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No. 25 BAYLOR
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MALAHINI TOURNAMENT

March 6-9, 2003
Wahine Field
Honolulu, Hawai'i

MALAHINI TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, MARCH 6
Baylor vs. Cal-Riverside, 5 p.m. CST
Buffalo vs. Baylor, 9 p.m. CST

FRIDAY, MARCH 7
Baylor vs. Loyola Marymount, 6 p.m. CST
Hawai'i vs. Baylor, Midnight CST

SATURDAY, MARCH 8
Boston College vs. Baylor, 2 p.m. CST

SUNDAY, MARCH 9
Baylor vs. Kent State, 6 p.m. CST

Escaping the cool, rainy conditions that have plagued followed them for the past moth, the Lady Bears are in Hawai'i this weekend for the Malahini Tournament, hosted by the University of Hawai'i. Baylor (18-8) is remained 25th in this week's USA Today/NFCA Top 25. The Lady Bears also remained the fifth team out of ESPN/USA Softball Top 25, listed among teams also receiving votes. Baylor is the only ranked team in this weekend's round-robin tournament. Winners of nine of their last 10 outings, the Lady Bears face Cal-Riverside and Buffalo Thursday, Loyola Marymount and Hawai'i Friday, Boston College Saturday and Kent State Sunday.

HEAD COACH GLENN MOORE
Glenn Moore is in his third season as head coach at Baylor, coming to Waco after a stellar three-year tenure at Louisiana State. In his first season at Baylor, Moore led the Lady Bears to a 38-22 overall record and a sixth-place, 7-9 mark in the Big 12 Conference. Last season, he guided the Lady Bears to even greater successes with more than 50 team and individual, single-game and single-season school records. Baylor finished 46-18 overall and 10-8 in the Big 12 Conference, establishing school marks for victories in a season, conference victories in a season and highest conference finish (fourth). Moore also led Baylor to a national ranking for the second straight season and two wins over top 10 teams, as many top-10 victories as the Lady Bears had amassed in the previous 16 seasons of the program's existence. Last week, Moore claimed his 100th victory as Baylor's head coach with the Lady Bears 3-0 triumph against Texas Tech. He is now 102-48 (.680) in three seasons at Baylor. Moore has a career record of 241-90 (.728); he posted a 22-17 mark in his first year as a collegiate head coach at William Carey in Mississippi. Moore is 219-71 (.755) at the Division I level.

BAYLOR STAYS No. 25 IN LATEST NFCA TOP 25
After a 4-1 week, Baylor remained No. 25 in this week's USA Today/NFCA Top 25. The Lady Bears join No. 3 Nebraska, No. 5 Texas, No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 19 Texas A&M to give the Big 12 five ranked teams. Only the Pac-10, which has all eight softball competing schools represented, has more teams in the Top 25. Kansas and Oklahoma State also received votes this week, the first and second teams out of the poll, respectively. ... Baylor is listed among teams also receiving votes in this week's ESPN/USA Softball Top 25. For the second straight week, the Lady Bears are the fifth team out of the poll.

MALAHINI TOURNAMENT FIELD
Baylor is 5-1 all-time against teams competing in this weekend's Malahini Tournament. The Lady Bears are 2-0 against Kent State, 2-0 against Loyola Marymount and 1-1 against Hawai'i. Baylor has never faced Boston College, Buffalo, nor Cal-Riverside. ... This is Baylor's second trip to Hawai'i. The Lady Bears went 3-3 at the Paradise Softball Classic in 1999. In that tournament, Baylor posted two wins over Loyola Marymount and split a pair of games with Hawai'i.

LAST TIME OUT ... No. 25 BAYLOR 12, EASTERN MICHIGAN 2
Five Lady Bears had at least two hits, including three by Sarah Caudle, as 25th-ranked Baylor defeated Eastern Michigan 12-2 in five innings last Sunday at the Islander Classic, hosted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Baylor scored in all five innings and crossed the plate nine times before Eastern Michigan got on the board. Two hits and two EMU errors led to a pair of Lady Bear runs in the top of the first. Caudle started the scoring with the first of two doubles, scoring Kelly Osburn from second. The Lady Bears tacked on four more runs on three hits and two Eagle errors. This time, it was Kim Wilmoth who did most of the damage with a two-run double. Caudle also had an RBI single up the middle. All three Baylor runs in the third came thanks to Kelly Levesque's second home run of the season. Eastern Michigan scratched the scoreboard with a run in the bottom of the third, thanks to a Deanna Wisnieski double. Baylor pushed its lead to 12-1 with two runs in the fourth and another in the fifth. Christie Koester singled with one out in the fifth and later scored on a wild pitch to close the scoring. Caudle matched career highs with three hits and three RBI. Levesque, Wilmoth, Osburn and Harmony Schwethelm had two hits each, and Osburn tied the Baylor record with four runs scored. Joni Miller pitched the first 3.0 innings and was touched for one run on two hits and no walks with four strikeouts. Katie Decker tossed the final six outs, allowing one run on one hit and two walks with three strikeouts.

BAYLOR TAKES SECOND AT ISLANDER INVITATIONAL
By virtue of tiebreaker against Wichita State, Baylor finished second at last weekend's Islander Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Lady Bears and the Shockers both finished with one loss, but Baylor's one loss was to Wichita State. ... Senior OF/P Sarah Caudle and freshman OF/1B Kelly Osburn both enjoyed strong weekends. Caudle hit .571 (8-for-14) with four doubles, one home run and five RBI. Osburn hit .538 (7-for-13) with six runs scored and four walks. ... Senior RHP Joni Miller posted a 2-0 record with a 0.71 ERA on the weekend.

CAUDLE CLAIMS BAYLOR DOUBLES RECORD
Senior OF/P Sarah Caudle became Baylor's career doubles leader last weekend. With five two-baggers this season, Caudle now has 32 for her career. She surpassed the previous mark of 29 established by Tori Birk (1996-1999) and Mary Hess (1996-1999). Caudle shares the team lead for doubles this season with sophomore IF April Luce. ... Caudle also shares the Baylor record for career triples with seven. The Gilroy, Calif., native ranks second in total bases (246) and sacrifice flies (5); third in hits (194), RBI (73), stolen bases (39), and times hit by pitch (10); fourth in runs (85); fifth in games played (199), games started (198), and at bats (580). ... Caudle is the only player in school history with three 60-hit seasons.

OSBURN NEARING WALKS RECORD ... ALREADY
With only one month of the season gone, freshman OF/1B Kelly Osburn is already nearing the school record for walks in a season. The Missouri City, Texas, native has drawn 26 free passes in 26 games. Bri Chambliss established the current record of 31 in 1997. It took Chambliss 52 games to reach that total.

BIG 12 STATISTICAL RANKINGS
In a reversal of last season, Baylor ranks second in the latest Big 12 Conference statistical rankings (Feb. 25). The Lady Bears, who finished last in the conference in hitting in 2002, boast a .308 average that ranks behind only Nebraska's .337. Baylor is third in on base percentage (.378), fourth in slugging percentage (.430), first in runs (99), first in hits (158), fourth in doubles (21), tied for first in triples (6), tied for fifth in home runs (10), third in RBI (73), tied for second in walks (48), and tied for second in sacrifice flies. The two categories dominated by the Lady Bears are stolen bases and sacrifice bunts. With 52 stolen bases, Baylor is 30 swipes ahead of second-place Missouri. With 29 sacrifice bunts, the Lady Bears have nearly twice as many as second-place Texas Tech (15). ... Meanwhile, Baylor ranks sixth in pitching with a 1.68 staff ERA. Lady Bear pitchers have recorded 105 strikeouts, fourth in the conference. Baylor's six shutouts is second to only Texas' nine. ... Defensively, Baylor is tied for seventh with a .964 fielding percentage. However, only seven percentage points separate the Lady Bears from second-place Oklahoma (.971).

OSBURN ROCKS BIG 12 STATISTICAL RANKINGS
Freshman OF/1B Kelly Osburn is quickly making a name for herself, and it shows in the Big 12 statistical rankings. According to the Feb. 25 rankings, Osburn is first in batting average (..488), walks (21) and on base percentage (.652). She is also tied with sophomore SS/2B Kim Wilmoth for the conference lead in stolen bases (10). Osburn is third in slugging percentage (.814), fourth in RBI (13), tied for fourth in hits (21) and home runs (4), tied for fifth in total bases (35), and tied for sixth in runs (14).

OTHER LADY BEARS IN THE BIG 12 RANKINGS
According to the latest Big 12 statistical rankings (Feb. 25), junior OF Kelly Levesque leads the conference in triples (3), and she shares the conference lead in runs (15) with Crystal Martin of Texas A&M. Levesque also ranks second in on base percentage (.517), third in batting average (.420), tied for fourth in hits (21), seventh in total bases (33), tied for seventh in walks (8), eighth in slugging percentage (.660), and tied for eighth in stolen bases (5), ... Freshman OF/SS Harmony Schwethelm would rank second in the conference with a .463 batting average and ninth with a .463 on base percentage; however, she is one at bat shy of meeting the conference minimum at bat standards for percentage category ranking. However, she is still third in stolen bases (8) and tied for seventh in hits (19). ... Along with sharing the conference steals lead with freshman OF/1B Kelly Osburn, sophomore SS/2B Kim Wilmoth is sixth in hits (20). ... Sophomore 1B/2B April Luce is tied for second with two triples. ... Junior C/OF Danelle Arnold is tied for eighth with four doubles. ... Senior 2B Stacey Hundley and sophomore 3B/C Carrie Leerberg are among six players tied for eighth in stolen bases with five each. ... Senior OF Sarah Caudle and sophomore 3B/C Stephanie Pomes are among seven players tied for fifth in RBI with 12 each.

DON'T FORGET THE PITCHERS
While the Lady Bears have not been as dominant in the circle this season as they were a year ago, they still rank high in the conference in several statistical categories. According to the Feb. 25 rankings, sophomore LHP Cristin Vitek is ninth in ERA at 1.30, while junior RHP Katie Decker is 15th at 1.65. Vitek also ranks second in wins (8) and appearances (12), tied for fourth in shutouts (2), fifth in innings pitched (54.0), seventh in strikeouts (60), and tied for eighth in complete games (4).

HOME, SWEET HOME
Baylor is 11-0 at Getterman Stadium this season, a far contrast from the 3-7 mark the Lady Bears have posted in games away from Waco. Last season, Baylor was 25-6 at home and established a school record for home wins in a season. The Lady Bears also enjoyed a school-record 24-game home winning streak that dated back to 2001 season. In three years under head coach Glenn Moore, Baylor is 51-12 (.810) at Getterman Stadium. The Lady Bears are 65-25 (.722) in the stadium's five-year existence.

WHO'S GOT GETTERMAN FEVER?
After shattering the school record for attendances last season, Baylor appears to be well on course to do the same again this season. Through five home dates, Getterman Stadium has drawn 2,585 fans for an average of 517 per date. In 23 home dates last year, Getterman Stadium attracted 9,248 fans for an average of 402. Six of the eight largest crowds and eight of the 12 largest crowds in the stadium's four-year history came last season. Baylor finished 13th nationally in total attendance for 2002 and 20th nationally in per-game attendance.

TRANSFERS FIND HOME AT BAYLOR
Four members of the 2002 Lady Bears' squad transferred to Baylor from other schools, three coming in this season and all three from four-year schools. In 2001, Kourtny Westerfeld joined the Baylor program after spending one season at nearby McLennan Community College. Last year, the Lady Bears welcome sophomores Danelle Arnold and Katie Decker from fellow Big 12 Conference institution Nebraska, and sophomore Kelly Levesque from Southeastern Conference power Louisiana State. This season, Amber Daniel joins the Baylor program after two all-America seasons at Temple [Texas] College.

BAYLOR ADDS 4 EARLY SIGNEES
Head coach Glenn Moore signed four high school athletes and one junior college transfer to National Letters of Intent here Wednesday, the first day of the 2002 fall signing period. Kylie Conroy (Carrollton-Creekview [Texas] HS), Lisa Ferguson (Fort Worth-Pascal [Texas] HS), Chelsi Lake (Keller [Texas] HS), Melissa Maler (Temple College/West [Texas] HS) and Erin Sheek (Deer Park [Texas] HS) will join the Lady Bears next fall.

BAYLORBEARS.COM
Baylor's official athletic web site can be found at www.BAYLORBEARS.com. The comprehensive site, which includes releases, photos, biographical sketches and audio broadcasts, is part of the Official College Sports Network. OCSN currently hosts sites for more than 100 universities, including eight Big 12 schools.

INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS TV SHOW
Inside Baylor Sports, a half-hour look at the world of Baylor athletics, airs weekly throughout Central Texas and the region. The program, co-hosted by John Morris and Lori Scott-Fogleman, airs on KCEN-TV Channel 6, Fox Sports Net Southwest and the College Channel (Waco cable channel 18). KCEN carries the show at 10:30 p.m. Sundays, and it airs at 1 p.m. Wednesdays on FSN Southwest.

BAYLOR SOFTBALL RADIO NETWORK
The Baylor radio crew will again this season provide live play-by-play broadcast for selected Baylor softball games. John Morris handles play-by-play duties for home games,while Larry Little, Baylor's media relations contact for softball, handles play-by-play duties for road games. Former Baylor softball standout Kristen Lancaster joins the softball radio crew this season and will provide color analysis for all games. All Baylor games can be heard on flagship station KRZI-AM 1660/1580AM in Waco. Every Baylor game is also available worldwide on the internet at www.BaylorBears.com and Yahoo!Broadcast.com.

2003 Radio ScheduleMarch  26  at Texas            6:30 p.m.March  29  at Oklahoma              NoonApril   2  Texas A&M           6:30 p.m.April   5  Nebraska            2:00 p.m.April  16  Texas               6:30 p.m.April  24  at Texas A&M        6:30 p.m.May   1-4  Big 12 Tournament         TBAMay 14-18  NCAA Regionals            TBAMay 21-26  College World Series      TBA

UP NEXT...
Baylor takes a week off before returning to action Tuesday, March 18. The Lady Bears host Stephen F. Austin for a doubleheader at 5 p.m. CST. NAIA powerhouse Oklahoma City comes to Waco for a 5 p.m. CST doubleheader the following day, and the Lady Bears open Big 12 play at home against Oklahoma State over the weekend (March 22-23).