Tulsa Heads to Texas for Five-Game Weekend

Friday, February 13

Arlington, TX

12:30 p.m.

Tulsa

Iowa State

Claira Skaggs swings the bat against Jacksonville State

Tulsa Heads to Texas for Five-Game Weekend

2/12/2026 2:24:00 PM | Softball

ARLINGTON, Texas — Coming off a busy opening weekend of play, Tulsa heads south for a five-game weekend at the Dream City Invitational hosted by UT Arlington beginning on Friday.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday vs. Iowa State – 12:30 PM
Friday vs. UT Arlington – 5:30 PM (ESPN+)
Saturday vs. Wisconsin – 10 AM
Saturday vs. Wisconsin – 12:30 PM
Sunday vs. UT Arlington – 11:30 AM (ESPN+)

QUICK HITS

Maci Cole is off to a red-hot start, hitting .467 and got on base at a .619 rate. She is one of nine players in the American Conference with seven or more hits through the first weekend of play. She walked five times, tied for second in the league.
Cole was ranked No. 76 on the D1 Softball Top 100 Mid-Major Players List. Last season she earned First Team All-Conference honors after leading the team with a .316 BA and 10 HR.
Cole and Annika Dill each hit their first home run of the season in the team's second game of the year. The duo also homered in the second game of the season last year.

The team recorded 12 extra base hits in Louisiana. Tulsa's eight doubles is tied for third in the American.
Tulsa played 10 innings on opening day, the program's first 10 inning game since the 2020 season.
The Golden Hurricane earned its first win of the season in an 8-7 thriller over Jacksonville State. Claira Skaggs cleared the bases in the second inning with a three-run triple as part of a five-run inning. They added a pair of insurance runs in the fifth and hung on to win.
Brinly Maples was one of seven pitchers in the league to earn a save over the opening weekend after she closed out the team's win over Jacksonville State.
Tulsa held the lead or was tied in the fifth inning in four of the five games last weekend.

TULSA vs. THE MAVERICKS

The Golden Hurricane are 12-10 all-time against UT Arlington, with the first meeting taking place in 1993.
Six of the last eight in the series have taken place in Arlington.
UTA has won two in a row in the series, with the sides last meeting in 2023. Prior to that, Tulsa had won six straight over UTA.

BACK IN BUSINESS

The Golden Hurricane returned 12 players from last season's roster.
Graduate student shortstop Maci Cole headlines the returners after earning First Team All-Conference honors.
Cole led the Golden Hurricane offense with a .316 batting average, 49 hits, 10 home runs, .594 slugging percentage, .454 on-base percentage, and 35 walks. She was also second on the team with 27 RBI.
Claira Skaggs was red-hot last year despite being limited to just 19 games in 2025 due to injury.
Skaggs was raking with a .365 batting average and 19 hits while slugging .615 and getting on base at a .469 clip. Despite missing so much time, Skaggs finished third on the team with 3 home runs while driving in 16 runs.
Annika Dill, Faith Russell, Elle Rouse, and Amber Turner are back after starting the majority of the 2025 season.
Dill had a strong freshman campaign, recording a slash line of .270/.335/.368 and starting all 54 games. She also was fourth on the Golden Hurricane with 17 RBI.
In the circle, Maura Moore's 4.47 ERA was the team low, while leading the team with 13 wins. She recorded 11 complete games and two shutouts. In 152.0 innings of work, Moore struck out 91 batters. Alexa Hopkins and Brinly Maples picked up the majority of the rest of the innings. Maples finished second on the team with 95.0 innings and struck 51. She won 6 games with 27 appearances in the circle. Hopkins struck out 54 in 80.0 innings, saving 2 games and picking up a pair of wins.

SOFTBALL TO SPACE

Graduate student Maci Cole has accomplished a lot since she has stepped foot on the TU campus. Last season, Cole worked on a mechanical engineering project, which is part of a NASA initiative.
During an 18-game hitting streak last season, Cole slashed .472/.569/.962 with six doubles, a triple, six home runs and 17 driven in.
Prior to the 2026 season, Cole was named to the D1 Softball Top 100 Mid-Major Players List.
She drew a team-leading 35 walks last, which was the fifth most in The American. Her 0.65 walks per game was 80th in the NCAA.

PRESEASON POLL

Tulsa was picked to finished 7th in the American Conference preseason poll.
Florida Atlantic was picked to win the league and received 8 first place votes.
South Florida received 2 first place votes and was picked second, followed by Wichita State, Charlotte, North Texas, East Carolina, Tulsa, UAB, UTSA, and Memphis in that order.

MAGNIFICENT MAURA

Maura Moore was busy last, throwing 152.0 innings, almost half of Tulsa's for the season and the only Tulsa pitcher to throw over 100.0. She finished fourth in The American for innings pitched and 83rd nationally. She led the conference in games started (32), second for complete games (11), ranking 14th and 106th in the NCAA, respectively.
Moore became the sixth pitcher in program history to start 90 games in the circle on opening day.
Moore trails only Aimee Creger (110), Emily Watson (109), Jenny Magill (101), and Jackie Lawrence (94), while she is tied with Maren Genow (91)on the all-time starts list.
Moore also looks to join the 500.0 innings club, needing just 14.0 to do so. She would become the 10th pitcher in program history to reach that milestone.
The senior enters the 2026 campaign with 40 wins, needing just 2 more to crack the top 10 in program history.

NOTABLE NEWCOMERS

The Golden Hurricane welcome 7 newcomers to the roster ahead of the 2026 season.
The roster features 5 freshmen; Isabella Arroyo, Mackenzy Glenn, Preslee Ray, Malia Cabuyaban, and Makenzie Freeman.
Arroyo and Freeman add depth to the circle. Glenn is expected to impact the outfield, Cabuyaban is an infielder, while Ray can play all over the field including catcher.
Freeman comes in as one of the most decorated pitchers in Arkansas high school history. She was named the 2024 Gatorade Player of the Year and holds the Arkansas Activites Association records for wins (102) and strike outs (1,012). She is the only pitcher in state history to reach 100 wins and fan 1,000 batters. Freeman also holds state records for innings (665.1), shutouts (57), no-hitters (16), and perfect games (8).
Arroyo pitched to a 1.70 ERA and struck out 179 batters as a high school senior.
Glenn starred at Lutheran High School, helping them to 4 state championships. She posted huge numbers, batting .546 with a .614 on-base percentage while also earning 4 Academic All-State honors.
Cabuyaban comes to Tulsa after a strong high school career where she hit .322 with 13 home runs and 59 RBI.
Ray was a .309 hitter in high school and was named the 2022 Norman High Freshman of the Year. She earned All-Region, All-District, and was a VYPE Player to Watch as a senior.
A pair of JUCO transfers also look to make an immediate impact on the Golden Hurricane in outfielder Madison Garcia and infielder Daeya Moses.
Garcia spent 2 seasons at McLennan Community College where they went 114-12 and reached the 2024 NJCAA D1 National Championship.
She recorded 128 hits for a .408 batting average and drove in 79 runs in 116 appearances.
Moses played 2 seasons at Grayson College. As a sophomore they won 54 games and reached the NJCAA D1 World Series. She hit .337 with 12 home runs and 66 RBI. As a freshman she hit .335 with 17 home runs and 78 RBI as Grayson won 38 games.

FREE BASES

The Golden Hurricane are patient at the plate, working an American Conference high 19 walks through five games.
The team was hit by a pitch seven times in those five games, the ninth most in the country.
Maci Cole walked five times and was plunked once.
Annika Dill worked three walks, while Claira Skaggs was hit twice and worked a walk.
Mackenzy Glenn walked twice and was hit twice, the only Golden Hurricane with multiple of each.

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Seven Tulsa players have racked up eight doubles this season.
Sophomore Amber Turner leads the way with two, last season she only had four in 145 at bats.
Maci Cole, Annika Dill, and Claira Skaggs all had multiple extra base hits on the weekend.
The teams eight doubles are the third most in the American Conference.

UPCOMING MILESTONES

Maci Cole enters the weekend with 88 career hits, needing 12 for 100 for her Tulsa career.
Claira Skaggs is closing in on 150 hits and 100 RBI. She currently has 135 hits and 91 RBI.
Maura Moore has thrown 486.0 innings as a Golden Hurricane, needing 14.0 to become the 10th pitcher in program history to reach 500.0.
Head Coach Crissy Strimple is eight wins away from passing James Pinkerton as the second winningest coach in program history.

UP NEXT

Tulsa is back in Texas for the second weekend in a row. This time they'll head to Stephenville to face Tarleton twice, along with contests against Army, Pitt, and Texas A&M - Corpus Christi.

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