SB Walks off Iowa State to Complete the Series Sweep

Saturday, March 7

Waco, Texas

5:00 PM

Baylor

17-6, 3-0

Iowa State

13-9, 0-3

Iowa State

Baylor

SB Walks off Iowa State to Complete the Series Sweep

3/8/2026 3:24:00 PM | Softball

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Sunday was Baylor’s first Big 12 Sweep since April of last season

By: Matt Roberts

WACO, Texas – Baylor softball completed its series sweep of Iowa State in dramatic fashion Sunday afternoon at Getterman Stadium, walking off the Cyclones, 5-4.

Nearly 18 hours after the game was suspended for rain, Iowa State erased a 4-0 Baylor lead, only to see the Bears score the winning run in the bottom of the seventh on a Cyclone throwing error.

Sunday marked the program's first conference-opening sweep since 2021, when the Bears swept Texas Tech. Baylor finished a seven-game homestand 5-2, improving to 17-6 overall and 3-0 in Big 12 Play.

RUNDOWN
On Saturday night, Baylor jumped out early with two runs in the opening frame. Amber Toven doubled to right field before Karynton Dawson drove her home with a triple to deep left. Leah Cran followed with a sacrifice fly to center to give the Bears a 2-0 advantage.

The Bears added two more runs in the second inning to extend the lead to 4-0. Olivia Buettner drew a walk before pinch runner Gigi Lindsey stole second and later scored on an RBI single from Averie Waddell. Sa'Mya Jones followed with a walk and stole second before Brooklyn Carter delivered another RBI single up the middle to push the lead to four runs.

After rain halted the game in the bottom of the third inning on Saturday night, Iowa State answered in the fifth inning on Sunday afternoon, plating four runs to even the game.

Cambree Creager entered in relief and helped stop the 'Clones' momentum, striking out five over the final 2.1 innings while stranding key Iowa State baserunners to keep the game tied heading into the seventh.

In the bottom of the seventh, Brooklyn Carter sparked the rally with a single to left. On the next play, Toven grounded to second, but Carter raced around from first and scored when the throw from Iowa State first baseman Sydney Malott sailed wide, giving Baylor the 5-4 walk-off victory and completing the sweep.

GAME NOTES

Baylor is 49-26 all-time against Iowa State, with a 23-10 record in Waco
The home team has now won four-straight series between these two teams
BU is 497-197 all-time at Getterman Stadium
The Bears have now won four games in walk-off fashion this season
Baylor is now 10-2 when scoring first
BU clinched its first conference-opening sweep since 2021, and its first sweep in Big 12 play since April of last season.
The Bears last conference-home sweep was May 3-4, 2024, against Houston
BU swept Iowa State for the first time since 2018
Baylor is now 4-1 this season when wearing anthracite Jerseys and Anthracite pants
Improving to 1098-541 all-time, Glenn Moore is now 11-14 in Big 12 openers
Moore is now 235-214 in Big 12 play at Baylor
With five more Ks on Sunday, Cambree Creager has now struck out 17 hitters across her last 14 innings
Five strikeouts are Creager's most in a relief outing this season
In her three appearances this week, Creager went 3-0, allowing just one run with 17 strikeouts across 14.1 innings
With two-more hits on Sunday, Brooklyn Carter now has four-straight multi-hit games
Carter is now 8-for-16 (.500) this season when leading off an inning
Carter now has 39-career multi-hit games
Karynton Dawson added two more hits to cap a big week, finishing with a team-high .786 slugging percentage and four RBIs
Dawson finished the week with a single-double, triple and a homerun
A second-inning RBI single improved Averie Waddell to 6-for-13 with nine RBIs when hitting with runners in scoring position
With another hit on Sunday, Kaci West is now 5-for-8 (.625) with runners on base

QUOTABLE
Glenn Moore the wild win: "Yeah, I think my blood pressure is adjusting to this type of a play. We've come out on top a few times with games that have made my blood pressure jump this year. I don't know that we're going to continue to do that, but I'm really happy with the way it has gone so far this year."

Moore on the Series Sweep: "It's huge. It's hard to do that in power conference. This team has been a thorn in our side for the last few years, so I was really happy with what we did up until the delay. We controlled pretty much the whole weekend. I thought, with a few exceptions, we played really solid ball. I was not happy that they came back and tied it back up, but Cambree [Creager] came in and did a good job, allowing us to get the sweep, which is very important right now because the road ahead is very tough."

Brooklyn Carter on coming up big in the bottom of the seventh: "It was very exciting. Especially coming back after the rain delay. We had to come back with a lot of momentum. Obviously, we started a little slow and had some errors in the outfield, but we talk about redemption a lot, so to be able to rally and redeem ourselves was great."

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor will begin a five-game road swing that begins in the State of Florida with a mid-week showdown at Stetson on Wednesday at 5 p.m. CT. The trip continues with a three-game set against No. 23 UCF.

All games for the remainder of the season will be televised on ESPN+ and heard on air and online via 101.3 COOL FM.

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