Cowboy Brew 5/12: Feeling Elite

Cowgirls Reach Elite 8 For First Time Since 2017

Good Monday Morning Pokes. The Cowgirls enjoyed dancin’ so much, they figured they’d keep it going a little longer.

That’s right, OSU is feeling elite and has a date back in Waco among the nation’s best.

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

🎾 Feeling Elite
⚾️ Heating Up
🎥 OSUMax: Time To Hunt
🤠 And much more!

🎥 OSUMAX: TIME TO HUNT

Today in Urbana, Ill., the OSU men’s golf team opens up its hunt towards
a NCAA Championship when it kicks off play at the NCAA Regionals.

The Cowboys enter the postseason ranked second in the country after three
straight wins, including the Big 12 Championship at Southern Hills Country Club.

Go inside the ropes with the Cowboys as they discuss the team
heading into NCAA Regionals.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Feeling Elite. Every member of the current OSU women’s tennis team was in middle school the last time the Cowgirls reached the Elite 8.

That changed on Saturday as OSU grinded out a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Stanford at Greenwood Tennis Center.

It is the sixth time in program history that the Cowgirls reached the NCAA quarterfinals and the first time since 2017. The Cowgirls have now won 15 of 16 matches entering Thursday’s showdown with #3 Michigan at the NCAA Championships in Waco.

🔼 Heating Up. No better team to heat up than when it counts the most.

The OSU baseball squad won its second straight Big 12 series and has now won eight of their past 11 after taking two-of-three during their road series at Baylor over the weekend.

Dominant pitching performances from Harrison Bodendorf and Mario Pesca set the tone as the duo combined to allow just one earned run in 14 innings of work in the first two games of the series.

🔼 Dancin’ Machines. The OSU softball squad is entering the dance with some momentum.

The Cowgirls are back in the NCAA Tournament for the ninth consecutive season and 26th all time.

OSU will be competing in the Fayetteville regional this weekend, along with the No. 4 national seed Arkansas, Indiana and Saint Louis. The action starts Friday at 3 p.m. CT with the Pokes opening play against Indiana on ESPN2, followed by No. 4 Arkansas against Saint Louis at 5:30 p.m. CT.

Nine consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament is the second-longest streak in program history, trailing only the record mark of 11 set from 1988-98.

🔼 Hardware Haul. The trip back to Stillwater will have a little more luggage than the trip to Mexico for Cowboy RTC wrestlers.

A trio of members return from the Pan-American Championships with gold medals as Wyatt Hendrickson, Roman Bravo-Young and Zahid Valencia each won their respective weight classes.

The trio went the entire tournament without surrendering a single point.

Hendrickson, an NCAA heavyweight champion and Hodge Trophy winner at OSU last season, dismantled the 125-kilogram field. He pinned two of his three opponents, including Canada's Richard Deschatelets in just 23 seconds in the gold-medal match. His other pin came in the quarterfinal round against Costa Rica's Maxwell Lacey. 

🤔 POKES TRIVIA

With yet another postseason home victory on Saturday, what is OSU women’s tennis all-time postseason record at GTC?

Got the answer?

Scroll to the bottom to find the answer!

🎥 OSUMAX: THE BRONX BUZZSAW

The Buzzsaw keeps on rolling along.

OSU transfer Mario Pesca once again flexed his muscle
with a dominant performance on Saturday in a 4-0 win at Baylor.

Learn more about the Bronx, New York native, his baseball relationship with
his father and how much playing in the Orange and Black means to him.

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📅 ON THE DOCKET

Monday, May 12th
⛳️ Men’s Golf at NCAA Regionals (Urbana, Ill.)

Tuesday, May 13th
⛳️ Men’s Golf at NCAA Regionals (Urbana, Ill.)

Wednesday, May 14th
⛳️ Men’s Golf at NCAA Regionals (Urbana, Ill.)

Thursday, May 15th
⚾️ Baseball vs. Arizona State @ 6pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Michigan @ 7pm (NCAA Elite 8 - Waco, Texas)
⛳️ Women’s Golf at NCAA Championships (Carlsbad, Calif.)
👟 Track & Field at Big 12 Championships (Lawrence, Kansas)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 20-2.

🤠 Let’s have a great week!