It was tough to swallow as Oklahoma State tried to drum up some late drama but ORU shut the door in the NCAA Regional opener.

He certainly wasn't the guy you'd have pointed to back in Februrary, in fact, there was competition for the catching job. Injuries left him to do it and boy, has he done it.

No. 11 national seed Oklahoma State (41-18 overall) is set to host the NCAA Stillwater Regional this weekend, with the Pokes playing the fourth seed in the regional, ORU, on Friday evening, June 2, at 6. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+.

Here is a look at the three teams coming to Stillwater for the NCAA baseball regional this week.

Josh Holliday and Co. discuss hosting another NCAA Regional, as well as the regional pairings.

In it's second opportunity to host, O'Brate Stadium and No. 11 seed Oklahoma State will host three really talented teams hoping to top what many believe was the most exciting NCAA regional ever in 2022.

It would have been nice to win the Big 12 Tournament but the team was on fumes, had a regional in Stillwater clinched, and Josh Holliday played some for next week as he should have.

Oklahoma State rallied late to secure a spot in the Big 12 Championship title game with a 6-5 win over Texas Tech Saturday at Globe Life Field.

The marathon that is Big 12 Baseball Tournament action continued with another chapter of Bedlam and Oklahoma State takes it for best out of five. This win may have cinched a host role in regionals.

Roc Riggio with an RBI single in the eighth inning keeps the Cowboys in Arlington and sends WVU to join Texas as eliminated.

Oklahoma State joined Texas as one of the teams tied for first in the regular season to lose the opener in the Big 12 in Arlington.

Plenty of hardware came along with the 11-1 Bedlam series clinching win on Saturday in Norman.

The Bedlam series win also left Oklahoma State in a three-way tie first in the Big 12 regular season. Now onto the Big 12 Tournament.

It's time for another episode of the Pokes Report Podcast!

Cowboy baseball dropped game two against Oklahoma 5-0.

Oklahoma State baseball handled Bedlam game one fairly easy on the road in Norman. Plenty of home runs and McLean got the pitching start.

The Cowboys head coach has seen his share of Bedlam games and he knows with his team you need a mix of personalities.

For Nolan Schubart it is back-to-back weeks as the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week