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Phillips earns first win against Loyola Marymount Braden Bush Assistant Sport Editor It took five pitches for Brennan Phillips to end his first O’Brate Stadium inning. Phillips, a freshman left-handed pitcher making his second start, stormed off the field after the inning, beaming a confidence not shown during his debut. That game, a loss against Vanderbilt in Arlington a week ago, was a forgettable one. Andy Crown OSU first baseman David Mendham hit a home run in OSU’s win over Loyola Marymount on Sunday. This was different. In the second, Phillips gave up a hit against the win in the 15th-ranked Cowboys’ 11-1 run-rule win “It felt much better than last time,” Phillips first batter but didn’t panic. against Loyola Marymount in seven innings Sunday said. Phillips pitched six innings and earned his first afternoon. See First Win on 2
Abdo tells the stories of Palestinian refugees Taylor Carroll Staff Reporter
Courtesy OSU Athletics OSU won its first indoor track & field conference championship Saturday in Lubbock, Texas. The Cowgirls placed first in nine events and junior Taylor Roe was the women’s high-point-scorer.
Cowgirls indoor track & field wins first Big 12 title
first in eight events on Friday and one hurdles and pentathlon high jump. on Saturday. OSU junior Taylor Roe On Friday, Roe won the scored more points for her team than 5,000-meter race at 16:08.37. Junior any other competitor. Gabby Hentemann placed third with OSU swept the podium in the a time of 16:23.07. mile run. Freshman Billah Jepkirui Ariadni Adamopoulou won the took first with a facility record time pole vault, soaring over a 4.19-meter Ben Hutchens of 4:37.64, bringing home 10 points. bar. Sophomore Olivija Vaitaityte Staff Reporter Juniors Taylor Roe and Maddie Salek won the 800-meter pentathlon with a took second and third respectively, time of 2:15.67. A two-day grind is complete, adding 14 more points. The OSU men’s indoor team and OSU has something to show for Top performers for the Cowplaced second, behind Texas Tech. it. girls in the 3,000-meter race were The Cowboys secured five individual For the first time in program Roe, who finished third in 9:22.84 titles. Alex Maier won his third and history, the Oklahoma State Cowand Jepkirui who finished fifth in fourth Big 12 indoor titles with wins girls are Big 12 indoor track & field 9:31.26. in the 5,000 meters and 3,00 meters. champions. The Cowgirls finished at Sivian Auerbach, sophomore, Fouad Messaoudi also won the top of the overall women’s leader- placed third in the 1,000-meter race the men’s mile in 3:57.27, a facility board with 146 points. Texas was with a time of 2:47.26. record. Juan Diego Castro set a pair second with 136.5 and Oklahoma OSU junior Gabija Galvydyte of school records and won the 1,000 took third with with 99.5. was runner-up in the 800-meter race. meters in 2:20.29. The Cowboys Several Cowgirls across mulTwo Cowgirls, sophomore Saara also won the men’s distance relay tiple events contributed to the cham- Hakanen and senior Bailey Golden with Messaoudi, Diego Castro, Ryan pionship, a combination of results placed top-five in the high jump. Schoppe and Charlie Bartholomew. on Friday and Saturday. OSU placed Golden also took first in the 60-meter sports.ed@ocolly.com
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