Tulsa Welcomes East Carolina for Final Home Series of 2026

TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa is home for the final time in 2026 as they welcome East Carolina to Collins Family Softball Complex. The team will celebrate Senior Day after the game on Sunday.

Date(s): April 24-26
First Pitch: 5 PM, 2 PM, 12 PM
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Venue: Collins Family SB Complex
TV: ESPN+
Series History vs ECU: 44-15
Record in Tulsa: 22-4
Last Meeting: March 15, 2025 in Greenville (W, 3-1)

QUICK HITS

Tulsa has one of the best offenses in American Conference play. The team is fourth in team batting average .295, second in home runs with 25, third in runs with 100, and tied for the lead in doubles with 26.
Tulsa has hit at least four home runs in every home, conference series in 2026.
The trio of Claira Skaggs, Maci Cole, and Daeya Moses have all launched 8-plus home runs this season for the Golden Hurricane. It is the first time since 2009 that Tulsa has three players with 8 or more homers in a single season since Brooke Smart, Lauren Lindsay, and Kailey Yarmer did so in 2009. Tulsa has never had three players hit 9-plus home runs in the same season.
Tulsa is closing in on 40 home runs as a team, entering the weekend with 36. They look to be the first Tulsa team since 2015 to reach that mark and it would be just the sixth time in program history to do so.
Tulsa has used the same starting 9 in 14 of the last 17 games. They are hitting .322 as a unit and averaging 6.4 runs per game. Cole, Skaggs, and Moses all have hit five home runs and have 15-plus RBI in that time frame.
Cole has played the hot corner in each of the last 18 games, in that span she is hitting .365 with 5 home runs and 22 RBI.
Skaggs is making a push for best hitter in the American Conference. The graduate student is leading the league with 27 RBI, and is third with 30 hits. She is third with 8 home runs, fifth in batting average at .423 and fifth in OPS at 1.335. Since moving to 1B, she is batting .370 with 6 homers and 24 RBI in 30 games.

TULSA vs. THE PIRATES

Tulsa leads the all-time series, 44-15.
The Golden Hurricane are 11-2 against the Pirates under Crissy Strimple.
Tulsa has won every series played in Tulsa between the schools including four sweeps.

BIG BATS

Tulsa's offense has been one of the best in the American Conference since the start of league play.
The Golden Hurricane are hitting .295 against league competition, the fourth best mark in the conference.
Tulsa is third in the league in runs scored with 113 while their 25 home runs are second.
Claira Skaggs has taken her game to another level at the plate, with a league-leading 27 RBI and is third in home runs with 8. She is hitting .423, good enough for fifth in conference play.
Daeya Moses is batting .311 in conference play and is second on the team in home runs (5) and RBI (15).
Maci Cole, 5 home runs and 19 RBI, and Amber Turner, 4 home runs and 10 RBI, have also been key run producers.

PATIENT AT THE PLATE

The Golden Hurricane are patient at the plate, working 138 walks, while being hit by a pitch 40 times.
Their 40 hit by pitches rank 26th in the country and are second in the American.
The team's 138 walks are sixth in the league.

SETTING THE TABLE

As a team, Tulsa is 115-for-300 (.383) to lead off an inning with 13 doubles, a triple, and seven home runs.
Claira Skaggs is 12-for-19 (.632) when leading off an inning with five doubles and a home run.
Annika Dill is 15-for-29 (.517) while Amber Turner is 12-for-27 (.444) to start an inning.
Daeya Moses is 11-for-26 (.423) with two homers leading off an inning.
Maci Cole has a pair of leadoff home runs and is 17-for-43 (.395) to start an inning.

NO QUIT

Tulsa has been strong lately with two outs in an inning.
The team has scored a total of 69 of its 197 (.350) runs this season with two outs.
It's turned up in conference play with 53 of its 113 (.469) runs coming with two outs.
Over the last 17 games the Golden Hurricane are hitting 51-for-156 (.327) with two outs with 46 runs scored.

AROUND THE DIAMOND

Tulsa is outscoring opponents 50-25 in the second inning.
Opposing pinch hitters are just 4-for-29 (.138) against Tulsa this season.
Tulsa has played five extra inning games in 2026, the team's most since playing five games in 2019 and are 2-3 in those games
The Golden Hurricane have three walk-off wins this season.
Tulsa's win over Pitt was the team's first meeting and win over an ACC program since an 11-3 win over Syracuse in 2019.

UP NEXT

Tulsa heads to Stillwater to face Oklahoma State on Wednesday before heading to Charlotte for the final series of the regular season.

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