Oklahoma State women’s soccer: Cowgirls to play season opener at Kansas State after Bedlam match postponed

The Oklahoma State women’s soccer team will start their season this weekend after all.

The Cowgirls’ Bedlam match against Oklahoma on Friday was postponed due to COVID-19 precautions, but OSU found a new opponent with Kansas State. OSU and K-State will kick off their seasons at 7 p.m. Saturday in Manhattan, Kansas. The two programs were originally scheduled to close out the season Nov. 6 in Manhattan. Saturday’s match will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

OSU and OU will look to reschedule the Bedlam match at a later date.

Earlier this week, K-State and Texas Tech postponed their scheduled season opening match in Manhattan, which was also set to be played Friday, due to COVID-19 precautions within the Tech program.

The Bedlam match was also postponed for COVID-19 reasons as the Sooners exceeded the Big 12 Conference’s minimum standard for competition, which state teams must have 14 student-athletes available to play, including at least one goalkeeper.

The Big 12 ruled soccer along with football and volleyball as “high contact” sports that will have players tested for COVID-19 three times a week, according to the Big 12’s release Wednesday. If a student-athlete tests positive for coronavirus, they must go through an electrocardiogram (EKG), troponin blood test, echocardiogram and cardiac MRI.