Thursday, September 29, 2022
Cowgirls integrating transfers with unique team building program
Sam Hutchens Staff Reporter When Chyenne Factor plunged into the YMCA pool at 5 in the morn-
ing, she was not sure how long she would be in the water. None of the Cowgirl softball players were. There are plenty of new players for OSU heading into fall ball. Some key members of the 2022 Women’s College World Series team graduated, including Sydney Pennington and Chelsea Alexander. The transfer portal whirlwind was active as ever, with players leaving and others filling the
void.
“We’ve got 14 new faces, which is a lot,” coach Kenny Gajewski said. “Some really good athletes, really good people, you know what I mean. It was disappointing to lose a couple of kids that played a lot last year. I never thought we couldn’t replace their talent. We’ve done that. I mean, we’ve replaced people with better athletes, better softball players. It’s just hard when you lose people that you’ve put a
lot of time into.” The Cowgirls beat USAO 19-7 on Wednesday in their fall ball season opener. Perhaps the big win was because of a unique, intentionally frustrating program that Gajewski employed to get his team to gel.
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Pete’s Pet Posse helps students adjust to college Jacob Plaxico positive effects on Staff Reporter student’s mental
health cannot go understated. “I had a student once, while I was walking Jackson, run up to us and just hug him while crying,” she said. Grammer thinks the posse is not only good for students, but good for parents too. “I think parents see the posse and see that OSU really cares about their kids’ mental health,” Grammer stated. One of the first members of Pete’s Pet Posse, Rick Eggers, spoke with The O’Colly inside the Edmon Low library with his Australian Shepard, Disco. Eggers talked a bit about what it was like to actually be in the pet posse, and the need-toknow risks any potential Posse member has to contend with. Eggers mentioned how Disco caught heat stroke one year while working. He spoke about the importance of making sure you have enough water for yourself and the animal.
Starting in 2013, Pete’s Pet Posse has become a staple around the campus and their cards have become a part of every collector’s prized possessions. The posse spends their time patrolling the campus looking for students, faculty and staff who need a little emotional support or anyone who just wants to pet a dog. This completely volunteer run force has made all the difference for students on campus going through stressful times. While they can often be found wandering about campus, they almost always have a few planned spots per day all around campus. The schedule for the dogs can be found on their Twitter, @pets4pete, or their Instagram, pets4pete. They are known to go to common gathering places and even certain dorm buildings. Susan Grammer, and her golden retriever, Jackson, spoke with The O’Colly in the Griffith community center. She thinks that the See Posse on page 5
Mackenzie Janish OSU’s offense is the third quickest in the country based on time of possession.
Offensive styles will contrast in Waco
Ethan Hilbert Pete’s Pet Posse helps students across campus adjust to college, keep up with their mental health and have a good time with some cute dogs.
tle between No. 9 OSU at No. 16 Baylor is that. Two contrasting offenses and two powerful frontlines. After four weeks, OSU’s offense is the nation’s third quickest offense Adam Engel based on time of possesCo-Editor-in-Chief sion. Coach Mike Gundy’s offense averages 25 minutes of possession. Coach A clash of coaching Dave Aranda’s Baylor philosophies leads to this. offense clocks 31 minutes Speedy offense that a game. borders organized chaos vs The Cowboys’ slowa slow, high-volume coun- est drive to this point? A 13 terpart. play, 80-yard drive in five On Saturday, the bat- minutes and 19 seconds
against Arizona State. The result? Touchdown. Baylor consumed six minutes and 25 minutes in its opening drive against Texas State that ended in a touchdown. Gundy said Baylor likes to use the middle of the field to its advantage while OSU spreads out play to the corners. To Aranda, the speed jumps out and creates a role reversal. It was the first thing he mentioned about OSU in his weekly press conference.
“I think their team speed really flashes off the tape,” he said. “I think up to this point, we’ve been possibly looked at as the faster team of whoever we played. This is probably not the case in this one and I think they’re transitioning too into new guys and everything else.”
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