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ALVA, Okla. –The 2019 version of the Ranger Football Golf Tournament has been set, Northwestern Oklahoma State University head football coach Matt Walter announced on Monday. The always popular early summer event will take place June 1 at the Alva Golf and Country Club. There will also be a hog roast and benefit auction the night before the tournament, May 31, at the AGCC. The all-you-can-eat hog roast, courtesy of the Rowdy Rangers, will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the auction at 7. On Saturday, there will be two tournament flights beginning...
TOPEKA, Kan. – Due to course conditions and forecast rain, the Northwestern Oklahoma State University men’s golf opener at the Washburn Invitational has been pushed by a week. The event, hosted by Washburn and held at the Topeka Country Club, is now scheduled for two rounds on Monday, March 18, and conclude with an 18-hole round the following day. The tournament will kick off the 2019 Championship season for the Ranger men after competing in four events during the fall semester. Northwestern earned a tournament victory at the 2018 Ranger Inv...
ALVA, Okla. – Forecast rain in Southeast Arkansas has forced the Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball schedule at Arkansas-Monticello to be rearranged, program officials announced Thursday. Instead of the normal Friday and Saturday series, Northwestern and UAM will take part in a three-game set beginning Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. in Monticello. The series doubleheader is scheduled to begin at noon on Monday, followed by the third game at approximately 3 p.m. The Rangers started their four-game road trip Wednesday with an 11-7 win ov...
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University leading scorers Bailey Brown and Kalea King added some post season honors to their resume’s Wednesday evening as the pair were recognized as All-Great American Conference Honor Mention recipients. The announcement of the All-GAC teams were made Wednesday in Bartlesville on the eve of the 2019 GAC Championship Tournament. The Northwestern women are making their first ever appearance in the tournament when they face Southwestern Oklahoma State tomorrow at 5:45 p.m. Brown’s recog...
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball needed an early comeback Wednesday afternoon and the bats responded as the Rangers completed a season sweep over Northeastern State in Tahlequah, 11-7. The Rangers found themselves in an early 6-1 hole of the second inning. The first run of the afternoon for Northwestern came in the top of the second when Johnnuelle Ponce sent a ball over the wall for the first of two homeruns in the game. Ponce’s second homer of the afternoon was a two-run shot that came in the top of the fou...
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball needed an early comeback Wednesday afternoon and the bats responded as the Rangers completed a season sweep over Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 11-7. The Rangers found themselves in an early 6-1 hole of the second inning. The first run of the afternoon for Northwestern came in the top of the second when Johnnuelle Ponce sent a ball over the wall for the first of two home runs in the game. Ponce’s second homer of the afternoon was a two-run shot that came in the top...
ALVA, Okla. – For the first time since becoming eligible for postseason play as an NCAA program, the Northwestern Oklahoma State University women’s basketball team will take rival Southwestern Oklahoma State in the Great American Conference Championship Tournament. The longtime foes will face off in the tournament quarterfinals Thursday afternoon at 5:45 p.m. inside Bruin Fieldhouse in Bartlesville. A watch party will be held in Perceufull Fieldhouse, hosted by the Northwestern Student Government Association. Northwestern (12-17, 9-13) ent...
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – The season came to a heartbreaking end Thursday night for the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Lady Rangers as they fell to the No. 1 seed Southwestern Oklahoma State, 78-73, in the opening round of the Great American Conference Championship Tournament. Northwestern finished the season with a 12-18 record after qualifying for its first ever GAC Tournament. It was just the second time ever the NWOSU and SWOSU have met on a neutral floor. It was a tight game from the opening tip of as the two teams traded baskets throu...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Sophomore Jack Peck netted a career high 27 points Thursday night as Northwestern Oklahoma State University men’s basketball feel in a close contest on the road at Arkansas Tech, 79-78. It was the second time this season Arkansas Tech has stolen a game away from Northwestern in the final seconds. Back on January 26 in Percefull Fieldhouse, Will Adler hit a three from the corner to lift the Wonder Boys over the Rangers, 74-72. In Thursday night’s contest, it was a R.J. Glasper with a jumper in the paint with time windi...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – With a tournament seven seed a stake Thursday night, the Northwestern Oklahoma State University fell just short of its first win in Russellville, Arkansas, as the Lady Rangers dropped a Great American Conference game at Arkansas Tech, 70-67. Northwestern dropped to 12-16 overall and 9-12 in conference play with the loss. The Lady Rangers now know their opponent in the GAC Championship Tournament as they will take on rival Southwestern next Thursday in the one-versus-eight matchup of the tournament, played in B...
ALVA, Okla. – After a great performance in a pair of games over the past week, Bailey Brown was recognized for her work as she was named the Great American Conference Women’s Basketball Co-Player of the Week on Monday. Brown led the Lady Rangers to a pair of wins over Ouachita Baptist and Henderson State, helping her squad clinch the program’s first every GAC Championships Tournament bid. In the two games, Brown averaged 22.5 points, including a career high 28 points against HSU, and 7.5 rebounds in the two games. This is the second time in her...
ALVA, Okla. – In response to forecast frigid temperatures this coming weekend, times have changed for Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball’s series against No. 18 Southern Arkansas, team officials announced on Wednesday. Originally scheduled to begin with a single game at 6 p.m. Friday night, the Rangers and Muleriders will now take part in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m, with game three of the series schedule for 1 p.m. on Saturday. Northwestern enters the three-game set at 10-4 overall and 3-3 in the Great American Con...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University softball concluded the first conference series of the season Monday afternoon with a doubleheader split at Oklahoma Baptist, which split the four-game series as a whole at two games apiece. Northwestern jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first game and held off the Lady Bison in a 7-5 victory. However, OBU put up 10 runs to open the second game of the afternoon on their way to a 15-3 outcome over Northwestern in five innings. The Rangers are 2-6 this season and 2-2 in Great American Conference p...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma Baptist combined for 19 home runs in a doubleheader Monday afternoon at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium as the Bison took both games over the Rangers high scoring affairs. The two teams combined for 10 homers in the first game to set a new Great American Conference record for combined home runs set last season between Southern Arkansas and Arkansas-Monticello with nine. The Rangers and Bison would have tied that mark with n...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University women’s basketball continued to improve its standing in the Great American Conference Tournament hunt Thursday as the Lady Rangers battled hard to a 71-60 win over Ouachita Baptist at home. After GAC play Thursday night, the Lady Rangers are sitting with a two-game advantage over Oklahoma Baptist for the final tournament spot with three-games to go. However, Northwestern could also be playing for a better seed as they are only one-game behind Arkansas Tech for the seventh seed. Nor...
ALVA, Okla. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State University men’s basketball were overcome late Thursday evening as the Rangers fell to Ouachita Baptist at home in a Great American Conference showdown, 67-58. In what was a low scoring affair early in the game, the Rangers used a 9-2 run to take an 18-9 lead at the 11:22 mark of the first half. A pair of freshman connected with each other to start the run with Andrew Clopton finding Cole Jones for three. Ouachita added a basket before Eric Andres, Jack Peck and Bryshon Bryant picked up six str...
ALVA, Okla. – There was a lot to celebrate Saturday afternoon for the Northwestern Oklahoma State University women's basketball team as they rolled to a 74-54 victory over Henderson State in Percefull Fieldhouse. The victory over the Reddies clinched a spot in the 2019 Great American Conference Tournament. It is the first postseason tournament bid for the Lady Rangers since transitioning to Div. II at the beginning of the 2012-13 year. Northwestern last made a postseason tournament when they r...
ALVA, Okla. – A balanced scoring effort helped the Northwestern Oklahoma State University men's basketball team to a conference victory Saturday afternoon against Henderson State, 69-54, in Percefull Fieldhouse. Four Northwestern players finished in double figures in the victory. A.J Jones had a double-double with 12 points and 11 assists, with Andrew Clopton, David Thornton and freshman Cole Jones adding 10 points each. Cole Jones now has 34 threes on the season, the most three-point baskets m...
ALVA, Okla. – Officials at institutions all over the region are seeking alternative plans to weekend athletics schedules, and Northwestern Oklahoma State University is no different. Northwestern’s baseball series against Oklahoma Baptist has been pushed back due to the weekend forecast. Originally scheduled to be played Friday and Saturday, the Rangers will now host OBU in a three-game set beginning Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium. The two teams will play a doubleheader Monday afternoon beginning at 1. Nor...
ALVA, Okla. – Weather has already changed Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s softball schedule multiple times this season, and the trend continues as their conference opening series at Oklahoma Baptist has been pushed back, school officials announced Wednesday. Due for forecasted rain in Oklahoma on Friday and Saturday, the Rangers will now make the trip to Shawnee for a Sunday afternoon series opener at OBU starting at 1 p.m., with the day two doubleheader beginning at 2 Monday afternoon. The change in the schedule will mean the Ran...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – For the second time in three weeks, a Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball player has been recognized by the Great American Conference as Colton Whitehouse was named the GAC Co-Player of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday. Whitehouse has had no trouble getting back into the swing of things as an everyday player following a redshirt season last year. The redshirt junior had an unbelievable week after a win over MIAA foe Northeastern State and a sweep at Southern Nazarene with a .688 average (11-of-16), with...
DALLAS, Texas – Just a day after being named the Great American Conference Co-Player of the Week, redshirt junior Colton Whitehouse was honored by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on Wednesday. The NCBWA recognized Whitehouse after a big week last week as he was named the NCBWA Central Region Player of the Week. Whitehouse is the first Ranger to receive the award as a Division II program. A native of Mansfield, Texas, Whitehouse had an offensive outburst as he hit for an average of .688 (11-of-16) in a win against Northweste...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University men’s basketball got 23 second-half points from Jack Peck and 16 assists from A.J. Jones as the Rangers took down Southwestern Oklahoma State in double-overtime, 98-96. Peck started the first overtime period with five-straight points to make it 83-79. Free-throws from both teams made it 84-80 before Southwestern shooter Kamden Gipson hit a three to make it a one-point game. Following a short-lived lead by the Bulldogs at 85-84, A.J. Jones hit 1-of-2 from the line to tie the game yet...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – It was a tough test for the Northwestern Oklahoma State University women’s basketball team Thursday night as they were tasked with a road trip to face nationally ranked Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford. Despite a slow start, the Lady Rangers held strong much of the contest before the Lady Bulldogs were able to put it away in the final minutes on their way to an 83-58 win. SWOSU entered the game ranked No. 8 in the country in the D2SIDA poll and No. 13 in the WBCA Coaches poll. The loss for the Lady Rangers sna...
EDMOND, Okla. - The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers showed off their young talent in a 13-9 loss against the Colorado Christian Cougars on Friday in the season opener. It was an extra innings battle with both teams hitting the ball well despite the cold playing conditions. Friday’s contest was the first of four the Rangers are set to play over the weekend at the Edmond Regional Festival II. Tomorrow’s games against Oklahoma Christian and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are next on the schedule for Ranger softball. Due...
