Oklahoma State softball 'not nervous' about NCAA hosting bid after Big 12 semifinal loss
Oklahoma State dropped its semifinal game against Arizona State in the Big 12 softball tournament and now awaits the NCAA selection show to learn its regional fate.
Ruby Meylan was hittable, the defense was shaky and the offense awoke too late. The recipe of defeat for second-seeded Oklahoma State , an 11-7 loss to Arizona State in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament on Friday night at Devon Park. “We get an extra day of rest,” said OSU coach Kenny Gajewski , turning his focus to the brighter side after his team suffered just its fifth loss in the last 26 games.
Fifth-seeded Arizona State will be back in action at 11 a. m. Saturday against No.
1 Texas Tech in the title game. Meanwhile, OSU will be recovering and waiting to learn its NCAA Tournament seed, hoping it has accomplished enough to earn a top-16 seed and regional host berth. “I’m not nervous at all,” Gajewski said.
“Not at all. I was nervous my first year, when we were 29-26. We played, like, a top-10 schedule.