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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 May 5, 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 Closes Out Regular Season with No. 17 Texas</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 Longhorns will split the series, playing one game in Waco and two in Austin</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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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">BAYLOR</span></b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> (27-21, 5-10 Big 12)
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Friday, May 6 vs. Texas 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:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Saturday, May 7 vs. Texas Austin, Texas |Red & Charline McCombs Field Radio: 101.3 FM TV: Longhorn Network<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Sunday, May 8 vs. Texas Austin, Texas |Red & Charline McCombs Field Radio: 101.3 FM TV: Longhorn Network</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Story lines</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Baylor Softball is set to close out their regular season this weekend as they take on No. 17
Texas at home Friday before traveling to Austin to finish out the series Saturday and Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> The Bears and Longhorns are meeting for the 58th time, as Texas holds the all-time series record
36-21 over Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Since these two teams started playing each other, they have always split the series locations
with one team being home in at least one of the three games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Baylor (27-21) have now won 10 of their last 14 games. The Bears fell last weekend in a conference
series against Iowa State 2-1, after picking up their 11th shutout of the season in the Friday night matchup.
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> The Longhorns (35-15-1) are coming off of a weekend conference series against Texas Tech where
they swept the Red Raiders in Lubbock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Last week, senior Rhein Trochim went 2-for-2 on senior day her first multi-hit game this season
and 8th of her career. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">The Bears are currently sitting at 64 in the NCAA RPI rankings. All seven Big 12 schools currently
rank in the top 100 RPI rankings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">bears in the big 12 rankings<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> McKenzie Wilson still ranks first in the Big 12 with five triples on the season, she has not
been passed all season long. Her .412 season batting average still leads the Bears as well as her 26 RBI. Also in the Big 12, Wilson is fifth in batting average (.412), third in hits (56) and first for stolen bases (25).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Baylor as a team is third in the conference in team pitching and fifth in team batting. BU is
also leading the league in sacrifice bunts (22).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> McKenzie Wilson is 1st in percentage reached as a leadoff batter with .630, while Emry McDonough
is batting 1.000 with the bases loaded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Josie Bower is leading the league in hit by pitches (10), while Taylor Strain leads in sacrifice
bunts (8). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> As a pinch hitter, Katie Ellington is batting 1.000.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Dariana Orme and Aliyah Binford are sitting at No. 2 and No. 3 for striking out batters looking, with 44 and 50.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Texas</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Texas Leads 36-21<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Waco: Texas leads 16-11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Austin, Texas: Texas leads 19-8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Neutral: Baylor leads 2-1<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>
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