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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b><u>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 15, 2026</u></b></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Baylor SB Drops a Heartbreaker to No. 8 Seed Wisconsin</b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Tanner twirls a gem, but BU’s offense comes up short in 2-1 loss </b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>For more information, contact:
</b>Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="1287f1f3-58c2-4765-801c-968be51a0082" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Postgame press conferences:
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>AUSTIN, Texas</b> – Baylor softball suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to No. 8 seed Wisconsin in nine innings Friday afternoon in the opening round of the NCAA Austin Regional
at Red and Charline McCombs Field.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Behind one of the strongest postseason pitching performances in recent program history, the Bears battled the Badgers deep into extra innings before Wisconsin walked it off
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Peyton Tanner was outstanding in the circle, striking out seven over 8.1 innings of work, limiting Wisconsin to just five hits. Her seven strikeouts marked the most by a Baylor
pitcher in an NCAA Tournament game since Gia Rodoni struck out nine against South Alabama in the 2021 Gainesville Regional.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears will now fight to keep their season alive in an elimination game on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor threatened early in the opening inning when Faith Piper doubled into the gap, and Leah Cran followed with a walk, but Wisconsin escaped the jam to keep the game scoreless.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tanner settled in immediately in the circle, working around traffic throughout the afternoon and stranding seven Wisconsin runners through the first five innings. The Bears
also came up with a key defensive play in the first, as Cran turned an inning-ending double play to erase a Badger threat.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin finally broke through in the sixth inning, capitalizing on a couple of Baylor errors and a well-placed bunt to plate the game’s first run and take a 1-0 lead despite
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Down to its final strike in the top of the seventh, Baylor found life. Piper delivered her second double of the day into left-center field before Amber Toven followed with
Baylor’s first hit with runners in scoring position all afternoon, ripping an RBI double to tie the game at 1-1.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears threatened again in the eighth after Sa’Mya Jones singled and stole second, while Olivia Buettner added a two-out double later in the inning, but Baylor was unable
to push across the go-ahead run.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the bottom of the ninth, Wisconsin loaded the bases with one out before Hannah Conger lined a walk-off RBI double into right field to secure the 2-1 victory for the Badgers.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation">Baylor tied a season high with four doubles, its most since getting four against Lamar on April 6th.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 6pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation">Friday was Baylor’s first extra-inning game in the NCAA postseason since game two of the Salt Lake City Regional in May of 2023.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 6pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation">BU picked up six walks against Badger pitching, its most since walking nine times against Houston on April 2nd.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 6pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation">BU is 52-40 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 6pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation">The Bears are now 0-3 all-time against Wisconsin.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 6pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation">Baylor used its 47th different lineup in its 55th game of the season. </span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 6pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation"><b>Faith Piper
</b>tallied her 12th and 13th doubles of the season, tying her for the team lead.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 6pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation"><b>Piper
</b>tied the Baylor record for doubles in an NCAA Tournament game (2).</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 6pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation"><b>Peyton Tanner’s seven</b> strikeouts are the most by a Baylor pitcher in an NCAA Tournament game since Gia Rodoni struck out 9 against South Alabama on May 21, 2021,
in the Gainesville Regional.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 6pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation"><b>Tanner’s
</b>8.1 innings pitched are the most by a Baylor pitcher in the NCAA tournament since Whitney Canion threw 10.1 in an 11-inning loss to Tulsa in the 2014 Waco Regional.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 6pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation"><b>Tanner
</b>is the third pitcher in program history to pitch 8-plus innings, allowing one or fewer earned runs in an NCAA Tournament game (Cristen Vitek & Whitney Canion)</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 6pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-transform: none;" role="presentation"><b>Sa’Mya Jones
</b>picked up her fourth multi-hit game of the season, and her third in the last six games.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>Glenn Moore on his team’s performance
</i></b>—"Peyton threw an outstanding game. It was one of the best performances I've seen from her this year, and she just kept going right back out there, wanting that run. We finally tied it up, but couldn't push another one across. When you're depending
on things to fall your way, to win a game, then you didn't take control of the opportunities to take control of early on. So, I’m disappointed in that a little bit, but the fact that the kids continued to fight and gave us a chance there was impressive. But
we had too many at-bats that weren't challenging them.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>Tanner on her outing</i></b> — “We talked before the game about just being efficient and working to get an out as quickly as possible, limiting the circles of my arm.
So, when I got in that jam and was able to get out of it, I feel like it boosted my adrenaline in a good way. There were some nerves at the beginning, and then just being able to get out of a jam just helped me calm down, and get my adrenaline going in the
right direction.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>Toven on her message to the team entering Saturday</i></b> — “I mean, we made it here, so we might as well just keep winning. We have nothing else left to lose, and
speaking as a senior, and for the other two girls, I think it means a whole lot to us to play as long as we can. Especially coming off of last year, when we didn't even get our name called for postseason. So being here, it just means more, and I think we need
to reiterate that to the team as a whole.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor will face the loser of Texas and Wagner in an elimination game on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. All NCAA Tournament games will be available to watch on ESPN+, and
can be heard on-air and online at </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><a href="https://listen.streamon.fm/kbhthd2" data-outlook-id="62e4d5df-b09b-43cd-a746-a896b3827702" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>101.3
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Follow @BaylorSoftball on X, Instagram and Facebook for additional updates.</span></p>
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