Cowboy Baseball Heads To NCAA Athens Regional

NCAA Athens Regional • May 30-June 2 • Athens, Ga. • Foley Field (3,633)

#3 seed OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
28-23 overall (15-12 Big 12)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 44
Streak: Lost 1 • H: 18-6 • A: 5-12 • N: 5-5
Head Coach: Josh Holliday, 13th Season at OSU (473-261-2)

NCAA Athens Regional

#1 seed Georgia: 42-15 H: 29-4 • A: 10-10 • N: 3-1
#2 seed Duke: 37-19 H: 29-9 • A: 7-9 • N: 1-1
#4 seed Binghamton: 29-24 H: 14-6 • A: 11-17 • N: 4-1

TV: SEC Network/ESPNU (Mike Ferrin & Jensen Lewis)
Radio: Cowboy Radio Network & The Varsity App KSPI 93.7 FM / KSPI 780 AM okla.state/GetVarsity (Rex Holt & Matt Davis)
Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
X: @osubaseball (in-game scoreboard/updates)
Series: vs. Duke: Cowboys lead, 2-0
vs. Georgia: Tied, 1-1
vs. Binghamton: Cowboys lead, 4-0

Oklahoma State is 28-23 and has won 10 of its last 12 games. The Cowboys received an NCAA Regional at-large berth, marking their 12th consecutive NCAA tourney appearance.

OSU finished seventh in the Big 12 standings with a 15-12 conference record.

Up next, the third-seeded Cowboys open play at the NCAA Athens Regional with a matchup against No. 2 seed Duke Friday at 5 p.m. (CDT).

The Pokes own a .254 team batting average and .461 slugging percentage and are averaging 6.6 runs per game. Brayden Smith leads OSU with a .312 batting average and 14 doubles, while Nolan Schubart paces the Cowboys with 17 homers and 54 RBIs.

OSU's pitching staff sports a 4.33 ERA; the Cowboys rank among the nation's best in shutouts (5), strikeouts per nine innings (9.8) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.64).

Host and No. 7 national seed Georgia brings a 42-15 record into the Regional. The Bulldogs posted an 18-12 record in SEC play. UGA is making the 15th NCAA Regional appearance in program history and second in a row.
Head coach Wes Johnson owns an 85-32 in his two seasons at UGA.

Duke is 37-19 on the season, which includes a 17-13 mark in the ACC. The Blue Devils are making their third consecutive NCAA Regional appearance and 12th in program history.
In his 13th season leading the Blue Devils, head coach Chris Pollard owns a 416-294 record.

Binghamton enters tourney play with a 29-24 mark. The Bearcats went 13-11 in the America East Conference before winning the league's tourney title. BU is making its sixth overall NCAA Regional appearance and first since 2022.
Head coach Tom Sinicki is in his 33rd season as Binghamton's head coach and owns a career record of 729-742-9.

Cowboys At The NCAA Baseball Championship

Oklahoma State is making its 50th appearance in the NCAA Baseball Championship, which is tied for the third most all time with Miami (FL) and behind only Texas (64) and Florida State (61).

OSU owns a 159-106 (.600) record in the NCAA tourney, with the 159 wins sixth on the all-time list. The Cowboys' 20 College World Series appearances are tied for sixth all time.

The Cowboys are seeking to advance to the sixth NCAA Super Regional in program history (1999, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2019). Should the Cowboys advance out of the Athens Regional, they will face the winner of the NCAA Oxford Regional in a Super Regional.

OSU has made an NCAA Regional each season under 13th-year head coach Josh Holliday. It is the Cowboys' 12th NCAA appearance under his direction — there was no NCAA tourney in 2020 after the remainder of the season was cancelled in March due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

The Pokes are 25-23 in NCAA tourney play under Holliday — 20-17 in Regionals, 3-4 in Super Regionals and 2-2 at the College World Series. During his tenure, the Cowboys have made seven NCAA Regional finals appearances and earned three Super Regional berths. In 2016, Holliday led his alma mater to the 20th College World Series in program history.

This year marks the fourth under Holliday that the Pokes are a No. 3 seed (2013, 2017 & 2018). OSU was a No. 1 seed in 2014, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023 & 2024 and was a No. 2 seed in 2016 and 2021.

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Players Mentioned

Nolan Schubart

Brayden Smith

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