No. 11 SOC to Face No. 12 Virginia in NCAA Sweet 16

WACO, Texas – No. 11 Baylor soccer (19-5-0, 8-1-0 Big 12) will host a Sweet 16 match in Waco for the first time in program history, facing No. 12 Virginia (16-4-1, 7-3-0 ACC) on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field.

The national No. 2-seeded Bears enter the third round of the NCAA postseason in back-to-back seasons for the first time, looking to repeat the remarkable run into the Elite 8 in 2017.

BU knocked off the SEC regular season champion, No. 13 Vanderbilt, on Friday evening, rolling to a 3-1 win over the Commodores in front of a packed house at Betty Lou.

Virginia earned a No. 3 national seed, defeating Monmouth 2-0 in the opening round. The Cavaliers worked to a 0-0 (2OT) tie with Texas Tech on Friday afternoon, advancing on penalty kicks (4-2).

For the first time in program history, all home matches will offer a free live video stream on Facebook.com/BaylorFutbol.

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MATCH INFO
Sun., Nov. 18 vs. UVA @ 7:00 p.m. CT
Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field
Waco, Texas
Stats: BaylorBears.com/stats
Video: Facebook.com/BaylorFutbol
Tickets: BaylorBears.com/tickets
Clear bag policy is in effect

BAYLOR BEARS
2018 Record: 19-5-0
2018 Big 12 Record: 8-1-0
Head Coach: Paul Jobson
Career: 75-38-14 (6th season)
BU: 75-38-14 (6th season)

VIRGINIA CAVALIERS
2018 Record: 16-4-1
2018 ACC Record: 7-3-0
Head Coach: Darren Ambrose
Career: 402-154-55 (29th season)
UVA: 298-91-44 (19th season)
BU vs. UVA Series
Series: First meeting
First Meeting: N/A
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Last Meeting: N/A
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Last 5: N/A
Jobson vs. UVA: N/A

BAYLOR QUICK NOTES
* Baylor earned a No. 2 national seed, the highest-ever bid in the NCAA postseason for the Bears. BU is on its sixth run in the NCAA postseason and carries a 7-4-2 all-time record in tournament play, including a 4-1-1 mark under head coach Paul Jobson. BU is hosting the third round in Waco for the first time in program history, also making back-to-back trips into the Sweet 16 for the first time.
* 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).
* Baylor's win over Vandy was the 75th career win for Jobson, moving within four wins of tying the program-record holder – his wife, Marci (78, 2008-2014).
* 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 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. Baylor's 19 wins in 2018 ties the program record set by the 2012 squad (19-1-5).
* Baylor has posted back-to-back 15-win seasons for just the second time in program history (2011-2012).
* Baylor has outscored its opponents 30-3 at home this season, posting a perfect 12-0 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 12 home wins standing as the most in a single-season in program history.
* Jennifer Wandt's sophomore season has included 12 solo shutouts, good for second in the Big 12 and fourth in the nation. She now sits at No. 2 on Baylor's career shutouts list (21) and has already set the program record for most in a single-season.
* 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.
* Camryn Wendlandt scored her 10th goal of the season, the eighth time a BU student-athlete has reached double-digit goals and the first since 2012.
* 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.
* Camryn Wendlandt was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Women's Soccer NCAA Division I District 5 first team, giving BU a selection in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2012-13 after Precious Akanyirige's selection in 2017.
* 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 saw its program-record 10-match winning streak and program-record-tying 21-match streak with at least one goal snapped in a 3-0 loss to West Virginia in the Big 12 Soccer Championship final.
* 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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No. 11 SOC to Face No. 12 Virginia in NCAA Sweet 16

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Players Mentioned

Kayley Ables

Precious Akanyirige

Jackie Crowther

Giuliana Cunningham

Julie James

Sarah King

Taylor Moon

Raegan Padgett

Jennifer Wandt

Camryn Wendlandt

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