OSU prepares for round two against the remaining Big 12

Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter

The Cowgirls head into the last stretch of the season hungry and motivated for a rematch against the Big 12.

The Cowgirls are 18-7 on the season with five games left before the

Big 12 tournament. The Cowgirls are No. 3 in the Big 12 with a conference record of 8-5 right behind No. 1 Texas (11-3) and No. 2 Oklahoma (10-3). The Cowgirls’ last five games will come against conference rivals that they have already played this season.

The five remaining teams for the Cowgirls are Texas Tech, Iowa State, Kansas, West Virginia and Oklahoma. The Cowgirls have a 2-3 record against their remaining opponents with losses to Iowa State, Kansas and Oklahoma earlier in the season.

With a chance to jump ahead in the standings or a chance to fall to teams right below them in the standings, coach Jacie Hoyt and the Cowgirls are preparing for round two.

“I think our team is very motivated and very hungry because those teams are teams that we felt like we should have or could have won,” Hoyt said.

See Big 12 on page 2 said. “That was another reason why I wanted to come back, because they needed me, and they told me that. I felt like I owed it to them because they’ve helped me out a lot. They’ve been really important pieces in my life, these coaches.”

Gfeller’s career was an up-and-down one. He suffered a regular season-ending injury in 2020-21 and finished eighth in the Big 12 tournament. He’s never placed in the NCAA Championships. He is, however, a two-time individual Big 12 champion at 149 pounds. After six years with the Cowboys wrestling across 141, 149, and now 157, Gfeller said he wouldn’t change a thing.

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