SB Readies for Midweek Bout Against No. 1 Texas

BAYLOR (10-10) at No. 1 TEXAS (20-1)

Wednesday, March 5 • at Texas • Austin, Texas | Red & Charline McCombs Field • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: SEC Network +

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• Baylor Softball is readying for its first midweek bout of the 2025 season as they head to Austin to take on No. 1 Texas on Wednesday, March 5.
• The Bears have just completed their tournament schedule where they played five games a weekend for the first four weekends of the season. With a 10-10 record on the season, BU has already completed 37% of its games for the season.
• During the 2025 season, the team comes back to the diamond with a veteran squad that consists of 12 seniors and 15 upperclassmen.
• After ending the 2024 campaign back in a Super Regional for the first time since 2017, the Bears are looking to build on last year's season while returning 15 off of the 2024 squad, while adding four transfers and seven freshmen.
• The Bears four transfers include Brooklyn Carter (Washington), Turiya Coleman (Houston), Carson Frier (UCF) and Lillie Walker (Duke). Coleman and Frier add depth to the Bears infield/catching position, while Carter adds speed to the outfield and Walker tosses left-handed in the circle.
• After starting with a five-game tournament at Texas A&M where they went 3-2, the Bears hosted a three-team tournament during the second week of play, the Getterman Classic, where they welcomed No. 3 Oklahoma and Hofstra to town. the Bears went 3-2 at the Getterman Classic defeating Hofstra three times and falling against the defending National Champions, Oklahoma, twice.
• At the Bears' third tournament of the season the Mary Nutter Classic, the Bears recorded a walk-off win over Nevada before falling in four-straight games against ranked opponents.
• Finishing up its tournament schedule hosting the Baylor Invitational, the Bears went 3-2 on the weekend as they welcomed North Texas, Sam Houston and California Baptist to town.
• Texas leads the all-time record over Baylor 42-25, including the 22-10 record in Austin.
• The Bears faced six opponents in the month of February who were either ranked or receiving votes in the preseason ESPN poll for a total of seven games. Those teams include: No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 6 UCLA, No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 13 Arkansas, No. 15 Missouri and No. 16 Nebraska. Seven of Baylor's 10 losses on the season have come against opponents ranked in the Top 25.
• Baylor will be playing the No. 1 team in the country for the fifth-straight season after facing the top-ranked team seven times last season.
• Freshman Karynton Dawson led the Bears during the Baylor Invitational with a .583 batting average, picking up two doubles and her first-career home run. Leah Cran and Shaylon Govan also notched .500 batting averages on the weekend.
• Lillie Walker and Sadie Ross each posted 0.00 ERA's during the Baylor Invitational with 12 strikeouts combined. Neither pitcher gave up an extra-base hit on the weekend, while Walker picked up two saves.
• Leading Baylor offensively so far this season, Turiya Coleman is hitting .519 but missed the last weekend of play due to injury.
• Baylor's leading hitter last year, Shaylon Govan, is back for her senior season for the Bears after being named a unanimous First-Team All-American last year. The two-time All-American hit .444 last season while setting Baylor single season records in walks (48) and on base percentage (.579). Her on base percentage led the nation, while her batting average was top seven in the nation.
• Head coach Glenn Moore is in his 25th season at the helm of the Baylor Softball program. In a quarter of a century, Moore is Baylor Athletics' active all-time wins leader across all sports. He has progressed up the active NCAA coaching ranks, now ranking No. 17 in total victories among active Division I head coaches.

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SB Readies for Midweek Bout Against No. 1 Texas

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Players Mentioned

Brooklyn Carter

Turiya Coleman

Leah Cran

Karynton Dawson

Carson Frier

Shaylon Govan

Sadie Ross

Lillie Walker

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