Cowboy Baseball Opens Postseason Play At Big 12 Tournament

Big 12 Tournament • May 20-23 • Surprise, Arizona • Surprise Stadium (10,500)

#19 OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
36-19 overall (18-12 Big 12)

National Ranking: 19 • NCAA RPI: 29
Streak: Won 2 • H: 22-6 • A: 12-11 • N: 2-2
Head Coach: Josh Holliday, 14th Season at OSU (511-282-2)

UCF KNIGHTS
31-20 overall (19-11 Big 12)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 32
Streak: Won 1 • H: 19-9 • A: 10-9 • N: 2-2
Head Coach: Rich Wallace, 3rd Season at UCF (97-67)

TV: ESPNU (Clay Matvick & Mike Rooney)
Radio: Cowboy Radio Network & The Varsity Network App   93.7 KSPI-FM    okla.state/GetVarsity    (Rex Holt)
Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
X: @osubaseball (in-game scoreboard/updates)
Series: Knights lead, 9-6
Last: 3/15/26 in Orlando; Knights won, 6-5

Oklahoma State begins postseason play at the Big 12 Baseball Tournament Thursday in Surprise, Arizona. As the tourney's No. 5 seed, the Cowboys received a double bye and will take on fourth-seeded UCF in the quarterfinals.
The Pokes are 36-19 on the season and finished fifth in the conference standings at 18-12. OSU won six league series, including its last four.
OSU is hitting .281 as a team and ranks second nationally with 137 home runs. The Cowboys' pitching staff sports a 6.25 ERA and has 539 strikeouts over 469 1/3 IP.
The 2026 season marks OSU's 14th under the direction of Josh Holliday, who earned his 500th career win on April 21 vs. Wichita State; he is the second-winningest coach in program history behind Gary Ward.
UCF is 31-20 overall and finished tied for third in the Big 12 standings with a 19-11 mark. \
The Knights own a .292 team batting average, while their pitching staff sports a 4.24 ERA.\
UCF swept the Cowboys on the opening weekend of Big 12 play in Orlando in mid-March; both the series opener and finale were decided by one run.
Expected to start on the mound for UCF against the Cowboys is RHP Camden Wicker, who is 5-3 with a 3.71 ERA in 14 starts this season.
Rich Wallace is in his third season as head coach at his alma mater and has guided the Knights to a 97-67 record.

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Cowboy Baseball Opens Postseason Play At Big 12 Tournament

Big 12 Tournament • May 20-23 • Surprise, Arizona • Surprise Stadium (10,500)

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