Good Morning OSU Fam. There’s nothing like those first match jitters!

The excitement. The energy. The nervousness. All of that and much more is what the OSU tennis squads are feeling with the 2025 seasons set to get underway today.

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

🎾 They’ree Bacckkk
🥎 Position Praisin’
🇺🇸 Country’s Finest
🤠 And much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 They’reeee Backkk. After a few months off, the courts are about to heat up at Greenwood Tennis Center.

Today, the OSU tennis squads open up their 2025 season looking to return yet again to the NCAA Tournament later this spring.

The men’s squad gets things started at 1 pm with a battle out west at UCSB, while the women hit the courts at 6 pm to take on Wyoming.

🔼 Position Praisin’. We are less than a month away from the return of the fourth-ranked Cowgirls on the diamond.

After the team earned a top-five preseason ranking earlier this week, D1Softball started to break it down positionally with three of OSU’s battery mates ranking in the top-25 of their positions.

Transfer hurlers Ruby Meylan and RyLee Crandall rank at #8 and #21, respectively, while new backstop Amanda Hasler sits at #15 for catchers.

🔼 Country’s Finest. When you average a double-double, help your squad to a win over a top-20 team AND secure your program’s first national ranking since 2018, you’re going to garner some attention.

That’s exactly what OSU’s Stailee Heard accomplished this past week and for her performance she was one of five players recognized as Ann Meyers Drysdale National Women's Players of the Week.

A sophomore guard from Sapulpa, Okla., Heard scored 21 points to go with 13 rebounds and five steals in OSU's 64-48 win at Cincinnati. She helped the Cowgirls improve to 14-2 overall and 4-1 in league play after completing their two-game Big 12 sweep for the week with a 64-57 upset of then-No. 17 West Virginia in Stillwater. Heard led the way by scoring 18 points and grabbing seven boards..

🏀: More On Heard’s Award-Winning Week

📅 ON THE DOCKET

Wednesday, Jan. 15th
🎾 Men’s Tennis at UCSB @ 1pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Wyoming @ 6pm

Friday, Jan. 17th
👟 Track & Field at Arkansas Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)
👟 Track & Field at Owen Hewitt Invitational (Norman, Okla.)

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

What was the combined record for the OSU tennis programs last season?

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 47-11.

🤠 Enjoy your day, y’all!