirls travel to Memphis, Tennessee, to face the Tigers on their home turf. OSU posted a 2-2 record during its first four games of the road trip. Monday's meeting with Memphis will mark the first time that the two schools have met in OSU's 40-plus years of game action.
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 42-6 during Kenny Gajewski's tenure when hitting at least two home runs.
- Oklahoma State starting pitchers have gone at least five innings in 18 of the Cowgirls' last 25 games.
- Madi Sue Montgomery has started 209 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.
- Rylee Bayless has drawn at least one walk in 18 of 27 games so far in 2019.
- Rylee Bayless has drawn at least one walk in 31 of her last 47 games.
- Taylor Lynch has logged at least one hit in 68 of her last 87 games played, including in 22 of her last 29.
- Kiley Naomi has reached base safely in every game but four so far this season.
- Lynch has recorded a hit in 20 of 26 contests, while Naomi has recorded a hit in 17 of 27 thus far.
- Chyenne Factor has recorded a hit in 11 of the 12 games she has started this season, and in 13 of her last 14 games overall.
- Samantha Show has recorded a hit in 20 of 27 games this season and posted six multi-hit outings.
- Samantha Show has pitched at least six innings in six of her 10 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 44 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.
OXFORD, Miss. – The No. 18 Oklahoma State softball team enters the heart of its 10-game road swing, as the Cowgirls travel to Memphis, Tennessee, to face the Tigers on their home turf. OSU posted a 2-2 record during its first four games of the road trip. Monday's meeting with Memphis will mark the first time that the two schools have met in OSU's 40-plus years of game action.
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 42-6 during Kenny Gajewski's tenure when hitting at least two home runs.
- Oklahoma State starting pitchers have gone at least five innings in 18 of the Cowgirls' last 25 games.
- Madi Sue Montgomery has started 209 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.
- Rylee Bayless has drawn at least one walk in 18 of 27 games so far in 2019.
- Rylee Bayless has drawn at least one walk in 31 of her last 47 games.
- Taylor Lynch has logged at least one hit in 68 of her last 87 games played, including in 22 of her last 29.
- Kiley Naomi has reached base safely in every game but four so far this season.
- Lynch has recorded a hit in 20 of 26 contests, while Naomi has recorded a hit in 17 of 27 thus far.
- Chyenne Factor has recorded a hit in 11 of the 12 games she has started this season, and in 13 of her last 14 games overall.
- Samantha Show has recorded a hit in 20 of 27 games this season and posted six multi-hit outings.
- Samantha Show has pitched at least six innings in six of her 10 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 44 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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