Home series against No. 16/16 Arizona on deck for Cowgirl Softball

Friday, April 17

Stillwater, Okla.

3 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

Arizona

Home series against No. 16/16 Arizona on deck for Cowgirl Softball

April 16, 2026 | Cowgirl Softball

Game Notes

The Basics
Coming off its third straight Big 12 series win and a win over No. 1/1 Oklahoma, the No. 21/21 Oklahoma State softball team (28-11 overall, 9-6 Big 12) continues a stretch of five ranked contests with a Big 12 weekend series against No. 16/16 Arizona.
Friday's series opener against the Wildcats is set for 6 p.m. CT, with Saturday's contest at 2 p.m. CT. Sunday's series finale has an 11 a.m. first pitch.

Watch, Listen, Follow
Game two (Saturday) against Arizona will be televised nationally on ESPN2 with Eric Frede and Madison Shipman on the call. Friday and Sunday's contests can be streamed on ESPN+.
All contests can be heard on KGFY 105.5 FM, as well as 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.

Cowgirls vs. Shockers Update
OSU and Wichita State's contest scheduled for April 8 was postponed. The Cowgirls and Shockers were set to resume their suspended game from March 10 before resetting for the regularly scheduled contest. When a new game date and time are set, those details will be shared.

In The Rankings
Oklahoma State is ranked No. 21 in the GoRout/NFCA Coaches Poll. The ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 ranks the Cowgirls at No. 21, while Softball America has the Pokes at No. 22 and D1Softball has OSU at No. 19. In the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), the Cowgirls are No. 20.
Arizona checks in at No. 16/16 in the national rankings.

Oklahoma State from a Distance
A winner in 11 of its last 13 games and in each of its last three Big 12 series, Oklahoma State is playing some of its best softball of the season as it enters a challenging portion of the schedule.
The Cowgirls hold eight wins over ranked opponents on the season, including a 6-4 win over No. 1/1 Oklahoma inside Devon Park in Oklahoma City. OSU averages 6.6 runs per game, which would set a new program record if the season ended today.
Two-time All-American Ruby Meylan has won each of her last 11 decisions. She ranks in the top 10 among all active players in career pitching appearances (147), innings pitched (655.0) and strikeouts (726) and is piecing together another All-America-level season. She leads all Power Four pitchers in innings pitched (148.2) and leads the Big 12 in wins (18) while ranking third in strikeouts (157).
Veterans Claire Timm, Rosie Davis and Amanda Hasler have been playing at an All-Big 12 level, with Timm ranking among the top 15 in the conference in batting average (.392) and on-base percentage (.496), and the latter two combining for 37 extra-base hits and 78 RBI. Freshmen Jayelle Austin, Gabby Castillo and Aubrey Jones have all made immediate impacts, with Austin pacing the team in walks and Castillo and Jones ranking among team leaders in batting average.
Pitchers RyLee Crandall and Preslee Downing have combined to go 10-4.

Notable Streaks and Trends
• OSU has been ranked or receiving votes in the NFCA poll in each of its last 426 games, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.
• OSU has won 11 of its last 13 contests.
• OSU has recorded at least nine hits in nine of its last 12 games.
• OSU has scored first in 28 of 39 contests this season.
• Claire Timm has at least one hit in 15 of her last 19 games and has reached base in 20 straight.
• Amanda Hasler is batting .379 in her last 10 games with four extra-base hits and 10 RBI.
• Timm and Lexi McDonald pace the Cowgirls with a .455 batting average in their last 10 games.
• OSU is 61-for-72 on stolen base attempts, with 13 different Cowgirls recording at least one.
• OSU is outscoring its opponents by a margin of 68-18 in the fourth and fifth innings combined.
• Ruby Meylan has notched a strikeout in every game she's appeared in for OSU - 73 contests in total.
• Karli Godwin has started every possible game of her OSU career - 155 in total. Rosie Davis is only one game behind at 154.
• Jayelle Austin is three walks away from tying the freshman single-season walks record.

Series History
Arizona holds a 23-16 edge in the series, however the Pokes are 5-3 against the Wildcats in the Kenny Gajewski era, which includes a 2-0 advantage in Stillwater.