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Cowgirl Softball returns home for weekend series against Houston

   The No. 15/14 Oklahoma State softball team (16-6 overall, 1-2 Big 12) continues its 50th anniversary season with week two of Big 12 league play against Houston (16-7 overall, 2-1 Big 12) from March 14-16. Friday’s series opener is set for 6 p.m. CT, while Saturday is at 2 p.m. CT. The series finale on Sunday has a noon CT first pitch. 

   All of OSU’s contests this weekend can be streamed live on ESPN+. 

   All three contests this weekend 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 and updates, including a live scoreboard.  

   Oklahoma State is No. 15 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches poll and No. 14 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. Softball America has the Pokes at No. 14 and D1Softball has the Cowgirls at No. 10. 

   In the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index, which looks at wins and strength of schedule, Oklahoma State is No. 11. Houston is No. 31. 

   After playing the toughest schedule in the nation through the first two weeks of competition, the Oklahoma State softball team stands at 16-6 and is 1-2 in Big 12 play, boasting wins over No. 9 Florida State, No. 5 Texas A&M, No. 14 Alabama and No. 18 Nebraska. Six of the Cowgirls’ first nine games were played against ranked opponents, with four against top-10 opponents. The gauntlet continued into league play as the Pokes opened against two-time All-American NiJaree Canady and No. 16/15 Texas Tech, and dropped the series in Lubbock, 1-2, however they run-ruled the Red Raiders 10-2 in the finale. 

   Offensively, sophomores Rosie Davis and Tia Warsop have stood out, with the former leading the team in RBIs (29), while the latter holds the highest batting average on the team (.422) and ranks third in the Big 12 with a .519 on-base percentage. Senior Megan Bloodworth, the March 4 Big 12 Player of the Week, has also been a force at the plate, slashing .340/.396/.596 with four home runs and 11 RBIs. Graduate transfer Megan Delgadillo (Cal State Fullerton) is batting .391 and paces the team with 20 runs scored and 17 stolen bases. 

   In the circle, Washington transfer Ruby Meylan is performing at an All-America level. She was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on March 4 after going 6-0 and striking out 30 in 23.1 scoreless innings. On the year, the junior from Omaha, Nebraska, is 9-1 with a 1.39 ERA to go with 86 strikeouts in 65.1 innings of work. Sophomore right-hander Katie Kutz began the season as the least experienced pitcher on the staff, however she has blossomed into one of the Cowgirls’ top arms. The McLean, Va., native was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 18 following a 3-0 outing (all against top-25 opponents) in four appearances at the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational to go with a 1.20 ERA and 10 strikeouts. On the season, she is 7-2 with a 2.58 ERA. 

• Dating to last sesaon, OSU has won 15 consecutive home games. 

• OSU has 44 stolen bases this season, which already almost matches last season’s total of 45 bags. 

• OSU is outscoring its opposition, 57-19, from the fifth inning on.

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

• OSU is 5-1 in one-run games.

• OSU is 15-1 when scoring more than two runs.

• OSU is 11-2 when scoring first. 

• OSU has been ranked in the NFCA poll in each of its last 355 games, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.

• Tia Warsop is yet to be caught stealing in her career. She is 21-for-21 on stolen base attempts dating to last season. 

• This season, OSU has won every game in which Warsop has scored a run. 

• Dating to last season, Karli Godwin has started 83 consecutive games, the longest streak on the team.

   Oklahoma State and Houston have split the 16 previous meetings between the two programs, 8-8. In the Gajewski era, the Cowgirls are 6-1 against the Cougars.