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SB Heads to Lawrence to Face the Jayhawks
3/28/2019 5:15:00 PM | Softball
Baylor has swept four of the last five series vs. Kansas
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BAYLOR LADY BEARS (14-15, 1-3) Location: Waco, Texas Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Glenn Moore (Northwestern St., 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes |
BAYLOR (14-15, 1-3) vs. KANSAS (11-20) March 29-31, 2019 Lawrence, Kan. • Arrocha Ballpark Baylor Social Media:    |
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KANSAS (11-20) Location: Lawrence, Kan. Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Jennifer McFalls Roster | Stats | Game Notes |
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STORY LINES
• Coming off a 2-0 loss to No. 9 Texas, Baylor heads north to Lawrence, Kan. to take on the Jayhawks.
• The Lady Bears battled versus the Longhorns. UT finished with five hits below its average and was held to only two runs for the sixth time this season.• Sidney Holman pitched the complete game and didn't give up any earned runs. On the night she gave up four hits, none of which went for extra bases.
• Goose McGlaun has at least two hits in five of the last nine games. In the win vs. OSU, McGlaun went 1-for-1 at the plate.
• Ana Watson, who started at DP all three games, finished hitting .500 against Oklahoma State. The freshman hit her first career home run last Friday before recording the game winning RBI on Saturday.
• Regan Green was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week March 5, marking her first career Big 12 weekly award. It is also Baylor's first weekly award of the season. Green pitched a complete game in the win over Southern Utah and matched her career high with 11 strikeouts. She struck out 50 percent of the batters she faced (22). It also marked her fourth career double-digit strikeout game.
• McGlaun leads Baylor at the plate with a .395 batting average.
• Nicky Dawson has reached base safely in every game this season, making her 28-game streak a new career-high. She's also scored a team-high 18 runs.
• Kassidy Krupit is the team leader with 19 RBIs. She also leads the team with six home runs.
• Sidney Holman has been stellar in the circle for BU. She's pitched 102.2 innings and has allowed 55 runs off 105 hits with 85 strikeouts.
• Baylor is 9-3 when scoring first in 2019.
• The Lady Bears are 11-3 when the opponent scores two runs or less this season.
QUICK HITS
• Baylor will play 24 games against 12 programs that advanced to the 2018 NCAA Regionals, including WCWS participants Washington and Oklahoma.
• Baylor is 270-99 over the last 7 seasons, averaging over 38 wins per season since 2013.
• BU was picked 3rd in the Big 12 preseason coaches poll behind Oklahoma and Texas.
A LOOK AT KANSAS
• BU has swept the Jayhawks in four of the last five series. A year ago, Baylor won by a combined score of 12-2.
• Since Glenn Moore took over as head coach, the Lady Bears are 32-13 against Kansas.
• The Jayhawks are coming off a three-game sweep over Green Bay. It marked the first series sweep for KU since 2016 vs. Iowa State.
• KU is coached by first-year head coach Jennifer McFalls who spent the last nine seasons as an assistant coach at Texas. McFalls scored the game-winning run in Team USA's victory over Japan in the gold-medal game in the 2000 Olympics.
