SB’s Piper Drives the Bears to a 6-3 Win over Sam Houston

Wednesday, February 25

Huntsville, Texas

6:00 PM

Baylor

12-4

Sam Houston

11-6

Baylor

Sam Houston

SB’s Piper Drives the Bears to a 6-3 Win over Sam Houston

2/25/2026 9:06:00 PM | Softball

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The Bears have now won 14-straight against the Bearkats

By: Matt Roberts

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Baylor softball picked up a 6-3 road win over Sam Houston State on Wednesday night at the Bearkat Softball Complex.

BU improved to 12-4 on the season, and 7-3 on its 10-game road trip.

The Bears totaled 11 hits and featured timely hits throughout the lineup, while using nearly the entire pitching staff to limit Sam Houston to three runs.

RUNDOWN

Baylor struck first in the opening inning as Brooklyn Carter singled and later scored alongside Karynton Dawson on a two-run double by Faith Piper to give the Bears an early 2-0 lead.

Sam Houston answered with a run in the bottom of the first after Lexi Warncke allowed a lead-off double, the only hit she allowed in 3.2 innings of work.

Baylor tacked on in the fifth inning as Leah Cran doubled home Carter before Piper followed with an RBI single to extend the lead to 4-1.

The Bearkats closed the gap with two runs in the sixth, trimming Baylor's lead to 4-3, with the tying run on third base. Sadie Ross preserved the lead with her second strikeout of the frame to escape the jam.

The Bears responded immediately in the top of the seventh, plating two insurance runs, as Cran delivered an RBI double and Piper drove in her fourth run of the night on a fielder's choice.

Cambree Creager got the final two outs of the game, while Ross took home the save for her heroics in the sixth.

GAME NOTES
• With a 14^th-straight win over Sam Houston, the Bears are now 59-30 all-time against the Bearkats

• The Bears belted a season-high four doubles, their most since hitting for against Hofstra last season (2/15/25)

• Baylor did not record an error for the sixth time this season

• The Bears finished their 10-game road swing with a 7-3 mark

• Baylor softball is now 19-5 all-time and 14-3 in the Glenn Moore Era on Janice Moore's Birthday

• Faith Piper slugged her fifth double of the season to drive in a pair of runs in the first

• Piper drove in a career-best four runs on Wednesday, besting her previous high of two, set last season against the Bearkats

• Piper now has six multi-hit games in her career with four coming this season

• Wednesday was Piper's second-career multi-RBI game and her first this season

• Leah Cran tied a career-high with two doubles, tying her with Piper for the team lead

Cran is now second on the team with 14 RBIs

• Brooklyn Carter picked up a pair of hits on Wednesday, her 35^th multi-hit game of her career

• Olivia Buettner carded her fourth double of the season, and her career-first multi-hit game

• Four of Buettner's six hits this season are doubles

• The Bears used a season-high four pitchers on Wednesday night

• Lexie Warncke retired 11-straight hitters after allowing a leadoff double

• Peyton Tanner improved to 4-2 on the season

• Sadie Ross picked up her career-first save

• Huntsville native, Jensen Vienne, came on as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning, working her first walk of the season

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor returns home for a season-long seven-game homestand beginning with a double-header against McNeese State on Saturday at 2 p.m. Saturday is also Youth Teams Day. Kids 12 and under can purchase $3 tickets at the ticket window on game day, while Sunday's series finale is Dads & Daughters Day, where dads and daughters are invited to play catch in the outfield after the game.

The games will be televised on ESPN+ and heard on air and online via 101.3 COOL FM. Follow @BaylorSoftball on X, Instagram and Facebook for additional updates.

—BaylorBears.com—