Daily Bullets (May 17): Cowgirls Win Fayetteville Opener

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Scores

Softball: Cowgirls 11, Indiana 6
Baseball: Cowboys 9, Arizona State 6
Women’s Tennis: Michigan 4, OSU 0
Women’s Golf: Second Place after First Round

Three Thoughts

• Incredible mental toughness from the Cowgirls – after being down a pair of runs with less than an inning to go, they rallied for a comfortable five-run win. (PFB)

•  This Big 12 football power ranking has the Pokes at No. 11 – citing Mike Gundy’s historical strength of a culture vs. 60 new players on the roster being a challenge for maintaining it (247 Sports)

• Cowboy Baseball is hitting the right notes, winning eight of the last nine after taking game two from the Sun Devils – will it be enough to clinch a regional invitation? 

Oklahoma State defeated Arizona State 9-6 to earn its fourth Big 12 series win. The Cowboys have won eight of their last nine outings and have put themselves in serious consideration once regional assignments get handed out.

[PFB]

Two Quotes

• Impressive start for the Cowgirls at the national championship of golf: 

😏

Lots of golf to be played, but a good start for the Cowgirls🤠

We’ll be back at it tomorrow starting at 2:12 p.m. CT!#golfschool | @OSUAthletics pic.twitter.com/kjmEZ3MZBm

— OSU Cowgirl Golf (@OSUcowgirlgolf) May 17, 2025

• Cowboy sophomore David Kabongo had this familiar comment to make after playing as a freshman: 

“The speed, coming from high school to college, I had to get used to it,” Kabongo said last month. “It was a shock to me. Those players last year taught me to just calm down and slow down.”

[247 Sports]

One Question

• A WNBA player saw her hometown rename itself after her temporarily for her first game – what OSU player making the rounds in the pros could you see getting that honor in Stillwater?

Non-OSU Bullets

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• What news is and isn’t according to Americans

• Is the Southern accent disappearing?