Good morning. Need another reason to celebrate other than it being Friday? Oklahoma State Equestrian has advanced to the national semifinal for the fourth time in a row!

First Things First: Catch up with all things Spring Football with Coach Gundy breaking down everything he's seeing from the team and what he likes about the squad as they gear up for the fall... only on OSU Max.

What else is steeping in today's Brew?

🏇 Trotting towards a title repeat
🥎 Can the Cowgirls get to 40 this weekend?
🤠 And much, much more

🎧 OSU MAX PODCASTS

Softball thrills and wedding bells. In this week's Old Pokes Show with Deion Imade and Clint Chelf, former Oklahoma State softball player Chelsea Alexander joins the guys to discuss her time in Stillwater and preparing for her upcoming wedding while also getting ready for her pro debut with the Oklahoma City Spark of the Women's Professional Fastpitch League.

Also get her thoughts on the 2023 Cowgirls, and what she thinks of the team and their chances to bring home the first title in school history.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼  Trotting Towards Another Title. Third-ranked Oklahoma State defeated six-seed Georgia 13-7 to advance to the semifinals of the NCEA National Championship yesterday in Ocala, Florida. The win advances the Cowgirls to the national semifinal for the fourth-straight season, excluding when the event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

"There were great rides across the board all day," head coach Larry Sanchez said. "When we prepared for this, we prepared with all we had, because we knew it was going to take that to beat Georgia. It was a great win for us today and kudos to Georgia on a hard-fought meet."

See how each of the Cowgirls performed here and get ready for Oklahoma State to take on two-seed Auburn in the national semifinal this afternoon at 1:00pm CT.

🔼 First Time, (Not So) Long Time. Oklahoma State outdoor track & field travels coast-to-coast this weekend and competes in four separate meets from Florida to California today and tomorrow.

Two groups head out west for the Bryan Clay and Beach Invitationals, with national champions Fouad Messaoudi and Taylor Roe returning to the track. Messaoudi is competing for the first time since winning a pair of NCAA titles at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March with Roe competing in the 5,000 Meters outdoors for the first time since placing third at last year's NCAA Outdoor Championships.

School record holder Ryan Schoppe will also open his outdoor season after anchoring the NCAA title-winning Distance Medley Relay squad. He currently holds the program record in the 1,500 Meters and will compete in that event as well as the 5,000 Meters over the next two days.

🔼 Top 25 Showdown. No. 14 Oklahoma State baseball is welcoming No. 25 West Virginia to O'Brate Stadium this weekend tied for second in the Big 12 standings but tied for first with seven conference wins this season so far. Need a little refresher on how the Cowboys are looking coming into the series, what the history between these two teams looks like, and more? We've got you right here.

🔼 Over The Hill. With a new program record for the best start through 40 games, No. 3/3 Oklahoma State softball resumes Big 12 play as Iowa State comes to town for a three-game conference series starting today with first pitch of Game 1 at 6:00pm CT sharp.

Oklahoma State From A Distance

Six starters are back from a 2022 Oklahoma State team that put together a 40-win season, which ended at the Women's College World Series for an NCAA era program record third consecutive year. Five of OSU's returning starters were also starters on the Cowgirls' 2021 WCWS team and two of them started for OSU during its 2019 WCWS appearance.

Series History

Against Big 12 Conference for Iowa State, Oklahoma State owns a 79-24 series lead, including each of the two of the last three. As the head coach of the Cowgirls, Kenny Gajewski is 19-3 against the Cyclones.

To The Max

In All-American form, Kelly Maxwell has anchored the Oklahoma State pitching staff in her second year as the Cowgirls' ace. The redshirt senior lefty leads the Big 12 Conference in hits allowed per seven innings (2.90), saves (5), strikeouts (147) and strikeouts per seven innings (11.7).

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

Two good. Oklahoma State men's tennis will look to get back in the win column after falling to No. 59 Tulsa last weekend. The Cowboys boast a 10-1 home record and will look to add two wins against Texas Tech on Friday and Baylor on Sunday... and they'll do so with not one but two top-100 singles players in the country.

Isaac Becroft is the top-ranked singles player on the team at No. 78. Who is the second Cowboy in the top-100?

Think you've got it? Scroll on down for the answer!

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Week Four. Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy and Cowboy radio sideline reporter Robert Allen sit down for the fourth of five interviews during the 2023 Spring Football Practice season.

Get coach Gundy's thoughts on the progression of the team on both sides of the ball through the first 11 practices. Also hear more about the work the guys are doing to be prepared for different situations next season.

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📅 THE WEEKEND AHEAD

Friday 4/14

🎽 Pokes Track & Field at Bryan Clay Invitational

🎽 Pokes Track & Field at Mt. Sac Relays

🎽 Pokes Track & Field at Tom Jones Invitational

🎽 Pokes Track & Field at OU Invitational

⛳ Cowboy Golf @ ASU/Thunderbird Collegiate

🐎 Cowgirl Equestrian vs. Auburn @ 1:00pm CT

🎾 Cowgirl Tennis at Kansas @ 5:00pm CT

🎾 Cowboy Tennis vs. Texas Tech @ 6:00pm CT

⚾ Cowboy Baseball vs. West Virginia @ 6:00pm CT on ESPN+ | Live Video | Live Audio

🥎 Cowgirl Softball vs. Iowa State @ 6:00pm CT | Live Audio

Saturday 4/15

🎽 Pokes Track & Field at Bryan Clay Invitational

🎽 Pokes Track & Field at Mt. Sac Relays

🎽 Pokes Track & Field at Tom Jones Invitational

🎽 Pokes Track & Field at OU Invitational

⛳ Cowboy Golf @ ASU/Thunderbird Collegiate

🥎 Cowgirl Softball vs. Iowa State @ 2:00pm CT | Live Audio

⚾ Cowboy Baseball vs. West Virginia @ 6:00pm CT on ESPN+ | Live Video | Live Audio

Sunday 4/16

⚾ Cowboy Baseball vs. West Virginia @ 12:00pm CT on ESPN+ | Live Video | Live Audio

🥎 Cowgirl Softball vs. Iowa State @ 12:00pm CT | Live Audio

🎾 Cowgirl Tennis at Kansas @ 12:00pm CT

🎾 Cowboy Tennis vs. Baylor @ 1:00pm CT

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Tyler Zink

Isaac Becroft remains Oklahoma State's highest-ranked singles player, jumping up to No. 78 from his previous ranking of No. 86. Tyler Zink is also ranked in the top 100, coming in at No. 99.

Have a fantastic Orange Power Weekend, y'all.