Cowgirls head to No. 4 Nebraska for sixth NCAA Super Regional in last seven years

Thursday, May 21

Lincoln, NE

8 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

Nebraska

Cowgirls head to No. 4 Nebraska for sixth NCAA Super Regional in last seven years

May 19, 2026 | Cowgirl Softball

Game Notes

The Basics
            The No. 13 national seed Oklahoma State softball team (41-15 overall, 16-8 Big 12) swept through the NCAA Stillwater Regional in dominant fashion and travels to the No. 4 national seed, Nebraska (49-6 overall, 23-1 Big Ten) for a best-of-three series in the NCAA Lincoln Super Regional with a trip to the Women's College World Series on the line.
            Game one of the Super Regional is set for 8 p.m. CT on Thursday, May 21, with game two on Friday at 4 p.m. CT. Saturday's if-necessary game is set for 4 p.m. CT.

Watch, Listen, Follow
            The first two contests of the Lincoln Super Regional will be televised nationally on ESPN2 with Chuckie Kempf and Jenny Dalton-Hill on the call. Saturday's game, if necessary, will be on ESPN.
            All games can be heard on KGFY 105.5 FM and on the Varsity Network app with Ryan Breeden on the call.
            Live stats for all of OSU's games are available online at okstate.statbroadcast.com. Fans can follow @CowgirlSB on X all season for regular coverage and updates, including a live scoreboard during games.

In The Rankings
            Oklahoma State is ranked No. 15 in the GoRout/NFCA Coaches Poll and No. 15 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25. In the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), the Cowgirls are No. 15. Nebraska is ranked as the unanimous No. 1 team in college softball.

Oklahoma State from a Distance
            Following a dominant display in the NCAA Regional round, the Oklahoma State softball team enters NCAA Super Regionals with the belief that they have what it takes to reach the program's 17th Women's College World Series. OSU avenged a pair of opening-weekend losses to Stanford en route to the largest run differential in NCAA Regionals in program history (+27). The Cowgirls played the 18th-toughest schedule in the nation and hold 12 wins over teams ranked in the Top 25 of the RPI, boasting victories over seven of the remaining 16 teams in the NCAA Tournament (including Nebraska).
            The Pokes are led by Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and 2026 first team All-American Ruby Meylan, who is piecing together one of the greatest single-season pitching performances in program history. The three-time All-American ranks inside the top 15 nationally in wins (29, third), innings pitched (238.0, third), shutouts (nine, fourth), complete games (22, fifth) and strikeouts (216, 12th). Offensively, first team All-Big 12 performer Rosie Davis has been the complete package this season with over 50 runs scored and nearly 50 RBIs to go with double-digit totals in doubles and home runs. Senior Amanda Hasler is one of six players in OSU history with at least 60 RBIs in a single season and has 14 long balls on the year. Lexi McDonald, Tia Warsop and Claire Timm all rank among the team leaders in batting average. All-Big 12 Freshman team performers Aubrey Jones and Jayelle Austin have been standouts, along with the All-Big 12 defensive team catcher, Audrey Schneidmiller, who is the only catcher in the Big 12 with a perfect fielding percentage this season.

Notable Streaks and Trends
• OSU has been ranked or receiving votes in the NFCA poll in each of its last 442 games, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.
• OSU is 30-4 in NCAA Regional/Super Regional games since 2019.
• OSU has scored at least seven runs in six straight contests and 11 of its last 16 contests.
• OSU has scored first in 36 of 53 contests this season.
• OSU is 38-5 when scoring 4+ runs this season and 33-4 when holding opponents to four runs or less.
• OSU is 8-3 in one-run games this season.
• Rosie Davis has hit a home run in five of her last eight games.
• Lexi McDonald (.462), Tia Warsop (.444), Madison Hoffman (.421) and Karli Godwin (.414) are all batting above .400 in OSU's last 10 games. The Cowgirls are outscoring opponents 77-30 in that span.
• OSU is outscoring its opponents by a margin of 108-43 in the fourth and fifth innings combined.
• Ruby Meylan has notched a strikeout in every game she's appeared in for OSU - 86 contests in total.
• Karli Godwin has started every possible game of her OSU career - 172 in total. Rosie Davis is only one game behind at 171.

Series History
            Oklahoma State is 116-77 all-time in the postseason (including AIAW) and 12-3 in the Super Regional round.
            The Cowgirls hold a 54-49 advantage all-time against Nebraska in a series that dates back to 1978. The Cornhuskers lead the series, 19-13, in Lincoln, while OSU is 6-1 against NU under coach Kenny Gajewski, including a series split in two games earlier this season in Stillwater.