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BAYLOR
vs.
TEXAS TECH
2:00 p.m. CDT (DH)
April 8, 2003
Getterman Stadium
Waco, Texas
BAYLOR
vs.
SAM HOUSTON STATE
5:00 p.m. CDT (DH)
April 10, 2003
Getterman Stadium
Waco, Texas
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Live Audio: None
Gametracker Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Baylor continues a seven-game homestand with two midweek doubleheaders. The Lady Bears host Texas Tech at 2 p.m. CDT Tuesday and Sam Houston State at 5 p.m. CDT Thursday. Baylor (25-18, 1-7) dropped both ends of a two-game series at home last weekend to No. 6 Nebraska. Texas Tech (15-33, 2-8) split a weekend series with No. 23 Kansas at Lubbock. Sam Houston State (22-20) took two of three over the weekdn at Texas-San Antonio. Gametracker stats for all games will be available online at www.BaylorBears.com, the official website of Baylor Athletics and a member of the Official College Sports Network.
QUICK NOTES
* Baylor and Texas Tech meet for the 29th and 30th times Tuesday with the Baylor holding a commanding 22-6 advantage in the all-time series.
* Baylor and Sam Houston State meeting for the 55th and 56th times Thursday. Sam Houston holds a slim 28-26 edge in the second most-played series in Baylor softball history.
* Tuesday's second game will be Baylor's 100th at Getterman Stadium.
* 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.
* Osburn, who earlier this season had a school-record 14-game hitting streak and a school-record on-base streak of 30 games, is 1-for-28 over her last 11 games.
* Baylor is 45-1 over the past two seasons when scoring at least four runs.
* Baylor is 33-3 over the past two seasons when collecting at least eight hits.
* Baylor is 58-6 over the past two seasons when out-hitting its opponent.
* Baylor is 40-10 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 109-58 (.653) in three seasons at Baylor. Moore has a career record of 248-100 (.713); he posted a 22-17 mark in his first year as a collegiate head coach at William Carey in Mississippi. Moore is 226-81 (.736) at the Division I level.
HOME, SWEET HOME
Baylor is 15-4 at Getterman Stadium this season, 14-0 in non-conference games. That home-field success is a stark contrast from the 10-14 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. Since the beginning of the 2002 season, the Lady Bears are 40-10 (.800) at home. In three years under head coach Glenn Moore, Baylor is 55-16 (.775) at Getterman Stadium. The Lady Bears are 69-29 (.704) in the stadium's five-year existence. ... The second game of Tuesday's doubleheader will be Baylor's 100th game at Getterman Stadium.
WHO'S GOT GETTERMAN FEVER?
After shattering the school record for attendance last season, Baylor appears to be well on course to do the same again this season. Through 12 home dates, Getterman Stadium has drawn 5,585 fans for an average of 465 per date. Saturday's game against sixth-ranked Nebraska drew a Getterman Stadium record crowd of 840; the weekend gate of 1,199 was also a stadium record. Three of the top 10 and five of the top 12 attendances in the stadium's existence have come this season. Baylor finished 13th nationally in total attendance for 2002 and 20th nationally in per-game attendance.
THE TEXAS TECH SERIES
Baylor and Texas Tech meet for the 29th and 30th times this weekend with Baylor holding a commanding 22-6 advantage in the all-time series. The Lady Bears have won three straight against the Red Raiders and eight of 10 since the beginning of the 1999 season. Baylor defeated Texas Tech 3-0 earlier this season at the Islander Invitational in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Lady Bears lead the series 7-3 all-time in Waco.
LAST MEETING ... BAYLOR 3, TEXAS TECH 0 - FEBRUARY 28, 2003
Baylor scored in the first inning for the fifth straight game and used strong pitching to defeat Texas Tech 3-0 in first-day action of the Islander Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Kelly Levesque led off the game with a single to left field. She moved to second on a Kim Wilmoth sacrifice bunt and then took third on a passed ball. Kelly Osburn followed with a single up the middle to plate Levesque. Tech threatened in the bottom of the first with four singles, but Baylor starter Joni Miller refused to let a run cross the plate. With one out and runners at first and second, Kelly Rhyne singled to right field. A Sarah Caudle-to-April Luce-to-Danelle Arnold cut down Kristi Robles trying to score from second. Amanda Douglas followed with a single up the middle, but this time the runner was held at third. Miller then got Lisa Lawler to foul out, ending the threat. Osburn got things started for Baylor in the fourth with a leadoff double down the line in right. Caudle followed with a single through the right side and then stole second. Two batters and two outs later, Arnold laced a single past a diving second baseman that scored both base runners. Miller pitched her first complete-game shutout since opening weekend. She allowed just one hit after the four-hit first. Miller did not allow a walk and struck out a season-best nine batters.
THE SAM HOUSTON STATE SERIES
Thursday's doubleheader marks the 55th and 56th meetings between Baylor and Sam Houston State. This is the second most-played series in the program's history behind only Texas-Arlington (69 meetings). The Bearkats hold a slim 28-26 advantage in the all-time series, which dates back to a 6-0 SHSU victory at Huntsville in 1979. Baylor has won 13 consecutive games against Sam Houston State, a streak that began in 1996 (the first season of Baylor's reinstated program). SHSU has the distinction of being the final team Baylor faced in the original program. Then head coach Paula Young pulled the Lady Bears off the field with two outs in the final inning, keeping the final out from being recorded on the Baylor softball program.
LAST MEETING ... BAYLOR 8-8, SAM HOUSTON ST. 2-0 - APRIL 18, 2002
Baylor broke out of a mild hitting slump with 16 runs and 18 hits in a doubleheader sweep of Sam Houston State at Getterman Stadium. The Lady Bears won the first game 8-2 and then needed just six frames to blank the Bearkats 8-0 in the nightcap. In the opener, Sam Houston State scored a couple of unearned runs on two Baylor errors in the top of the fifth inning to take a 2-0 lead. However, Baylor answered with four runs on four hits in the bottom of the frame. Stephanie Pomes had an RBI triple, Holly Fields had an RBI single and Kristen Lancaster had an RBI double in the inning. The Lady Bears tacked on four more runs in the sixth one four more hits. Pomes and Kelly Levesque both drove in runs during the frame with a single and a double, respectively. Katie Decker tossed her fourth complete game of the season for the victory. She allowed two unearned runs, scattered eight hits and struck out six with only one walk. Sarah Caudle went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Pomes finished 2-for-4 with two runs and a pair of RBI. In the nightcap, Baylor jumped out early with a pair of runs in the first inning. Lancaster drove in both runs with a one-out double to right-center. The Lady Bears are now 16-1 this season when scoring in the first inning. Baylor got two more runs on three hits in the fourth, thanks to an April Luce RBI groundout and a Cristin Vitek run-scoring single. After a double steal and a SHSU throwing error allowed Kim Wilmoth to put Baylor up 5-0 in the fifth, Lancaster drove in Caudle with her ninth home run of the season. Nan Wilkins put the game away in the sixth with a bases-loaded, pinch-hit single up the middle to plate Lena Keine from third. Vitek struck out six in a two-hit shutout. Lancaster finished 3-for-3 in the nightcap with a run and four RBI. Wilmoth scored twice and was one of five Lady Bears with one hit.
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 to the road this weekend, traveling to Ames, Iowa, for a two-game series against Iowa State. The Lady Bears and the Cyclones play Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Baylor and Iowa State split two games in Waco last season. This is Baylor's first trip to Iowa State since splitting a doubleheader April 19, 1999. The 2001 series at Ames was cancelled due to snow.
