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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 17, 2022</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Softball Faces No. 12 Oregon in Home Opener</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears and Ducks are both 5-0 to start the season</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Katy Gilmore, 254-252-2182, </span><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu" title="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"> </span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.4pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:yellow">Media link for the 2022 Baylor Softball Season: </span></b><a href="https://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSB22" title="https://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSB22"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0563C1;background:yellow">https://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSB22</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:MinionPro-Regular;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span></b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"> (5-0)
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Friday, Feb. 18 • vs. Oregon (DH 1) • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • TV: Big 12 Now ESPN+<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Friday, Feb. 18 • vs. Oregon (DH 2) • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • TV: Big 12 Now ESPN+<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Softball is set to host No. 12 Oregon in its home opener this weekend at Getterman Stadium. The Bears and Ducks will face off in a three-game
series featuring a doubleheader Friday and a single game Saturday. This will mark Baylor’s first matchup against a ranked opponent so far this season.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• BU and Oregon have previously met 11 times, with Baylor leading the all-time record 6-5. These two teams last met in the 2017 WCWS where Oregon won, 7-4.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Both Baylor and Oregon have started their season 5-0, ahead of Oregon’s Thursday night game at Texas State.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor’s perfect start to the season started at the Lady Demon Classic in Natchitoches, La and continued with a midweek matchup against Stephen F. Austin.
This marks the Bears first perfect start to a season since 2018, when the Bears started the season 9-0. The Bears defeated UT Martin (8-6), tournament host Northwestern St. (5-0), Chattanooga (10-5), and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (10-0) at the Lady Demon Classic.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears midweek matchup with the Lady Jacks, saw Baylor come from behind in an early 2-0 deficit in the first inning. The pitching combination of
<b>Dariana Orme </b>and <b>Aliyah Binford</b> produced eight strikeouts. <b>McKenzie Wilson
</b>shined at the plate going 3-for-3 and a home run away from hitting for the cycle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor is outscoring their opponents 40-14 so far this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• After the first five games this season,
<b>Wilson</b> is leading all of the Big 12 in batting average (.625), hits (10), triples (2), and stolen bases (4).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Two freshmen got starts at the Lady Demon Classic, as<b> Rylie Bouvier</b> started two games at third base and
<b>Kaci West</b> was the starting pitcher in the matchup against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
<b>West</b> pitched a complete run-rule game only allowing one hit and striking out six.
<b>Bouvier</b> recorded a hit and two walks in her outings with three assists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor currently has the Big 12 record for stolen bases in a game with six. Those stolen bases came in the matchup against Arkansas-Pine Bluff where
<b>Wilson</b> and <b>Hott</b> each had three.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Five total freshmen saw playing time this past weekend, as well as
<b>Taylor Strain</b> who did not play last season. <b>Strain </b>has started all five games in left field.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• The same four starting batters have led off every game for the Bears so far this season,
<b>Emily Hott, McKenzie Wilson</b>, <b>Ana Watson </b>and<b> Aliyah Binford<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• All four transfers and 20 of the teams 21 players have seen playing time to start the season.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">__________________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#154734">Katy Gilmore</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletic Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">O: 254-710-2743 | C: 254-252-2182</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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