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Cowgirls Drop Second Straight in Ames, Fall 5-2 to Iowa State
The Cowgirls have totaled just two runs in their first two games in Ames.
No. 5 Oklahoma State fell to unranked Iowa State 5-2 on Saturday, dropping the weekend series and enacting the Cowgirls’ first losing streak of the season.
The Cowgirls logged both of their hits in the fifth and left the inning with a lead. Jilyen Poullard’s double to right field hit the ground just once before smacking the back wall at Cyclones Sports Complex, and it sent two Cowgirls home.
JILYEN. POULLARD. DAWG.
Just like that, Cowgirls LEAD 🤠#GoPokes | @jilyenpoullard pic.twitter.com/dF84dWjVS5
— OSU Cowgirl Softball (@cowgirlsb) April 13, 2024
That line drive put OSU up 2-1, but their lead was short-lived. In the bottom of the sixth, Iowa State’s Milaysia Ochoa scored on a grounder. The Cowgirls would convert that hit into double play, and the Cyclones would even it up at 2-2.
After Iowa State went up 1-0 in the first, Ivy Rosenberry kept the Cyclones at bay for the next five innings. She pitched a complete game, struck out two batters and walked just one, but she fell to 10-3 on the season thanks to Camille Marin.
LET’S WALK IT OFF‼️
🌪️🥎🌪️ | @camillemarin12 pic.twitter.com/Gdp5AP7SW3
— Iowa State Softball (@CycloneSB) April 13, 2024
The Cyclones defense had a handful of impressive gems to keep the Cowgirls from scoring, but according to OSU head coach Kenny Gajewski, OSU needs to find a way to put the ball in play.
After winning consecutive games by run rule in Houston last weekend, with 11 and 10 runs respectively, the Cowgirls bats have gone cold. OSU scored three to beat Tulsa before dropping a five-hit game 2-0 to Iowa State on Friday and then logging even fewer hits on Saturday.
“Bottom line, we’re just not hitting and it’s a disappointing thing,” said Gajewski. “We’re better than what we’re showing. Credit Iowa State. They were taking it to us. It’s like I told our team, ‘We’re just going to have to hit.’ Bottom line. Despite giving up five, I thought we played better than what that looks like.
“We’re pitching good enough. It’s just too much stress on our arms. So, gotta hit. It’s the bottom line.”
“We’re better than what we’re showing.” #GoPokes | #REP pic.twitter.com/FcYmXV7qF0
— OSU Cowgirl Softball (@cowgirlsb) April 13, 2024
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With the loss, the Cowgirls fall to 34-8 on the year and 12-5 in league play. They can’t win the series, but they could try to leave Ames with some momentum when the two teams square off at noon Sunday. The Cowgirls head to Wichita State for a mid-week game at 6 p.m. Wednesday before hosting Texas Tech next weekend in a series that begins at 6 p.m. Friday.
An Iowa women’s basketball transfer portal visitor committed to one of the Hawkeyes’ conference foes instead. Former Iowa State guard Kenzie Hare took a visit to Iowa during her transfer portal recruitment, but the 5-foot-9 guard committed to Indiana on Sunday night.
Hare had several visits throughout her transfer portal recruiting process, including trips to Michigan and Illinois State, but the Des Moines Register’s Chad Leistikow reported that Hare also visited Iowa.
On3’s Talia Goodman reported Hare’s commitment to the Hoosiers.
Hare has one year of eligibility remaining. This past season with the Cyclones, in 32 games played and 31 starts, Hare averaged 6.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per game on 40.5% field goal shooting and 40% from 3-point range. A hip injury limited Hare to just 10 games during her first year with the Cyclones in the 2024-25 season.
The soon-to-be redshirt senior transferred to Iowa State before the 2024-25 campaign after spending two seasons at Marquette from 2022-24. Hare averaged a career-best 14 points per game on 45.5% field goal shooting and 42.5% 3-point shooting during the 2023-24 season with the Golden Eagles.
Had Iowa been able to lure the Naperville, Ill., native to Iowa City, Hare would have been another valuable addition to the Hawkeyes’ backcourt depth. But, Iowa has landed other backcourt reinforcements throughout this transfer portal cycle.
The Hawkeyes inked both Dani Carnegie and Amari Whiting.
Carnegie was a first-team All-SEC selection this past season at Georgia, averaging 17.8 points per game on 42.7% field goal shooting, 35.4% from 3-point range and 83.3% from the free-throw line. Whiting averaged 9.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.8 steals per game on 42.5% field goal shooting, 32.1% 3-point accuracy, and 71.6% free-throw shooting.
As Hare joins a promising core of players in Bloomington, the Hawkeyes will once again face the former Cyclone at least once this upcoming season as part of their Big Ten regular-season slate.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Senator Chuck Grassley said he’s recovering from a gallstone removal procedure.
His media team shared that he is working in Iowa “in good spirits and looks forward to returning to Washington soon.”
“I’m gr8ful [sic] for the excellent care from local health care providers,” he shared on X.
Over the weekend in Iowa I had a procedure to remove gallstones I’m gr8ful for the excellent care from local health care providers Be back to capitol ASAP
— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) April 20, 2026
Grassley, 92, is the oldest senator currently in office and the sixth-longest-serving senator in U.S. history.
The Senate is in session this week.
Copyright 2026 KCRG. All rights reserved.
Former Iowa State center Audi Crooks has committed to Oklahoma State via the NCAA Transfer Portal. She has one season of eligibility remaining.
Crooks made 99 appearances and 95 starts during her three seasons at Iowa State. She averaged 25.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game this past season, while shooting 64.9% from the field. Additionally, the 6-foot-3 star shot 1-11 from 3-point range.
Crooks played a leading role for the Cyclones from the moment she stepped on campus. She is a three-time All-Big 12 First-Team selection and two-time All-American. On April 2, Crooks announced her intention to enter the transfer portal.
“Cyclone Nation, thank you all for embracing me and showing up to Hilton every single game day. I’ve met so many of you out in the community, and I will cherish all of the genuine connections that I’ve built during my time at Iowa State,” Crooks wrote. “Words cannot fully express how grateful I feel to have called this place home.
“I want to thank my teammates for their friendship and all the great memories. … I still believe the grass is greener where you water it, and I’ve done that here.”
Now, Audi Crooks will aim to thrive in her new environment. Oklahoma finished the 2025-26 season with a 24-10 overall record.
The NCAA Transfer Portal officially opened on April 6 and closes on April 20. The new 15-day window was enacted following a recommendation by the women’s basketball oversight committee. Athletes don’t have to commit to a new school by the April 21 deadline.
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.
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