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On a mission Mormon missionaries travel to stillwater, OSU campus to spread message of faith

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For years, Mormon missionaries have traveled the globe to spread the message of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Now, their quest has brought them to Stillwater.

Missionaries, including elders wearing their signature button-up shirts, ties and name tags, are knocking on doors in Stillwater and ministering on the Oklahoma State University campus.

Elder Curtis Rounds, 19, is a Mormon missionary visiting OSU from Preston, Idaho. He said the mission group’s goal is more than drawing new members to its church.

“We believe that what we share brings people closer to Christ, and so it is not necessary to get people to join the church and get numbers in our congregation,” he said.

“It’s not about that. It’s about them developing a relationship with Jesus Christ.”

Elder Rounds has been on mission for nine months and is one of four missionaries, two elders and two sisters, serving on the OSU campus.

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Sister Atkinson, left, and Sister Smith and the elders often speak to students near Classroom Building, the Library and the Union.

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Elder Curtis Rounds, left, and Elder Garrett Davis pose for a portrait in front of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion in Stillwater. They are serving on a two-year mission.

Two more elders and two sisters minister to the Stillwater community.

Men and women are welcome to go on missions, but, for men, it is highly encouraged. Men are able to start their mission at 18 and women at 19. The elders’ missions are two years long, and the sisters’ missions are 18 months. Missionaries, though, can choose to leave at any time.

Elder Jared Knight, 19, has been on mission in Oklahoma for 19 months and speaks

Spanish to connect with more people in the community. He said Mormon missionaries don’t aim to push their message on anyone but rather cultivate a relationship between God and those willing to listen.

“It’s a real beautiful message that we have, and it’s not one that happens instantly,” Elder Knight said. “We just present them this message and testify of it and tell them that we know these things to be true but also let them find out for themselves by reading

the Book of Mormon.”

When students or Stillwater residents express interest in the Mormon faith, the missionaries invite them to take additional lessons on their church’s teachings and pray about it.

The missionaries said they often work 16-hour days throughout the week.

When they’re not spreading the message of the Mormon church, they do community service around the Stillwater area.

Elder Ryan Snyder, 20, a

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Spanish-speaking missionary from Heber City, Utah, said the time he has spent during the past 10 months of his mission in Oklahoma has been rewarding.

“You kind of lose yourself in the work,” Elder Snyder said. “I start loving the people more. I want to help them more and give them this opportunity to learn more about Christ.”

Not only do the missionaries focus on developing the beliefs of others, but also they grow in their own faith and as people, Elder Rounds said.

“I’ve learned how to truly be real instead of putting up this front for everyone,” Elder Rounds said. “To just

be transparent, like here I am, take me for what I am worth.”

Through all the doorknocking and time away from home, these missionaries are spending their young-adult years completely differently from their peers studying at OSU. “The things you learn in your mission are like 10 years of experiences jampacked into two years,” Elder Knight said. “It is not in any way easy, but vale la pena, it’s worth it.”

Julie McElroy is a strategic communications junior from Tulsa. She can be reached at julie.mcelroy@okstate.edu.

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Oklahoma State University professors have to keep up with increased enrollment numbers.

The student population at OSU increased by almost 3,000 from Fall 2009 to Fall 2014 while the number of full-time employees decreased by 235, according to statistics the university provided.

Throughout the past decade, the number of employees per 100 students has decreased from 20.8 to 19. These statistics suggest there are fewer professors to accommodate growing class sizes.

Marketing professor Don Mitchell started teaching at OSU in 2005. The increase in class sizes has had a small effect on Mitchell, but he said he has on occasion observed the challenges associated with larger classes.

Mitchell said he believes student performance is not based on class size but rather on individual needs and class materials. He said

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The student population at OSU has increased by about 3,000 in the past five years.

he believes class sizes are increasing because education is becoming more important.

Individuals are becoming more aware of the benefits education can offer them, Mitchell said.

However, Mitchell said the number of students in a class dictates the type of engagement going on, meaning professors have to adapt class structure depending on size.

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Mitchell said it’s imperative to excite students and keep them involved to find the perfect balance of communication.

Professors must go into larger classes with a better battle plan because it takes extra work to engage students, he said. Mitchell said he has faith in the ability of OSU professors to adapt to larger class sizes because

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they are good teachers.

“I don’t think that’s a problem,” Mitchell said.

“But based on the topic, different venues that people teach are more complicated than others.”

Mass communications professor Joey Senat came to OSU in 1998. Since then, Senat said he has experienced some of the negative effects of growing class

sizes and decreasing faculty numbers.

Senat has taught classes with fewer than 20 students, but his largest class is up to 90. He said the course once had a population of only 45, meaning the class size has doubled throughout the years.

Senat is a tenured professor, which means teaching is not his only responsibility.

Because of this, Senat said the extra time he has had to devote to larger classes has resulted in a change of some course structures.

“I think students lose out,” Senat said. “I don’t have a teaching assistant, and I don’t have a research assistant. So, I had to make changes in the class to accommodate the size of that class.”

Senat said he believes specific class content and learning style affect students’ ability to retain information.

However, he also thinks direct feedback is helpful to all students. Senat said his larger classes result in fewer opportunities to present students with chances to think critically to ensure they truly understand class material.

Mike Thompson, a religious studies professor, said his class sizes have remained about the same in his 14 years at OSU. Thompson said he has taught classes with 200 students and some with only a dozen. He said once a class reaches a population of more than 50 students, meaningful discussion becomes more difficult.

“As for student performance, I do think the smaller classes do better,” Thompson said. “That could be because the diversity of assignments provides more motivation.”

Thompson said larger classes are sometimes easier to teach, as they rely heavily on lectures. However, he said he appreciates smaller classes because it gives him the chance to seek out opportunities to get to know his students better.

“I love getting to know the names and details of students in the smaller classes,” Thompson said.

Jayci Robison is a strategic communications junior from Cashion. She can be reached at jaycimr@okstate.edu.

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Crime

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Crime Notes: Officers give citation at party with more than 300 people charges of public intoxication and transported to the city jail.

They were later released.

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A Glenpool woman was arrested in Stillwater on April 14 on a grand larceny charge after reportedly stealing more than $900 worth of ammunition and clothing from Academy Sports and Outdoors on Perkins Road.

Andrea Nicole Colbert, 40, was shopping in Academy about 1:30 p.m.

She had filled a blue basket with merchandise and set it close to the main entrance, according to police reports.

Colbert purchased bottled water and left the store.

A short time later, she reportedly ran back inside, grabbed the basket full of merchandise, got in her car and sped away.

Oklahoma Highway patrolmen stopped the car to assist Stillwater police reportedly and found the basket with 27 boxes of ammunition and assorted clothing worth $963.64 in the back seat.

Colbert reportedly admitted to taking the items from Academy and was arrested and transported to the city jail. All items were returned to Academy.

Colbert later posted bond.

Her court date is May 15.

In Tulsa County, Colbert has a history of charges for larceny of merchandise from a retailer, according to court records.

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Police cited three men for noise complaints at their house party in Aspen Heights.

A Broken Arrow man was arrested on a charge of public intoxication after police questioned him twice in the same night.

About 5 a.m., security guards at Aspen Heights noticed a truck circling near the front gate of the apartment complex. The driver appeared to not have an entry code, according to police reports.

When the truck followed another vehicle through the gate, the security guards asked the driver to stop.

Because the driver’s window was broken, he had to open his door to speak with the guards. Guards reportedly smelled marijuana when he opened the door, and the guards saw a black handgun in the side panel of the driver’s door.

The guards confiscated the gun for safety reasons and asked the driver to pull into a parking space out of

the way of the gate.

The guards asked the driver to step out of the truck, and in the process, he reportedly spilled a bundle of paper full of small white pills onto the seat.

The guards placed the driver and passenger of the truck in handcuffs and called police.

Police found the driver to be cooperative. He did not appear to be under the influence and answered every question they asked, including where the marijuana was and what the pills were, according to police reports.

The driver reportedly said the marijuana was in a glass jar the center console of the truck and said the pills were Xanax that he did not have a prescription for but used for his anxiety.

Because of low manpower and other pressing calls, police confiscated the marijuana, firearm and drugs

and allowed the driver and passenger to call a friend to come pick them up. Police decided to leave it up to the district attorney whether to issue arrest warrants later, according to police reports.

About 30 minutes later, while police were still collecting witness reports at the scene, a minivan pulled up beside them and rolled down the window.

The driver was the same man they had released earlier. This time, his speech was slurred.

Police asked if he had taken anything since they had last saw him, and he reportedly said he had taken a Xanax.

He explained he was only driving because he wasn’t as drunk as his female passenger, who reportedly shouted to police, “Yeah, I can’t drive,” according to police reports.

Both were arrested on

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One Oklahoma State University student and two Stillwater residents were cited for noise April 16 after Stillwater police confronted them twice about the complaints their house party caused in the 2800 block of North Telluride Street.

About 11:30 p.m. April 15, police stated they could hear the loud noise of people talking, laughing and yelling as they pulled onto North Telluride Street before arriving at the reported residence.

Police reported multiple people were walking in and out of the home in the Aspen Heights complex.

Dispatch had reported there were people jumping on parked cars, but police did not see anyone jumping on vehicles.

Police made contact with one resident, an OSU student, and gave him a courtesy warning. The police advised him to take measures to ensure his residence was not mentioned in a noise complaint again.

The student argued there was no music playing and not all of the guests were his.

About 2:30 a.m. April 16, Stillwater police received another noise complaint that led them to the same home.

“It was citation time,” one officer wrote in a report.

On-site security told police there were now about 300-400 people at the

home. Police reported hearing the noise as far as 80 yards away from Telluride Street.

At the home, there were more than 100 people in the front yard and street, according to police reports.

People came out of the home and loitered in the street and yards of neighboring residences, yelling, laughing and talking “as if they were not causing any trouble at all,” according to police reports.

“They were carrying on in a totally disrespectful manner for the peace of the neighboring residences,” one officer stated.

Police made contact with the same student they had warned earlier, and he again argued that not all of the guests were his and went to find his two roommates.

All three men were cited for loud noise.

Police stated the OSU student was respectful while the other two residents were “less than respectful.”

One officer wrote about the third resident, saying, “It was very easy to see he was not a fan of the police.

He told me that he could pay for this ticket with no problem. He appeared very self-entitled. He was entitled to a loud noise citation.”

Police sounded their emergency sirens to annoy the crowd into leaving the area, according to reports.

Kelsy Schlotthauer is a multimedia journalism sophomore from Edmond.

She can be reached at kelsyas@okstate.edu.

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Local merchants hope for sales spike from new housing K a elynn Kn oe r ns c h i l d I nvestigat i v e R e p o rte r @kaelyn n _ k

Retail businesses and restaurants near Oklahoma State University’s campus expect an influx of new customers who will soon live only paces away.

The new apartment complexes being built near campus now and in recent years are likely to increase foot traffic, which Stillwater businesses hope will translate to increased sales.

The complexes under construction at Fourth and Hester Streets, Avid Square and Brookside Stillwater, will add more than 400 units with almost 1,300 beds in about the next year. Avid Square is set to open in August while construction on Brookside Stillwater is scheduled to be complete in 2018.

Tanner Wamsley, store manager for the Wooden Nickel on The Strip, said the complexes rising essentially behind the store will help boost sales once they are finished. As more students will walk to class, they are more likely to stop by and shop, she said.

The clothing store relocated to The Strip at 401 S. Washington St. after its building caught fire in January 2015.

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Apartment complexes, including the Prime Places on Elm and Maple, have made more business for The Garage Burgers and Beer.

Curty Shack, said she expects to see an additional 20 to 30 percent increase in sales in the next two years.

“I don’t see how (having the developments close) couldn’t increase business,” Cazzelle said.

The Curty Shack, 402 S. Washington St., originated as a hot dog stand and moved to The Strip permanently in September 2015. The eatery has diversified by selling pizza by the slice, french fries and tater tots.

While The Curty Shack and Wooden Nickel wait to see how their businesses will fair, other establishments near recently built complexes have already reaped the benefits of their proximity to new student housing developments.

The Garage Burgers and Beer, 520 W. Elm Ave., has seen an uptick in the number of regulars since

two Prime Place complexes were built within walking distance of the restaurant, assistant manager Matt Sullins said.

Being close to campus, the burger joint, which opened in September 2015, already has solid foot traffic, he said, but the additional closeness of the developments allows students flexibility to grab a bite before and after class.

Sullins said he hopes to see additional growth as more apartments are built near the OSU campus and campus corner.

“Anything that brings traffic to this part of town we’re in favor of,” he said.

“We’re certainly hoping that’s what (the complexes will) do.”

Kaelynn Knoernschild is a multimedia journalism senior from Edmond. She can be reached at kaelynn.knoernschild@gmail. com.

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Art Festival

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City of Stillwater hosts 40th annual arts festival Aubr ie Bow l an E ntertai n m e n t E d i to r @Au br i e _ bow l a n

When Oklahoma weather cooperates, Stillwater residents take advantage.

The City of Stillwater hosted the 40th annual Stillwater Arts Festival Saturday and Sunday.

About 50 juried artists showcased their work alongside food trucks and live performances from local bands.

The festival included performances and food trucks that were originally scheduled for the Friday Food Trucks and Tunes event. Friday’s activities were rained out, causing the art festival’s hours to be extended Saturday night.

Saturday and Sunday’s art displays saw hundreds of visitors, many of whom ate sno cones while listening to Oklahoma bands during the 70-degree day.

Jason Wallace, one of the photographers at the festival, said the event has only gotten better since he started showing his art in 2008.

Wallace works as a graphic designer for the College of Arts & Sciences at Oklahoma State University. The Stillwater Arts Festival was Wallace’s first show for his photography business.

“My father was a photographer, so photography’s been with me forever,” Wallace said. “(Photography has) just been a constant in my life.”

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been very pleased with the performers we’ve had. Not everybody’s going to like the same style of music, and not everybody’s going to think This was great for their song selection us. It was a beautiful is what they enjoy, day to have it, and but I think you’ll I’ve enjoyed it when find an equal number I’ve come as just a of people who are Stillwater resident. pleased with someNow I’ve enjoyed it as thing they’ve heard.”

Cover 2, a Stilla performer.” water-based band consisting of Clint Clint Clausing Entertainer Clausing and Brad McLelland, opened the entertainment lineup Sunday.

Aubrie Bowlan/O’Colly photos for his school’s The band drew a crowd yearbook. In his home in Attendees of the Stillwater Arts Festival enjoyed art and entertainment over the weekend. with covers of popular Marietta, Wallace watched songs, such as “Don’t Stop his father develop photos Believin’” and “Footin the family’s bathroom, loose.” which doubled as a make“We play almost exshift darkroom. clusively in Stillwater,” Wallace said half of McLelland said. “We don’t his portfolio is Oklahoma get out much.” based but a large part of it Clausing and McLelis photography from trips land work for OSU’s Fire to Italy.

Protection Publications and “It’s like a mental reset,” frequently play in StillwaWallace said. “But I ter venues such as Gatsby. thought to myself, ‘You’re This was the group’s first going to a place like Italy. time to play at the StillwaIf you don’t bring a camter Arts Festival era, you’re missing out on “Hopefully this will lead some experience you could to doing more stuff with be bringing back with the city,” Clausing said. you.’”

“This was great for us. It Tony Wright, a theater was a beautiful day to have technician for the City of it, and I’ve enjoyed it when Stillwater, was in charge of I’ve come as just a Stillthe entertainment lineup water resident. Now I’ve and said Stillwater is fortuenjoyed it as a performer.” nate to have a community that supports every facet of art.

Aubrie Bowlan is a “The Stillwater Arts strategic communications Festival is a combination junior from Edmond. She can of performing art and fine be reached at art,” Wright said. “I’ve entertainment.ed@ocolly.com.

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Review: ‘Unforgettable’ is the opposite of its name Ta e lor Co n n el l , Sta ff R epo rt er , @ o c olly

“Unforgettable” offers a typical love-trianglegone-wrong plot line presented in many movies, making it fall short of its title.

The opening scene begins at the pinnacle of the climax then backtracks to six months earlier, taking away any element of surprise from the already predictable plot line. The choice to organize the movie this way makes it more unexciting than it should have been.

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“Unforgettable” creates a drama formed by a divorced woman’s scorn for her ex-husband’s new fiancée. Julia (Rosario Dawson) moves in with her fiancé to try to put her dark past behind her,

but it resurfaces after David’s (Geoff Stults) ex-wife, Tessa (Katherine Heigl), interferes with Julia and David’s relationship. Tessa poses as Julia on Facebook to lure an abusive ex-boyfriend into Julia and David’s new life.

Julia finds herself stepping into Tessa’s old life, raising David’s daughter Lily (Isabella Rice) with him after moving away from a big city. She leaves her glamorous job to work from home and support David’s growing business.

Tessa is found trespass-

ing in Julia’s new home, constantly posing as a concerned mother. As Tessa’s reasons for being around David become thinner, Lily finds herself caught between the two women trying to both hold on to their lives.

Tessa makes a desperate attempt to recreate the past while Julia makes an effort to look only to the future.

Although this movie’s plot line is cliché, it did do some things right. The casting for this movie takes it a big step up.

Heigl made playing the perfect woman look easy.

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She balanced the perfect façade of her character with her inner struggles to create a worthy antagonist for this movie.

Dawson’s performance was equally matched with her initial unassuming naiveté. After she realizes Tessa is not playing nice, Julia undergoes a transformation while swapping this naiveté for suspicion.

Although Stults and Rice are not as well known as the casted leads, they add to the movie by playing the part of “caught in the middle” seamlessly.

This movie offers what the audience expects but does not live up to its potential.

It does not warrant a trip to the movies but is a good choice for a day spent at home.

The script did not offer enough, but the cast almost makes up for the movie’s shortcomings.

It ends up being entirely forgettable.

Taelor Connell is a strategic communications sophomore from Edmond.

She can be reached at taelomc@okstate.edu.

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Softball

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Cowgirls complete fourth consecutive Big 12 series victory Lu k e Garza Asst. Sports Editor @ Lu keAGarz a

The Cowgirls steamrolled the Red Raiders in the first game of their doubleheader, but Oklahoma State’s second victory couldn’t have been more different.

OSU’s softball team won its fourth consecutive conference series with a sweep of Texas Tech on Sunday, despite a resilient effort from the Red Raiders.

The Cowgirls won the first game 9-1 and the second 6-5.

OSU won its second game with a walk-off, but

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Logan Simunek pitches in the second game of a doubleheader against Texas Tech. The Cowgirls swept the Red Raiders.

the first game ended in five innings. In the bottom of the fifth, Rylee Bayless stood at home plate with Randee O’Donnell at third and Maddi Holcomb

at second.

Bayless smashed a ball to third baseman Ashley Fultz, who threw the ball to first. The throw was off-target, though,

night, because he was afraid of the people, and tore down the idols.

Gideon call out the people to fight, Dale but had second thoughts. He said to Barnes the Lord. if you going to really use me WHOSE WEAKNESS WAS TURNED TO to deliver Israel, let a wool fleece I put out tonight be covered with dew and STRENGTH! the ground around it be dry. So it Real Christianity is not a bunch of was the next morning. Just to be sure, rules to keep, meetings to attend Gideon asked God to do the opposite and obligations to fulfill. It is a life of the next night. As the battle is about to faith in a living Lord, who uses us to begin, God tells Gideon to go accomplish his will. In Hebrews 11, down to the battle, “but if you are we can see men and women who afraid, sneak close to the enemy’s took the challenge in their day to camp.” So he did and fulfill God’s purpose. They trusted heard a dream shared by an enemy and followed a living God, and their soldier, telling of Gideon’s victory. You weakness was turned to strength. can see Gideon’s (11:33-34) fear and unsureness many times.

Gideon was one of those.(Judges Here is a man full of weakness (fears chaps 6-8) Here is a man called by and doubts), but God worked with God to deliver God’s people from their him, and helped him to bring a great enemy. The call came while he was victory for his people. He moved threshing wheat and hiding from the ahead in faith, though small, and his enemy; he was afraid God told him weakness was turned to strength. God to pull down his father’s idols, and he challenges us to do the same today! sneaks down at

and pulled first baseman Devon Thomey off the bag and toward home plate, causing her to collide with Bayless.

Thomey collapsed to the dirt, but Bayless stayed upright. She stepped on first and coach Kenny Gajewski called for O’Donnell to scramble home, capping off the walk-off victory.

“I was running down the line with my head down and then when I looked up at the last minute, the ball brought her off first base and I just happened to hit her,” Bayless said.

“I had no idea. I wasn’t even prepared, myself. I

just ran.”

The Cowgirls (32-17 overall, 11-1 Big 12), scored in all five innings, but even if they didn’t, Shea Coats’ performance in the circle likely would have been enough.

The senior was dominant, allowing only two hits and one walk in five innings. Coats had six strikeouts, raising her already impressive strikeout-to-walk ratio to 9-to-2.

Madi Sue Montgomery was excellent at the plate throughout the day, scattering four hits in as many at-bats with three RBIs. Montgomery was crucial during a four-run first in-

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The Red Raiders (1726, 4-11) quickly struck in the beginning of the second game. Kierra Miles stole second base after singling up the middle. Although the Texas Tech offense stalled, a two-out double sent Miles home to give TTU a 1-0 lead. Three lead changes followed the opening score.

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in left field.

Brandi Needham, OSU’s starter in the series finale, struggled in 3 1/3 innings, giving up eight hits and four runs.

Logan Simunek entered the game in relief of Needham trailing 4-3 with runners on first and second.

Her first pitch was a strike.

The second was popped up and caught for the second out of the inning. Kiani Ramsey began the final atbat of the inning with an 0-2 count but battled back into a full count. On the seventh pitch, she popped the ball up into foul territory, where catcher Vanessa Shippy recorded the inning’s final out. Simunek finished her appearance with only one hit allowed in 3 2/3 innings.

“In the dugout I’m super crazy and fun and yelling, doing all these chants,” Simunek said. “But when I go out there, I just try to stay focused. … I really don’t hear anybody cheering on the other team.”

After a scoreless fifth, sophomore Taylor Lynch tied the game 4-4 with a towering shot to right field.

Kristin Reasnor added another run with a solo shot of her own.

With the score tied at 5 in the bottom of the seventh, Shippy drew a walk in five pitches, emphatically clapping four times on her jog to first base. Reasnor then ended the game with a double to right field that barely scraped past Miles’ glove. Shippy bolted home from first to clinch the Cow-

girls’ fourth consecutive Big 12 series victory.

The Cowgirls have six games remaining on their regular season schedule.

They’ll play a three-game series against No. 15 Baylor starting April 28 and will have three games against No. 8 Oklahoma; the first of which is on May 3.

“Our regulars continue to play well, but to get that performance from Logan was huge,” Gajewski said.

“It’s exciting to be 11-1 and have a chance to go play a top-15 team in their ballpark and see where we match up.”

Luke Garza is a sports media junior from Gig Harbor, Washington. He can be reached at luke.garza@okstate.edu.

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Notebook: Cowgirls sweep Red Raiders, raise money for cancer research Zach H ak e Sta ff R epo rt er @ z ach_hak e

A group of kids joined in the circle of Cowgirl Stadium.

Before the doubleheader between the Oklahoma State and Texas Tech softball teams Sunday, Josey, Danny, Richard Lee and Luke, who have all faced life-threatening forms of cancer, threw out the first pitches.

“That’s what it’s all about,” coach Kenny Gajewski said. “Those kids have been through more than any of us could ever dream of going through. To give them a day off or a fresh smile, it means a lot to us.”

The tight-knit community

in Stillwater is one of the reasons Gajewski came to OSU, he said.

In front of more than 400 OSU faithful dressed in orange, the Cowgirls won their fourth Big 12 series.

The Cowgirls swept TTU, winning both games 9-1 and 6-5, respectively. The first ended in a run-rule after the fifth inning and Kristin Reasnor hit a walk-off single to complete the sweep.

OSU (32-17 overall, 11-1 Big 12) displayed its dominance on the field against TTU (17-25, 4-10) and raised $2,000 for the American Cancer Society.

Several Cowgirls shined in their bright orange outfits, but Randee O’Donnell, who

finished the weekend with two hits and three RBIs, attributed the wins to the outpouring of support from the community.

“You come to Oklahoma State to play ball, but you do it for the community, too,” O’Donnell said. “Every time we get to do community service or have kids come out on our field, that’s what you do it for. They look at you like you’re their hero.

“It means so much to all of us.”

Reasnor shows maturity, hits two walk-off singles Senior Kristin Reasnor proved why she deserves to bat fourth in the Cowgirls’ lineup.

Before coming to OSU, Reasnor spent two seasons at Connors State, where she was an NJCAA First-Team All-American as a sophomore.

Reasnor smacked a walkoff single to right field with the bases loaded during the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday.

She followed up her performance with three RBIs on four hits Sunday, including a walk-off single to score Vanessa Shippy.

Reasnor also blasted a solo home run in the second game to give OSU the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. She leads the team in home runs with eight this season.

“She’s grown up a lot,” Gajewski said. “I expect her to get a hit. I expect her to get home runs. I see it every day from her.”

Montgomery leads Cowgirls at the plate Madi Sue Montgomery finished the doubleheader with three RBIs on four hits, three of which were doubles.

Her dominance at the plate started early. During the first inning of the first game, Montgomery had a 10-pitch battle with TTU’s Kassidy Scott before launching a two-RBI single to the center-field wall.

Senior pitcher Shea Coats said she benefited from Montgomery’s leadership.

Coats finished the first game with six strikeouts and allowed only two hits.

Montgomery did not look back after her hot start. She finished the second game of the doubleheader with two hits and a free base after being hit by a pitch.

“Madi Sue is always a leader,” Coats said. “She’s very consistent. She stayed within herself and was the Madi Sue we all know.

I’m really excited for her and happy she had her day today.”

Zach Hake is a multimedia journalism freshman from The Woodlands, Texas. He can be reached at zach.hake@okstate.edu.

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