As Kenny Gajewski regularly reminds his Oklahoma State softball team, the next game is always the most important. So when the 13th-ranked Cowgirls turned the page from their pair of run-rule victories over Drake and Tulsa last Sunday, the focus became Wednesday night’s opponent, North Texas.

A pair of first-inning errors put Oklahoma State up 4-0 and and the Texas Tech softball team was never able to recover in the series finale.

Coach Kenny Gajewski and the Oklahoma State Cowgirls will try to avoid a sweep against NiJaree Canady and the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Sunday afternoon in the opening Big 12 softball series in Lubbock,