Cowgirl Softball set for Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship

The basics

The No. 23/23 Oklahoma State softball team (33-17 overall, 13-9 Big 12) is the No. 4 seed at this week's Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City. The Cowgirls take on No. 5 Arizona State at 11 a.m. Thursday in Devon Park.
The winner of that contest faces either Texas Tech, Baylor or Kansas in the semifinal round at 3 p.m. Friday. The championship game is set for 11 a.m. Saturday.

Watch, Listen, Follow

   All games at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship are streamed live on ESPN+. Saturday's title game on ESPN is the only one with a linear broadcast.
   All of OSU's games 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.

Postseason pedigree

Oklahoma State has seven conference tournament titles in its history - six in the Big Eight (1980, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992) and one in the Big 12 (2022).

In the rankings

   Oklahoma State is No. 23 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches poll and No. 23 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. The Cowgirls are unranked in the D1Softball and Softball America polls.
   In the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index, which looks at wins and strength of schedule, Oklahoma State is No. 20 and Arizona State is No. 34.

Oklahoma State from a distance

   Winners of four in a row and six of the last seven to close the regular season, Oklahoma State enters the postseason with momentum on its side. The current four-game winning streak matches OSU's second-longest of the season and six wins in seven games marks the second-best seven-game stretch of the Cowgirls' season.
   OSU 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. Inconsistency became an issue from there, with OSU going 12-12 in its next 24 games prior to winning six of seven to close the regular season.
   Washington transfer Ruby Meylan, an All-American with the Huskies in 2023, has been outstanding in the circle and ranks in the top 10 nationally in strikeouts, shutouts and innings pitched. She is the Big 12 leader with six shutouts, 15 complete games and 189.0 innings pitched. With 225 strikeouts entering the Big 12 tournament, she's already etched her name into OSU's single-season top 10 and is 16 shy of passing Michele Smith's senior-year total of 240 from 1989.
   Offensively, six Cowgirl regulars bat .300 or better, with Tia Warsop leading the way at .364 with 19 stolen bases. Cal State Fullerton transfer Megan Delgadillo bats .331 and leads the Big 12 with 30 stolen bases, a mark that ranks sixth on OSU's single-season list. Delgadillo is the NCAA Division I active career leader in games played, at bats and stolen bases and she ranks second among all active players in career hits. NC State transfer Amanda Hasler is OSU's top power bat with 15 home runs and a .737 slugging percentage. Rosie Davis has emerged as one of the Big 12's most complete players, as she bats .352 with eight home runs, a team-best 49 runs batted in and a .462 on-base percentage. Veterans Karli Godwin, Tallen Edwards and Megan Bloodworth have also been productive.

Notable streaks and trends

• OSU has 84 stolen bases this year, which ranks third in school history and is the most since 2015.
• OSU has won 11 games in which it trailed by two runs or more.
• Since being re-inserted into the starting lineup during the Kansas series, Claire Timm is 9-for-18 at the plate (.500 batting average) and has an on-base percentage of .524.
• In her last four appearances, RyLee Crandall is 2-0 with an 0.88 earned run average in 16.0 innings of work. During that stretch, she is limiting opponents to a .167 batting average.
• In her last six appearances (31.2 innings pitched), Ruby Meylan has struck out 40 against just six walks and is limiting opponents to a .172 batting average.
• Entering the Big 12 tournament, OSU has committed just one error in its last five games.
• In the last seven games of the regular season, the OSU pitching staff combined for 51 strikeouts against just 13 walks. In that same span, the OSU offense worked 35 walks and struck out just 15 times.
• OSU is outscoring its opposition, 76-26, from the sixth inning on.
• OSU has been ranked in the NFCA poll in each of its last 382 games, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.
• Dating to last season, Karli Godwin has started 111 consecutive games, the longest streak on the team.

Oklahoma State University Athletics

Cowgirl Softball set for Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship

Players Mentioned

Megan Bloodworth

RyLee Crandall

Rosie Davis

Megan Delgadillo

Tallen Edwards

Karli Godwin

Amanda Hasler

Ruby Meylan

Claire Timm

Tia Warsop

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