Oklahoma State Cowgirls punch ticket to the Big Dance

Sports | Outdoors

March 18, 2026

The Oklahoma State Cowgirls are an 8-seed and will face 9-seed Princeton in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 21 in the opening round of the tournament. Tipoff time for the Cowgirls’ opening-round matchup will be announced later tonight or tomorrow.

With a win, the Cowgirls would advance to face the winner of the 1-seed UCLA vs. 16seed Cal Baptist matchup.

All tickets for the first and second round games will be handled by UCLA Athletics. Click the button below to visit UCLA’s ticket webpage. For questions regarding tickets, contact the UCLA Athletics ticket office by calling 310-8252946, or emailing cto@tickets.ucla.edu.

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