Iowa State Softball@CycloneSB

The official account of Iowa State Softball | @CoachPinkerton | #Cyclones

 Ames, Iowa
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Joined February 2012
๐™’๐™€'๐™๐™€ ๐™„๐™‰! Iowa State is headed to the #NCAASoftball Tournament for the first time since 1988! #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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*cue Sweet Caroline* THAT'S A CYCLONE WINNER!!!
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๐ˆ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐Ÿ˜Ž
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Starting off the Big 12 Tournament with a Cyclone Winner!!!!
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Final | Go State imo. ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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CYCLONES WIN!! Iowa State advances to the Columbia Regional Final tomorrow at 1 p.m. #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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FINAL | Iowa State 2, Iowa 0 It's a CYCLONE STATE! #P4M | #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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That's a Cyclone Series Winner!!!!
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FINAL | Iowa State 6, No. 15 Texas Tech 5 It's Iowa State's first win over a top-15 team since March 8, 2013! #P4M | #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Thanks for hooking us up @WVUBaseball! ๐Ÿค
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West Virginia baseball ๐Ÿค Iowa State softball Thanks for the support @CycloneSB! #HailWV
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Loyal. Forever. True. A legendary career. Thank you, @sami_williams25. #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ
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2๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ Iowa State is ranked in the @USATODAY / @NFCAorg D1 Top 25 Coaches Poll for the first time in program history! ๐Ÿ“ˆ #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ
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If you build it, they will come... #Cyclones ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Sami Williams is the Big 12's new all-time leader in career hits with 3โƒฃ2โƒฃ9โƒฃ! Congratulations, @sami_williams25! ๐Ÿ‘‘ #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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Starting the Weekend off with a Cyclone Winner!!!!
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โ€œPut fear in the back seat, put courage in the front seat.โ€ @ISUMattCampbell with a ๐Ÿ”ฅ message for the team ahead of this weekendโ€™s Big 12 opener. #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ
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Tell a friend ... ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธpinstripes are BACKโ€ผ๏ธ ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Best start in school history. 8-0. #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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1๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ0๏ธโƒฃ Thank you Cyclone Nation for helping us set a new attendance record last night! ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช
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FINAL | Iowa State 5, No. 8 Michigan 1 The Cyclones topple previously unbeaten Michigan to improve to 2-0 at the Gamecock Invitational! #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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1โƒฃ,7โƒฃ1โƒฃ5โƒฃ ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐. ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Hereโ€™s a ๐ŸŒฝy memory in honor of todayโ€™s historic @MLB game! #tbt ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐Ÿ’›โค๏ธ
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If you build it, they will come... #Cyclones ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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SHE SAID YES!! ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ˜ Congrats to @shannonm516 and Dusty! ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช
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๐‚๐ฒ-๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐ค ๐–: โœ…
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Capping off the Home Schedule with a Cyclone Winner!!
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FINAL | Iowa State 9, No. 21 Missouri 8 Earned our stripes ๐Ÿ˜ #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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๐——๐—ฅ๐—”๐—™๐—ง๐—˜๐—— โœ”๏ธ Sami Williams is the 8th pick in the 2021 @AUProSports Draft! Congratulations, @sami_williams25! #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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With today's win, Iowa State has set the program record for most Big 12 wins in a single season (8) ๐Ÿ‘Š ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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That's a Cyclone Series Winner!!!!
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Locked up the Cy-Hawk Series ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช
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Final | The ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ road series win over a ranked opponent ๐Ÿค  ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Game recognize game ๐Ÿ‘Š A classy gesture from @GamecockSoftbll to recognize @sami_williams25 for breaking Iowa State's career home run record!
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33 years in the making. The moment we've been working for โคต๏ธ #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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Rocking these ๐ผ๐’ธ๐“Ž ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“‰๐‘’๐“ˆ for the ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฅถ ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Searching for Future Cyclones ๐Ÿ‘€ Let's see those schedules! โฌ‡๏ธ ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Both Iowa State and Drake will wear purple ribbons tonight in support of the @UNISoftball family, as they mourn the tragic loss of former Panther softball player Micalla Rettinger.
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CARLI SPELHAUG WITH A SOLO ๐Ÿ’ฃ!! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ ISU 4, UNI 3 #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—”๐——๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐Ÿ˜ค ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช
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Ames, Iowa is one of the best college towns in the country! #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Iowa State tosses a one-hitter to hand No. 6 Oklahoma State its first loss in #Big12SB play! ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช
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5โƒฃ0โƒฃ0โƒฃ career wins. 1โƒฃ5โƒฃ0โƒฃ wins at Iowa State. Congrats, @CoachPinkerton!!
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๐Ÿšจ CYCLONES WIN!! ๐Ÿšจ Sami Williams walks it off! #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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Three in a row. Five of the last six. It's a ๐˜พ๐™”๐˜พ๐™‡๐™Š๐™‰๐™€ ๐™Ž๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™€! ๐ŸŒช ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช
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๐Ÿšจ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐Ÿšจ Class of 2025, you're on deck! ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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FINAL | Iowa State 4, UIC 0 It's the first NCAA Tournament win in program history! The Cyclones will take on UNI at 6:40 p.m. this evening in another elimination game. #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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7-0. Tied for the best start in ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข ๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ. #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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Starting off the Road Trip with a Win!!!!
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Iowa State finishes the 2019 regular season with a record of 31-22. It's the program's first 30-win season since 1989! #P4M | #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ.
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Weโ€™re sending deepest condolences and prayers to the Konawa community. #KonawaStrong
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For Lauren ๐Ÿ’œ Our thoughts are with the @JMUSoftball community during this difficult time. #LB22
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New outfield wall is going up! ๐Ÿคฉ ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช
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FINAL | Iowa State 2, No. 8 Texas 0 @EmmaHylen throws a complete game shutout to lead the Cyclones past the third-seeded Longhorns! Up next: Iowa State vs. Oklahoma State at 5 p.m. with a spot in the #Big12SB Championship Game on the line. #P4M | #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Love from Ames, IA: the newest @AUProSports Softball Draftee @sami_williams25 โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’›
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THAT'S A TOP-FIVE, SERIES-OPENING WIN ๐Ÿ‘Š ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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2โƒฃ elimination games won. 7โƒฃ hats stacked. Fun day for the Cyclones ๐Ÿ˜‚ #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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Sami Williams is the 2021 Celia Barquin Arozamena Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year! Congratulations, @sami_williams25! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“ฐ ยป bit.ly/3w9tiPD #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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Out looking for future Cyclones this weekend! ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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That's a Cyclone Sweep!!! ๐Ÿงน๐Ÿงน
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S/O @CycloneWBB ๐Ÿ†
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The pair of @angelinaa_allen and @EllieSpelhaug have been named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team! Iowa State placed the second-most players on the team ๐ŸŒช cyclones.com/news/2023/5/13/โ€ฆ

Allen and Spelhaug earn Big 12 All-Tournament Team Honors - Iowa State Athletics

Angelina Allen and Ellie Spelhaug were both named to the 2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship All-Tournament Team, the league announced following th...

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๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง Congratulations to @sami_williams25 on being named Iowa State's first-ever @NFCAorg First Team All-American! ๐Ÿ“ฐ: bit.ly/3vKNBUn #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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Won for the ages. #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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The Cyclones tied the highest-ranked win in program history today, upsetting third-ranked Oklahoma State in 11 innings. ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช cyclones.com/news/2023/4/16/โ€ฆ

Cyclones Topple Third-Ranked Cowgirls in 11 Innings - Iowa State Athletics

Iowa State upset No. 3 Oklahoma State, 3-2, in Stillwater on Sunday afternoon, handing the Cowgirls their first Big 12 loss of the season in 11 hard-fought i...

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Thanks to the ๐Ÿ @sportsiren for stopping by practice today. #Cyclones ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ
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Why not Iowa State? Class of 2027, youโ€™re up! ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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History made. ๐Ÿ‘‘ Sami Williams is Iowa Stateโ€™s new all-time home runs leader with 43 in her career. Congratulations, @sami_williams25! #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช
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๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง. ๐‹๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐š๐œ๐ค! ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

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Say it with us againโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ—ฃ CYCLONE STATE!! ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช
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Home ๐Ÿ˜
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FINAL | Iowa State 7, Ole Miss 6 A walk-off, 2-RBI double by @ranchesalesia completes the comeback! Iowa State improves to 9-1. #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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We're back on the recruiting trail this weekend in St. Louis! Let's see those schedules! ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Final (8) | ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฏ ๐Ÿ˜ ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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If you want this...
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LET'S WALK IT OFFโ€ผ๏ธ ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ | @camillemarin12
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Congratulations to @EllieSpelhaug, @spelhaug_carli and @leacj21 for being named to the CSC Academic All-District Team! ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช cyclones.com/news/2023/5/16/โ€ฆ

Trio of Cyclones Earn CSC Academic All-District Honors - Iowa State Athletics

Sisters Carli and Ellie Spelhaug, as well as senior outfielder Lea Nelson, have earned Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Communicators (CSC).

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Good Start to the Doubleheader!
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DaDaDa, DaDaDa Milaysia Ochoa gets up and robs the home run to keep us tied at 1-1! #SCTop10 | #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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Back on the road! ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Heading to the Centennial State โœˆ๏ธ ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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SAMI WILLIAMS! She does it again! The junior crushes a walk-off home run to complete Iowa State's series sweep of Kansas on senior day! #P4M | #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ

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Thatโ€™s win ๐Ÿ’ฏ for Jamie Pinkerton at Iowa State! Congratulations, @CoachPinkerton! #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ
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The record-breaker. Career hit 2๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ for @sami_williams25 โคต๏ธ #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ
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Thank you to the best fans in the country for your passion and support this season! Not the way we wanted it to end, but 2019 was a special season and we couldn't do it without you. #P4M | #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Itโ€™s a GIRL!๐ŸŽ€ Our very own Twitterless Coach Kate is going to have a baby girl! #cyclONEfamily #GenderReveal ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป
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With today's win, Iowa State surpasses the school record (8 - 1993) for most conference wins in a season. ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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You can find us in Colorado๐ŸŒช
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๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’›
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Final | Semifinals, here we come! ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Everyone watches womenโ€™s sports ๐Ÿคญ ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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The reflexes from Iowa State's McKenna Andrews are insane ๐Ÿ˜ณ ๐ŸŽฅ: @ESPN
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Iowa State has not played at the Cyclone Sports Complex since May 18, 2019. The Cyclones have played 55 games in a row on the road. Friday will be a homecoming 678 days in the making! #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ
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Feels great to be back. โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’› #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ
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Final. A historic season comes to an end. Thank you to #CyclONEnation for your support all season! #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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Searching for some future Cyclones ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Thank you @TexasTechSB for honoring Sami & Logan on Senior Day!
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โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’› our seniors. #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ
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๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐˜พ๐™”๐˜พ๐™‡๐™Š๐™‰๐™€๐™Ž ๐™’๐™„๐™‰! Saya Swain strikes out a school record 1๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ batters as Iowa State improves to 4-1 on the year! ๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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Thank you for all the love and support this season, Cyclone Nation! โ™ฅ๐Ÿ’› You made a difference! ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ๐ŸŒช
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Program-changers. Your commitment and loyalty inspired us, both on and off the field. Thank you for being Cyclones, Sami and Logan. โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’› #Cyclones๐ŸŒช๐ŸฅŽ
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