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BAYLOR
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IOWA STATE
April 12 * 2:00 p.m. CDT
April 13 * 1:00 p.m. CDT
Southwest Athletic Complex
Ames, Iowa
Radio: None
Live Audio: None
Live Stats: www.Cyclones.com
Baylor returns to the road this weekend after a seven-game homestand, traveling to Ames, Iowa for a two-game series against Iowa State. The Lady Bears and the Cyclones meet Saturday at 2 p.m. CDT and Sunday at 1 p.m. CDT. BU is making its first trip to Ames since the 1999 season; the 2001 series at Ames was cancelled due to snow. Baylor (28-19, 2-8) swept a Thursday doubleheader at home against Sam Houston State. Iowa State (14-22, 2-7) dropped both ends of a doubleheader that afternoon at Missouri. Live stats for both games will be online at www.Cyclones.com, the official website of Iowa State athletics and a member of the Official College Sports Network.
QUICK NOTES
* Baylor and Iowa State meet for the 11th and 12th times this weekend with the series knotted at 5-5. The teams have split each of four series as Big 12 foes.
* Baylor has now swiped 100 bases on the season, tops in the Big 12. The Lady Bears need just seven steals to match last season's school record of 107.
* Kelly Osburn and Kim Wilmoth combine to lead the Big 12 Conference in six of 12 offensive statistical categories.
* Osburn leads the Big 12 Conference in on base percentage and shares the conference lead in runs and walks.
* Wilmoth leads the conference in stolen bases and shares the conference lead in hits and triples. Five of the top six stolen base leaders in the Big 12 are Lady Bears.
* Wilmoth enters the weekend as Baylor's leading hitter at .374. This marks the first time since Feb. 8 that someone other than Osburn has led Baylor in hitting.
* Osburn moved into a tie for third place all-time at Baylor with her eighth home run of the season Thursday against Sam Houston State. It was her first in 39 at bats.
* Baylor is 47-1 over the past two seasons when scoring at least four runs.
* Baylor is 35-3 over the past two seasons when collecting at least eight hits.
* Baylor is 61-7 over the past two seasons when out-hitting its opponent.
* Baylor is 43-11 over the past two seasons at Getterman Stadium.
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. Earlier this season, Moore claimed his 100th victory as Baylor's head coach with the Lady Bears 3-0 triumph against Texas Tech. He is now 112-59 (.655) in three seasons at Baylor. Moore has a career record of 251-101 (.713); he posted a 22-17 mark in his first year as a collegiate head coach at William Carey in Mississippi. Moore is 229-82 (.736) at the Division I level.
THE IOWA STATE SERIES
Baylor and Iowa State meet for the 11th and 12th times this weekend; each team has won five of the previous 10 meetings. This is the first time Baylor and Iowa State have played at Ames since the 1999 season as the 2001 two-game set at Ames was cancelled due to snow. Baylor is 2-1 all-time at Ames; the Lady Bears and the Cyclones have split each of their four series as Big 12 opponents.
LAST MEETING ... BAYLOR 6, IOWA STATE 4 - APRIL 14, 2002
A five-run sixth inning propelled No. 22 Baylor past Iowa State 6-4. The Bears and the Cyclones split the two-game weekend series with ISU winning the first contest 2-0. With the score tied 1-1 in the top of the sixth, Iowa State first baseman Lindsey Herrin blasted a three-run homer to right-center to put the Cyclones up 4-1. However, the Baylor bats came alive in the bottom of the inning. After managing just one run on six hits in the previous 19 innings, the Lady Bears scored five runs on four hits, two walks, a pair of wild pitches and an ISU error to take a 6-4 lead. Kelly Levesque got things started when she reached with one out on an error by Cyclone second baseman Molly McNertney. Stacey Hundley followed with a double down the line in left, scoring Levesque. After a wild pitch pushed Hundley to third, ISU starter Erica Martinez walked Sarah Caudle and then uncorked another wild pitch to score Hundley and move Caudle to second. Kristen Lancaster then doubled to left-center, scoring Caudle and tying the score at 4-4. After Jen Bice replaced Martinez in the circle, Danelle Arnold singled to put runners on the corners and then advanced to second on a pickoff attempt at third base. Bice then intentionally walked Nan Wilkins, but the plan back-fired as Bice walked April Luce by throwing four straight balls after getting ahead 0-2. Pinch hitter Holly Fields followed with a run-scoring single to make it 6-4. Cristin Vitek tossed the final two innings perfectly with one strikeout. Seven different Lady Bears provided Baylor's seven hits on the day. Hundley and Lancaster both went 1-for-3 with a run an RBI. Herrin was one of three Cyclones with two hits; she finished 2-for-3 with a run and all four ISU RBI.
BIG 12 STATISTICAL RANKINGS
According to the latest Big 12 Conference statistical rankings (April 7), Baylor ranks third in hitting (.277), seventh in pitching (2.03) and fourth in fielding (.967). The Lady Bears lead the conference in stolen bases (91) and sacrifice hits (47). Baylor's pitching staff is tied for the conference lead with three saves.
OSBURN, WILMOTH DOMINATE BIG 12 STATS
Freshman OF/1B Kelly Osburn and sophomore SS/2B Kim Wilmoth are easy to find in the latest Big 12 Conference statistical rankings (April 7). The two combine to lead or share the lead in six statistical categories. Osburn leads in on base percentage (.547) and is tied for the lead in runs (30) and walks (34). Wilmoth leads the conference in stolen bases (17) and is tied for the lead in hits (45) and triples (3). Osburn is second in batting average (.378), tied for 10th in hits (37), tied for eighth in home runs (7), second in stolen bases (15), tied for ninth in total bases (65) and sixth in slugging percentage (.663). Wilmoth is also fifth in batting average (.349).
OTHERS IN THE BIG 12 STATISTICAL RANKINGS
According to the April 7 Big 12 Conference statistical rankings, freshman SS/OF Harmony Schwethelm (17th, .310) and senior OF/P Sarah Caudle (18th, .308) give Baylor four players in the top 20 in batting average. Schwethelm is also tied for third with 13 stolen bases. Caudle is tied for sixth in doubles (10) and fifth in RBI (29). ... Junior OF Kelly Levesque is tied for the conference lead in triples with three. ... Junior RHP Katie Decker ranks 16th in ERA (1.92), tied for eighth in appearances (23), tied for sixth in saves (1) and ninth in opponents' batting average (.197). ... Sophomore LHP Cristin Vitek is 17th in ERA (2.01), ninth in wins (11), eighth in innings (125.2), tied for fifth in strikeouts (142), tied for third in appearances (26), tied for sixth in saves (1), tied for fifth in games started (19), tied for ninth in shutouts (3) and tied for 10th in complete games (9). ... Senior RHP Joni Miller is 20th in ERA (2.38).
UP NEXT ...
Baylor returns home for a week-long, four-game homestand, starting Tuesday with a 6:30 p.m. game against Southwest Texas. The Lady Bears lead the all-time series 24-10 and are 13-3 against the Bobcats in Waco.
