The Basics

            The No. 17/18 Oklahoma State softball team (23-12 overall, 5-5 Big 12) continues its 50th anniversary season with a three-game weekend series in Stillwater against Iowa State (17-17 overall, 7-5 Big 12).  

            Start times for all three games are a non-traditional noon CT as a result of the four-day Boys from Oklahoma concert event happening in Boone Pickens Stadium this weekend.

 

Watch, Listen, Follow

            All three games can be streamed live on ESPN+. 

            All of OSU’s games this week can be heard live on KGFY-FM 105.5 and stillwaterradio.net and streamed 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, including a live scoreboard.

 

In The Rankings

            Oklahoma State is No. 17 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches poll and No. 18 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. Softball America has the Pokes at No. 22 and D1Softball has the Cowgirls at No. 18. 

            In the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index, which looks at wins and strength of schedule, Oklahoma State is No. 14 and Iowa State is No. 70. 

            

Oklahoma State from a Distance

            Sitting at 23-12 overall and 5-5 in Big 12 play entering this weekend’s series against Iowa State, the Oklahoma State softball team is in search of momentum as it heads into the final third of the season. 

            The Cowgirls faced the nation’s toughest schedule for the first few weeks and came out of it with wins over No. 9 Florida State, No. 23 Kentucky, No. 5 Texas A&M and No. 12 Alabama, among others. An 11-game win streak highlighted by wins over No. 18 Nebraska and Missouri brought the Cowgirls’ record to 15-4 in early March. Since then, however, consistency has been elusive, and the Pokes have gone 8-8 in their last 16 contests.

            Washington transfer Ruby Meylan, an All-American with the Huskies in 2023, has been outstanding in the circle and ranks in the top 25 nationally in wins, strikeouts, earned run average, shutouts and innings pitched. She is the Big 12 leader with 15 wins, four shutouts and 125.1 innings of work. With 145 strikeouts entering this weekend, she needs just 24 more to etch her name into OSU’s single-season top 25 in that category. Her 8.1 strikeouts per seven innings rank 13th on the Oklahoma State single-season chart.

            Offensively, seven Cowgirl regulars bat .300 or better, with Tia Warsop leading the way at .385 with 15 stolen bases. Cal State Fullerton transfer Megan Delgadillo bats .355 and leads the Big 12 with 20 stolen bases. She needs just three more stolen bases to crack into OSU’s single-season top 10. Delgadillo is the NCAA Division I active career leader in games played, hits, at bats and stolen bases. NC State transfer Amanda Hasler is OSU’s top power bat with nine home runs and a .691 slugging percentage. Currently riding a six-game hitting streak, Rosie Davis has emerged as one of the Big 12’s most complete players, as she bats .353 with six home runs, a team-best 37 runs batted in and a .598 slugging percentage. Veterans Karli Godwin, Tallen Edwards and Megan Bloodworth have also been productive. 

 

Notable Streaks and Trends

• OSU has 60 stolen bases this year, which already eclipses last season’s total of 45 and ranks No. 10 on the program’s single-season chart.

• Rosie Davis is batting .433 with two doubles, two home runs and nine runs scored in the last 10 games.

• OSU is outscoring its opposition, 52-16, from the sixth inning on.

• OSU has won nine games in which it trailed by two runs or more.

• OSU is 6-2 in one-run games.

• OSU is 15-0 when scoring more than four runs.

• OSU is 16-5 when scoring first. 

• OSU is 22-4 when holding opponents to five runs or less. 

• OSU has been ranked in the NFCA poll in each of its last 368 games, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.

• OSU is 17-5 when hitting at least one home run. 

• Dating to last season, Karli Godwin has started 96 consecutive games, the longest streak on the team.

 

Series History

            OSU leads the series against Iowa State, 82-77, and is 31-10 against the Cyclones in Stillwater. Head coach Kenny Gajewski boasts a 22-6 record against Iowa State. 

 Team and Player Notes

 

Home Sweet Home

            Of Oklahoma State’s 35 games this season, only six have been played at home. The good news from a Cowgirl perspective is that starting with this weekend’s series against Iowa State, nine of OSU’s final 15 regular season games will be played in Cowgirl Stadium.

            A look at what OSU has done at home this season:

 

 

OSU

Opponents

Wins

5

1

Team Batting Average

.306

.150

Runs

32

8

Slugging Pct.

.537

.179

 

 

Records Watch

            A handful of Cowgirls have a chance to etch their names into the program’s single-season record book in the coming weeks. A look:

 

* Ruby Meylan needs 24 strikeouts to climb into OSU’s single-season top 25.

* Ruby Meylan’s 8.1 strikeouts per seven innings is the  13th-best single-season mark in program history. If she gets to 8.61 strikeouts per seven innings, she’ll ascend into OSU’s single-season top 10.

* Ruby Meylan needs four wins to reach OSU’s single-season top 25.

* Megan Delgadillo’s 20 stolen bases ranks No. 13 on OSU’s single-season list. She needs three more to reach the top 10.

* Tia Warsop’s 15 stolen bases ties for No. 20 on OSU’s single-season list. She needs eight more to reach the top 10. 

* Amanda Hasler needs two home runs to reach OSU’s single-season top 25 and five home runs to reach OSU’s single-season top 10.

* Rosie Davis needs seven runs batted in to reach OSU’s single-season top 25 and 14 RBI to crack the OSU single-season top 10.