Wednesday, April 29
Stillwater, OK
6 p.m.
Tulsa
at
Oklahoma State
TU Heads to Stillwater for Final Midweek Contest of 2026
4/28/2026 12:38:00 PM | Softball
STILLWATER, Okla. — Tulsa heads west to Stillwater for its final tuneup before the last American Conference series of the season when they take on Oklahoma State on Wednesday.
Date: April 29
First Pitch: 5 PM
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
Venue: Cowgirl Stadium
TV: ESPN+
Series History vs OSU : 23-38
Record in Stillwater: 9-21
Last Meeting: March 11, 2026 in Tulsa (L, 10-7)
QUICK HITS
TULSA vs. THE COWGIRLS
BIG BATS
PATIENT AT THE PLATE
SETTING THE TABLE
NO QUIT
AROUND THE DIAMOND
UP NEXT
Date: April 29
First Pitch: 5 PM
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
Venue: Cowgirl Stadium
TV: ESPN+
Series History vs OSU : 23-38
Record in Stillwater: 9-21
Last Meeting: March 11, 2026 in Tulsa (L, 10-7)
QUICK HITS
- 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 had 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 week with 37. 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 20 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.
- Skaggs is making a push for best hitter in the American Conference. The graduate student is third in the league with 27 RBI, and fifth with 31 hits. She is fourth with 8 home runs, 10th in batting average at .383 and fifth in OPS at 1.205. Since moving to 1B, she is batting .343 with 6 homers and 24 RBI in 33 games.
- Golden Hurricane pitching is coming off a strong performance against East Carolina. Despite dropping the series, Tulsa pitchers pitched to a 2.33 ERA and struck out 17. Maura Moore outdueled the Pirates on Friday, allowing 1 ER in 10.0 innings. Brinly Maples followed that with 2 R in 7.0 innings on Saturday.
- Last Friday, head coach Crissy Strimple won her 150th game with the Golden Hurricane. becoming the second coach in program history to do so.
TULSA vs. THE COWGIRLS
- Tulsa looks for its first win in Stillwater since 2018.
- The Golden Hurricane defeated the Cowgirls in 2024 at home behind 7.0 shutout innings by Maura Moore.
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 .281 against league competition, the fifth best mark in the conference.
- Tulsa is fourth in the league in runs scored with 119 while their 26 home runs are second.
- 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 148 walks, while being hit by a pitch 42 times.
- Their 42 hit by pitches rank 30th in the country and are tied for second in the American.
- The team's 138 walks are sixth in the league.
SETTING THE TABLE
- As a team, Tulsa is 123-for-324 (.380) to lead off an inning with 13 doubles, a triple, and seven home runs.
- Claira Skaggs is 12-for-22 (.545) 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-28 (.429) to start an inning.
- Daeya Moses is 11-for-27 (.407) with two homers leading off an inning.
- Maci Cole has a pair of leadoff home runs and is 19-for-46 (.413) to start an inning.
NO QUIT
- Tulsa has been strong lately with two outs in an inning.
- The team has scored a total of 77 of its 216 (.356) runs this season with two outs.
- It's turned up in conference play with 56 of its 119 (.471) runs coming with two outs.
- In conference play, the Golden Hurricane have outscored opponents 27-19 in the sixth inning.
AROUND THE DIAMOND
- Tulsa is outscoring opponents 50-28 in the second inning.
- Opposing pinch hitters are just 4-for-31 (.125) against Tulsa this season.
- Tulsa has played six extra inning games in 2026, the team's most since playing five games in 2019 and are 3-3 in those games
- The Golden Hurricane have four 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 Charlotte for the final series of the regular season.
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