Friday, November 2
Kansas City, Mo.
4:30 PM CT
Baylor
vs
Texas Tech
Photo by: Matthew Minard
No. 9 SOC Faces Texas Tech in Big 12 Semifinals
11/1/2018 5:18:00 PM | Soccer
Top-seeded Bears look for repeat trip into tournament final
By Jerry Hill
Baylor Bear Insider
When Baylor soccer made its run to the Big 12 Championship title a year ago, the Bears were clearly the hunters in a redemption tour that saw them avenge three of their five regular-season losses.
Now, the shoe is on the other foot.
"This year, we are the hunted. We have a target on our back," said junior forward Camryn Wendlandt. "I like it. It's a lot of pressure, and I think we perform well under pressure."
After a three-day stopover in Waco, the ninth-ranked and top-seeded Baylor soccer team (16-4-0) is headed back to Kansas City, Mo., for a Big 12 Championship semifinal matchup against Texas Tech (13-4-2) at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Swope Soccer Village. The Bears advanced to the semifinals for the seventh consecutive year, while fifth-seeded Tech won a penalty-kick shootout with TCU, 5-3, to get out of the quarterfinals for the first time in three years.
"Our seniors have been there every year and had some success," coach Paul Jobson said. "Obviously, our veterans had been there before, but they're really good with our young kids, 'Hey, this is what it's about, this is how we do things.' We always stay in the same hotel. All the things are very similar. There's a comfort level there now in Kansas City."
With a program-best RPI ranking of No. 3, behind only defending national champion Stanford and North Carolina, the Bears are in position to earn a No. 1 regional seed and potentially host the first four rounds of the NCAA tournament.
"Obviously, the better we do in our tournament, the better seeding we're going to get in the NCAA," said Jobson, who earned Big 12 Coach of the Year honors earlier this week. "But, our goal all year has been what's the next game? We know if we can win out the next two games, the better opportunity we're going to have for a No. 1 seed."
Seeded fifth for the Big 12 tournament, just like Baylor was last year, Tech has a chance for the same kind of redemption tour the Bears had a year ago. The Red Raiders got by a TCU team that handed them their only October loss, face a Baylor team that beat them 2-0 on Sept. 30 and could potentially play 14th-ranked and second-seeded West Virginia in Sunday's 2:30 p.m. final.
"We went up there and came away with a 2-0 victory, but I don't think the score was really indicative of the game," Jobson said. "I think we were able to capitalize on our opportunities and they didn't. But, they're a really good team. It wasn't our best game, but we were still able to come away with a victory."
In that earlier matchup in Lubbock, Tech actually had more shots (11-8) and corner kicks (12-4) than the Bears, but sophomore goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt had six saves to record one of her program record-tying 11 shutouts. Jackie Crowther scored Baylor's two goals in the game.
"Just because you did something in the past doesn't mean you can do it again in the future," said Wendlandt, who has scored a team-high nine goals with five game-winners. "I have full confidence in our team and our ability, but they're a good team. They have a really good mentality, and it's going to be a tough game."
Wandt said the Red Raiders are "going to come in gunning for us."
"They're in more of a situation to win or go home. So, they're going to come gunning for us, and we just need to be ready for anything they throw at us."
West Virginia and Texas meet in Friday's other semifinal at 8 p.m., with the winners meeting in Sunday's 2:30 p.m. championship game.
Trying to defend last year's title is "for sure, a little chip on our shoulder," senior forward Kennedy Brown said. "We want to keep that in our pocket."
"Paul always says that no one can take away our championship from last year," Wandt said. "But, of course, we want to go in and we want to win it and we do want to defend our title and come back with another trophy."
Baylor will host a watch party for the NCAA Championship selection show at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Ferrell Center Stone Room. Fans are welcome to attend and support the Bears, with doors opening at 3.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – No. 9 Baylor soccer (16-4-0, 8-1-0 Big 12) continues its run into the Big 12 Soccer Championship as the No. 1 seed, advancing into the semifinals to face the No. 5 seed Texas Tech (13-4-2, 5-4-1 Big 12) on Friday at 4:30 p.m. at the Swope Soccer Village.
Baylor defeated Iowa State, 3-0, last Sunday in the tournament's quarterfinal round.
BU has its eyes on a repeat of its 2017 tournament title run, where the Bears mounted a historic performance to clinch the program's second tournament title.
The Legacy Fund membership is an exclusive support club that enhances the Baylor Soccer program. Becoming a Legacy member allows you to get an insider look at Baylor soccer and to support the team in every aspect of the program's success. For more information on the Legacy Fund, visit baylorbears.com/bearfoundation or call 254-710-3197.
Keep up with the team all season long by following Baylor Soccer on the team's official Twitter (@BaylorFutbol), Facebook (Baylor Soccer), and Instagram (@BaylorFutbol).
MATCH INFO
Sun., Nov. 2 vs. TTU @ 4:30 p.m. CT
Swope Soccer Village
Kansas City, Mo.
Stats: Big12Sports.com
Video: Big12Sports.com
Tickets: Big12Sports.com
BAYLOR BEARS
2018 Record: 16-4-0
2018 Big 12 Record: 8-1-0
Head Coach: Paul Jobson
Career: 72-37-14 (6th season)
BU: 72-37-14 (6th season)
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
2018 Record: 13-4-2
2018 Big 12 Record: 5-3-1
Head Coach: Tom Stone
Career: 139-78-28 (12th season)
TTU: 139-78-28 (12th season)
BU vs. TTU SERIES
Series: 16-5-3
First Meeting: 10/18/96
W, 1-0, in Lubbock
Last Meeting: 9/30/18
W, 2-0, in Lubbock
Last 5: 3-1-1
Jobson vs. TTU: 3-1-2
BAYLOR QUICK NOTES
* Baylor clinched its second-ever regular season Big 12 title with a 1-0 win over Oklahoma in the final match of the Big 12 slate, helped by an overtime loss by WVU versus Kansas. The regular season title was BU's first since 1998 and fourth overall conference title.
* Sixth-year head coach Paul Jobson was named the 2018 Big 12 Soccer Coach of the Year, the second time in program history a BU coach has garnered the accolade (Randy Waldrum, 1998).
* Julie James, Sarah King, Jennifer Wandt, and Camryn Wendlandt earned All-Big 12 selections, tying the program record for selections. Kayley Ables and Taylor Moon were also named to the Big 12 All-Freshman team. Baylor has now had at least one All-Big 12 selection for seven-straight seasons and at least one Big 12 All-Freshman selection for five-straight.
* Baylor will look to repeat its 2017 Big 12 Soccer Championship title, looking to sweep both regular season and tournament titles for the first time in program history. The last Big 12 team to sweep both titles was West Virginia in 2016.
* Baylor has the most all-time wins in the Big 12 Championship among current conference members, carrying a 14-11-1 record into Friday's semifinal match.
* Baylor has had at least eight wins in, now, 10-straight seasons and has won or advanced by shootout in at least one match at the Big 12 Championship 11 times in 16 appearances, including now seven in a row.
* Baylor has now had 10 or more wins in 12 of its 23 seasons as a program, seven of the last nine, and three-straight under sixth-year head coach Paul Jobson. The 15 wins for BU in 2017 and 2018 are the most since the 2012 squad set a program record with 19 wins.
* Baylor has posted back-to-back 15-win seasons for just the second time in program history (2011-2012).
* Baylor has outscored its opponents 25-2 at home this season, posting a perfect 10-0 record at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field.
* Baylor's undefeated regular season home effort was the first time the Bears ran the table at home since 2012, with the 10 home wins standing as the most in a single-season in program history.
* Jennifer Wandt's sophomore season has included 11 solo shutouts, good for second in the Big 12 and third in the nation. She now sits at No. 3 on Baylor's career shutouts list and is tied for No. 1 on Baylor's single-season list, one away from setting a new program record.
* As a team, Baylor's 0.650 shutout percentage is good for seventh in the country and best in the Big 12.
* Paul Jobson became Baylor soccer's all-time conference wins leader, improving to 24-18-6 career record in Big 12 play with a 3-1 win over Kansas, passing his wife and former Baylor head coach Marci Jobson (23-28-11) for the most conference wins in program history.
* Baylor topped another record RPI ranking, moving up to No. 3, a new program record. The Bears hold the highest average RPI win in the country at 69. All four of BU's losses are in the RPI Top 27.
* Baylor bumped to No. 9 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 rankings, tying for the highest mark in program history and leading the Big 12.
* Baylor totaled six Big 12 Player of the Week honors in 2018, tallying one Offensive POTW, two Defensive POTW, and three Freshman OTW.
* Senior midfielder Julie James was named one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award, recognizing excellence in community, classroom, character and competition. James is the first candidate for the award in program history.
* Jennifer Wandt's assist in a 6-0 win vs. Nebraska marked the fifth time and just the third different BU goalkeeper to assist on a score in program history, the first since Michelle Kloss (vs. Prairie View A&M, 9/19/10).
* Jackie Crowther and Giuliana Cunningham scored goals within just 20 seconds of each other in the win over Nebraska, the quickest consecutive goals in program history.
* Raegan Padgett notched the fastest goal to start a match in program history, scoring the first goal vs. Samford (Aug. 19) just 35 seconds into the match.
* Baylor had 16 Academic All-Big 12 selections, leading the conference and remaining the league's all-time leader in academic honorees.
* From May 9-12, a group of current and former Baylor soccer student-athletes returned for the second-straight year to serve on a mission trip to Guatemala alongside Baylor FCA.
Baylor Bear Insider
When Baylor soccer made its run to the Big 12 Championship title a year ago, the Bears were clearly the hunters in a redemption tour that saw them avenge three of their five regular-season losses.
Now, the shoe is on the other foot.
"This year, we are the hunted. We have a target on our back," said junior forward Camryn Wendlandt. "I like it. It's a lot of pressure, and I think we perform well under pressure."
After a three-day stopover in Waco, the ninth-ranked and top-seeded Baylor soccer team (16-4-0) is headed back to Kansas City, Mo., for a Big 12 Championship semifinal matchup against Texas Tech (13-4-2) at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Swope Soccer Village. The Bears advanced to the semifinals for the seventh consecutive year, while fifth-seeded Tech won a penalty-kick shootout with TCU, 5-3, to get out of the quarterfinals for the first time in three years.
"Our seniors have been there every year and had some success," coach Paul Jobson said. "Obviously, our veterans had been there before, but they're really good with our young kids, 'Hey, this is what it's about, this is how we do things.' We always stay in the same hotel. All the things are very similar. There's a comfort level there now in Kansas City."
With a program-best RPI ranking of No. 3, behind only defending national champion Stanford and North Carolina, the Bears are in position to earn a No. 1 regional seed and potentially host the first four rounds of the NCAA tournament.
"Obviously, the better we do in our tournament, the better seeding we're going to get in the NCAA," said Jobson, who earned Big 12 Coach of the Year honors earlier this week. "But, our goal all year has been what's the next game? We know if we can win out the next two games, the better opportunity we're going to have for a No. 1 seed."
Seeded fifth for the Big 12 tournament, just like Baylor was last year, Tech has a chance for the same kind of redemption tour the Bears had a year ago. The Red Raiders got by a TCU team that handed them their only October loss, face a Baylor team that beat them 2-0 on Sept. 30 and could potentially play 14th-ranked and second-seeded West Virginia in Sunday's 2:30 p.m. final.
"We went up there and came away with a 2-0 victory, but I don't think the score was really indicative of the game," Jobson said. "I think we were able to capitalize on our opportunities and they didn't. But, they're a really good team. It wasn't our best game, but we were still able to come away with a victory."
In that earlier matchup in Lubbock, Tech actually had more shots (11-8) and corner kicks (12-4) than the Bears, but sophomore goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt had six saves to record one of her program record-tying 11 shutouts. Jackie Crowther scored Baylor's two goals in the game.
"Just because you did something in the past doesn't mean you can do it again in the future," said Wendlandt, who has scored a team-high nine goals with five game-winners. "I have full confidence in our team and our ability, but they're a good team. They have a really good mentality, and it's going to be a tough game."
Wandt said the Red Raiders are "going to come in gunning for us."
"They're in more of a situation to win or go home. So, they're going to come gunning for us, and we just need to be ready for anything they throw at us."
West Virginia and Texas meet in Friday's other semifinal at 8 p.m., with the winners meeting in Sunday's 2:30 p.m. championship game.
Trying to defend last year's title is "for sure, a little chip on our shoulder," senior forward Kennedy Brown said. "We want to keep that in our pocket."
"Paul always says that no one can take away our championship from last year," Wandt said. "But, of course, we want to go in and we want to win it and we do want to defend our title and come back with another trophy."
Baylor will host a watch party for the NCAA Championship selection show at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Ferrell Center Stone Room. Fans are welcome to attend and support the Bears, with doors opening at 3.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – No. 9 Baylor soccer (16-4-0, 8-1-0 Big 12) continues its run into the Big 12 Soccer Championship as the No. 1 seed, advancing into the semifinals to face the No. 5 seed Texas Tech (13-4-2, 5-4-1 Big 12) on Friday at 4:30 p.m. at the Swope Soccer Village.
Baylor defeated Iowa State, 3-0, last Sunday in the tournament's quarterfinal round.
BU has its eyes on a repeat of its 2017 tournament title run, where the Bears mounted a historic performance to clinch the program's second tournament title.
The Legacy Fund membership is an exclusive support club that enhances the Baylor Soccer program. Becoming a Legacy member allows you to get an insider look at Baylor soccer and to support the team in every aspect of the program's success. For more information on the Legacy Fund, visit baylorbears.com/bearfoundation or call 254-710-3197.
Keep up with the team all season long by following Baylor Soccer on the team's official Twitter (@BaylorFutbol), Facebook (Baylor Soccer), and Instagram (@BaylorFutbol).
MATCH INFO
Sun., Nov. 2 vs. TTU @ 4:30 p.m. CT
Swope Soccer Village
Kansas City, Mo.
Stats: Big12Sports.com
Video: Big12Sports.com
Tickets: Big12Sports.com
BAYLOR BEARS
2018 Record: 16-4-0
2018 Big 12 Record: 8-1-0
Head Coach: Paul Jobson
Career: 72-37-14 (6th season)
BU: 72-37-14 (6th season)
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
2018 Record: 13-4-2
2018 Big 12 Record: 5-3-1
Head Coach: Tom Stone
Career: 139-78-28 (12th season)
TTU: 139-78-28 (12th season)
BU vs. TTU SERIES
Series: 16-5-3
First Meeting: 10/18/96
W, 1-0, in Lubbock
Last Meeting: 9/30/18
W, 2-0, in Lubbock
Last 5: 3-1-1
Jobson vs. TTU: 3-1-2
BAYLOR QUICK NOTES
* Baylor clinched its second-ever regular season Big 12 title with a 1-0 win over Oklahoma in the final match of the Big 12 slate, helped by an overtime loss by WVU versus Kansas. The regular season title was BU's first since 1998 and fourth overall conference title.
* Sixth-year head coach Paul Jobson was named the 2018 Big 12 Soccer Coach of the Year, the second time in program history a BU coach has garnered the accolade (Randy Waldrum, 1998).
* Julie James, Sarah King, Jennifer Wandt, and Camryn Wendlandt earned All-Big 12 selections, tying the program record for selections. Kayley Ables and Taylor Moon were also named to the Big 12 All-Freshman team. Baylor has now had at least one All-Big 12 selection for seven-straight seasons and at least one Big 12 All-Freshman selection for five-straight.
* Baylor will look to repeat its 2017 Big 12 Soccer Championship title, looking to sweep both regular season and tournament titles for the first time in program history. The last Big 12 team to sweep both titles was West Virginia in 2016.
* Baylor has the most all-time wins in the Big 12 Championship among current conference members, carrying a 14-11-1 record into Friday's semifinal match.
* Baylor has had at least eight wins in, now, 10-straight seasons and has won or advanced by shootout in at least one match at the Big 12 Championship 11 times in 16 appearances, including now seven in a row.
* Baylor has now had 10 or more wins in 12 of its 23 seasons as a program, seven of the last nine, and three-straight under sixth-year head coach Paul Jobson. The 15 wins for BU in 2017 and 2018 are the most since the 2012 squad set a program record with 19 wins.
* Baylor has posted back-to-back 15-win seasons for just the second time in program history (2011-2012).
* Baylor has outscored its opponents 25-2 at home this season, posting a perfect 10-0 record at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field.
* Baylor's undefeated regular season home effort was the first time the Bears ran the table at home since 2012, with the 10 home wins standing as the most in a single-season in program history.
* Jennifer Wandt's sophomore season has included 11 solo shutouts, good for second in the Big 12 and third in the nation. She now sits at No. 3 on Baylor's career shutouts list and is tied for No. 1 on Baylor's single-season list, one away from setting a new program record.
* As a team, Baylor's 0.650 shutout percentage is good for seventh in the country and best in the Big 12.
* Paul Jobson became Baylor soccer's all-time conference wins leader, improving to 24-18-6 career record in Big 12 play with a 3-1 win over Kansas, passing his wife and former Baylor head coach Marci Jobson (23-28-11) for the most conference wins in program history.
* Baylor topped another record RPI ranking, moving up to No. 3, a new program record. The Bears hold the highest average RPI win in the country at 69. All four of BU's losses are in the RPI Top 27.
* Baylor bumped to No. 9 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 rankings, tying for the highest mark in program history and leading the Big 12.
* Baylor totaled six Big 12 Player of the Week honors in 2018, tallying one Offensive POTW, two Defensive POTW, and three Freshman OTW.
* Senior midfielder Julie James was named one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award, recognizing excellence in community, classroom, character and competition. James is the first candidate for the award in program history.
* Jennifer Wandt's assist in a 6-0 win vs. Nebraska marked the fifth time and just the third different BU goalkeeper to assist on a score in program history, the first since Michelle Kloss (vs. Prairie View A&M, 9/19/10).
* Jackie Crowther and Giuliana Cunningham scored goals within just 20 seconds of each other in the win over Nebraska, the quickest consecutive goals in program history.
* Raegan Padgett notched the fastest goal to start a match in program history, scoring the first goal vs. Samford (Aug. 19) just 35 seconds into the match.
* Baylor had 16 Academic All-Big 12 selections, leading the conference and remaining the league's all-time leader in academic honorees.
* From May 9-12, a group of current and former Baylor soccer student-athletes returned for the second-straight year to serve on a mission trip to Guatemala alongside Baylor FCA.
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