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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 – April 14, 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 Readies for Two-Game Set with Sam Houston</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 Bearkats are meeting for the 83<sup>rd</sup> time</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"> <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:9.0pt;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"> (20-18, 2-7 Big 12)
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Friday, April 15 • vs. Sam Houston • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • TV: Big 12 Now ESPN+<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Saturday, April 16 • vs. Sam Houston • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • TV: Big 12 Now ESPN+</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor Softball is set to host Sam Houston in a two-game set Friday and Saturday at Getterman Stadium.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• These two teams have previously met 82 times with Baylor leading the all-time record 52-30. BU also leads the series in Waco 28-12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor (20-18) is coming off of a weekend conference series on the road at Kansas. Baylor took the series from the Jayhawks 2-1, defeating Kansas in the first two game before falling in
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bearkats (11-31) are coming off of a weekend conference series with Tarleton, where they fell in all three games before picking up the 5-1 win over Houston Baptist in a midweek contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• BU had their midweek matchup with Texas State canceled because of weather in the area Tuesday night. The Bears had an intrasquad scrimmage once the weather had passed in place of the game.
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">•The Bears are currently sitting at 60 in the NCAA RPI rankings. All seven Big 12 schools currently rank in the top 100 RPI rankings.
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Last week, Ana Watson shined offensively for the Bears going 7-for-11 at the plate. She reached base in every at bat in Saturday’s matchup against Kansas, recording two hits and being hit
by a pitch. On the week, she also had two doubles and scored five of the Bears runs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">bears in the big 12 rankings<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• McKenzie Wilson still ranks first in the Big 12 with five triples on the season. Her .423 season batting average still leads the Bears as well as her 24 RBI. Also in the Big 12, Wilson is
fourth in batting average (.423), second in hits (47) and first for stolen bases (20).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor as a team is fourth in the conference in pitching. BU is also leading the league in sacrifice bunts (18).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Maren Judisch is tied for first in saves with two.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Dariana Orme and Aliyah Binford are both in the top ten in strikeouts, Orme in seventh with 96 and Binford in eighth with 85.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• McKenzie Wilson is 1st in percentage reached as a leadoff batter with .676, while Josie Bower is batting 1.000 with the bases loaded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">• Josie Bower is leading the league in hit by pitches (9), while Taylor Strain leads in sacrifice bunts (8).</span><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">SAM HOUSTON STATE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">BAYLOR</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">LEADS
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Waco: Baylor leads 28-12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Huntsville, Texas: Baylor leads 18-14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Neutral: Baylor leads 6-4</span><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">- BaylorBears.com - </span></i><span style="color:black"><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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