Happy Thursday Cowboys and Cowgirls. If Beyonce taught us anything, it’s who runs the world and if you’ve seen the OSU women’s tennis squad, you’d obviously know the answer is GIRLS!

The Cowgirls historic start to the 2024 season continued this week and more possible history awaits this weekend.

We’ve got all the details and much more!

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

📈 Keep On Climbing
🥎 Shiny Diamonds
⚾️ Power Pair
🤠 And so much more!

🎥 OSUMAX: AUGUSTA BOUND

On Monday afternoon, one of our own got the call to one of golf’s elite courses.

Senior Maddison Hinson-Tolchard received an invitation to compete in the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur this coming April.

The Australian native has been dominating courses all over the world for years now and has etched her name all over the Cowgirl record book.

Jump in the OSUMax Rewind machine to get to know Maddison when we sat her down on the Pokes Pod last year.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 The Climb Continues. Prior to the beginning of the spring season, the OSU women’s tennis team had already made program history with the highest preseason ranking in program history (#5).

This week, history was made once again as the Orange & Black rose to #3 this week, the highest ranking in program history.

Up next, OSU heads to ITA Kickoff Weekend in Des Moines, Iowa, where the 12th-ranked Bruins of UCLA await. A 2-0 weekend would earn a berth in the ITA Indoor National Championships.

🎾: More On The Latest ITA Rankings

🔺 Heartbreak Hotel. No amount of Skyline Chili will help get through an absolute heartbreaker for the OSU women’s hoops team.

The Cowgirls fell behind early, but battled back to take a lead in the fourth quarter, but a last second layup by Cincinnati was the difference in a 58-56 road loss on Wednesday night.

🏀: Recapping The Road Defeat
🔢: Inside the Boxscore

🔺 Shiny Diamonds. 47 wins. Four straight trips to the WCWS. Four starters returning.

And now you can add 3️⃣ top-15 preseason rankings to the 2024 Cowgirl softball squad’s resume.

This week, the Orange & Black were slotted #11 in the ESPN/USA Softball preseason rankings. It’s the third one of the season after being slotted at No. 12 and No. 14 in the D1Softball and Softball America top 25, respectively.

With this year's set of preseason rankings, it marks the seventh straight year OSU will begin the season inside the top 25. 

🥎: The Full ESPN/USA Softball Preseason Poll

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

On Wednesday, the Cowboy duo of Carson Benge and Nolan Schubart were selected to the 2024 Preseason All-Big 12 squad.

The young pair look to lead the Orange & Black to another big year on the diamond.

How many RBIs did the sophomore duo combine for last spring?

Got a guess?

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

🎥 OSUMAX: COACH SPEAK

Two of our leaders jumped on the mic on Monday night to give us insight and updates on the Cowboys on the mat and Cowgirls on the court.

🎥: The John Smith Show (Jan. 22)

🎥: The Jacie Hoyt Show (Jan. 22)

📅 COMING SOON…

Friday, Jan. 26th
🤼‍♂️ Wrestling vs. Northern Iowa @ 7pm
👟 Track & Field at Razorback Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)

Saturday, Jan. 27th
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. West Virginia @ 1pm
🤼‍♂️ Wrestling vs. Iowa State @ 6pm
👟 Track & Field at Razorback Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Utah @ TBA (Austin, Tex.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. UCLA @ 11am (Ames, Iowa)

Sunday, Jan. 28th
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. #12 Baylor @ 1pm
🎾 Men’s Tennis at ITA Indoor Weekend @ TBA (Austin, Tex.)

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 117.

Benge led the Cowboys with a .345 average and drove in 43 RBIs, while Schubart was an All-American that hit .338 and drove in 74 for the Cowboys.

🤠 Enjoy your Thursday, Pokes!