Cowboy Brew 1/19: Ball's In Our Court

Pokes Tennis Squad Host Big Weekend in Stillwater

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Cowboy Brew Crew
January 19, 2024

Good Morning Cowboys and Cowgirls. Sure, the weather may not have us thinking about it, but our spring sports are heating up!

Both tennis squads have big weekends on tap and the nationally-ranked softball program is just 20 days away from returning to the field!

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew! Check it out below!

🎾 Ball’s In Our Court
👟 Speed Racers
🥎 Poll Position
🤠 And so much more!

🎥 OSUMAX: DIAMOND PREP

The quest begins in 20 days.

A hunt for a fifth straight trip to the WCWS is slated to begin on February 8th when the Cowgirls take the field in Northridge, Calif.

No better way to get ready for an exciting spring on the diamond than taking a look back at some of the fall exhibitions broadcast on OSUMax.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Ball’s In Our Court. Don’t worry, Stewie Griffin won’t be serving for the Pokes this weekend.

But, our tennis squads sure will be with a big weekend on tap at men’s and women’s tennis squads have a big weekend on tap at the Greenwood Tennis Center.

The men take on MTSU on Friday at 12 pm before the women kick off a big weekend taking on not one, but ✌️ top-15 battles. On Friday evening, the fifth-ranked Cowgirls welcome #4 Michigan and on Sunday, they face off against Ohio State, who enters the weekend at #14 nationally.

🔺 Poll Position. Less than three weeks from now, the Cowgirls will have opened up the 2024 campaign.

Expectations are once again high as the Pokes are looking to once again battle for a spot in the Women’s College World Series.

In one of the toughest conferences in the country, the Cowgirls are slotted third in the Big 12 Preseason Poll and have two players, Lexi Kilfoyl (#38) and Caroline Wang (#82) ranked in the D1Softball.com Top-100. 

🔺 Speed Racers. Lightning McQueen has nothing on the Cowboys.

The Pokes are off and running and once again, are among the nation’s best.

After capturing the NCAA Championship on the cross country course this fall, the Orange & Black find themselves at #6 in the first FloTrack poll of the season.

🎥 OSUMAX: NO. 53

While the trophy was hoisted back in November, No. 53 became official on Tuesday night.

During halftime of the men’s basketball game, National Championship #53 officially was recognized as the 2023 NCAA Championship banner was unveiled at GIA.

OSUMax was there to bring you all the access from the special ceremony.

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

In addition to being ranked #5 in this week’s national team ITA rankings, the Cowgirls are all over the Top-75 ITA individual rankings as well.

How many Cowgirls are in the latest top-75 individual rankings?

Think you got it?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🎥 OSUMAX: KICKIN’ IT WITH Q

We were there from the start.

As part of our Kickin’ It With Q series this year, we got to spend a Day in the Life with Quincy Noble, and well, this week didn’t surprise us one bit.

The workouts, the relationships, the effort… all of it culminated in a career outing at GIA for Q.

📅 COMING SOON…

Friday, Jan. 19th
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Middle Tennessee St. @ 3pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Michigan @ 6pm

Saturday, Jan. 20th
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. #10 Texas @ 2pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Kansas State @ 6pm

Sunday, Jan. 21st
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Ohio State @ 12pm
🤼‍♂️ Wrestling vs. Oregon State @ 2pm

Tuesday, Jan. 23rd
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. TCU @ 8pm

Wednesday, Jan. 24th
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Cincinnati @ 5pm

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Five.

In the ITA individual rankings, Ange Oby Kajuru came in at No. 2, making her the highest-ranked Cowgirl in program history. Along with Kajuru, four other Cowgirls appeared in the singles rankings, with Anastasiya Komar checking in at No. 13, Lucia Peyre at No. 53, Ayumi Miyamoto at No. 60 and Safiya Carrington at No. 62.

🤠 Enjoy the weekend, Pokes!