Baylor Soccer Set to Host Kansas, Kansas State

[Gilmore, Katy]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 5, 2022


Baylor Soccer Set to Host Kansas, Kansas State
Bears facing Jayhawks for 28th time, Wildcats for 6th time
For more information contact: Katy Gilmore, 254-252-2182, katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>


Media link for 2022 Baylor soccer season: https://baylor.box.com/s/mwpejeaojagj0e9ci89inggd1fyp1s5p



BAYLOR VS KANSAS
Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m.

Waco, Texas
Betty Lou Mays Field
Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+



BAYLOR VS KANSAS STATE
Sunday, Oct. 9 at 12 p.m.

Waco, Texas
Betty Lou Mays Field
Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+

BAYLOR BEARS

2022 Record: 2-6-2

Head Coach: Michelle Lenard (North Texas, 2003)

Career Record: 203-83-27 (15th season)

BU Record: 2-6-2 (1st season)

KANSAS JAYHAWKS
2022 Record:  7-5-1

Head Coach: Mark Francis (SMU, 1987)

Career Record: 289-213-43 (27th season)

KU Record: 256-188-42 (24th season)



KANSAS STATE WILDCATS
2022 Record:  4-6-2

Head Coach: Mike Dibbini (Kansas Wesleyan, 1999)

Career Record: 51-83-20 (9th season)

KSU Record: 30-70-14 (7th season)



Story lines

  *   Baylor will continue conference play this week as they will take on Kansas Thursday, Oct. 6 and Kansas State Sunday, Oct. 9.
  *   The Bears are 12-13-2 all-time against the Jayhawks, falling against them last season in Lawrence, Kansas, 2-1.
  *   The Bears are 4-0-1 against the Wildcats, recording a double overtime, 0-0 draw against them last season in Manhattan, Kansas.
  *   Thursdays match will be the annual scarf giveaway night at Betty Lou Mays Field, while also serving a Mental health Awareness night. Sunday’s match will be the annual Pups at the Pitch match, which will feature a corgi race at halftime.
  *   Kansas, who is 0-2-1 in conference play fell against Oklahoma State and then ranked No. 12 TCU before recording a 2-2 draw against West Virginia.
  *   In conference play so far this season, Kansas State opened the season with a 0-0 draw against Iowa State, before falling to Oklahoma State and No. 9 TCU, both games were 1-0 losses.
  *   The Bears are 2-5-2 overall, 0-2-0 in conference play so far this season, coming off of a loss against Texas.
  *   Narrowly losing to the Longhorns last week, the Bears held Texas to just 11 shots, four on goal, the fewest the Longhorns have had this season, aside from a 2-0 loss to No. 1 North Carolina. Senior, Elizabeth Kooiman led the team with five shots, all of them on goal.
  *   After four weeks of playing just one match in a week, BU is back to playing two games per week and will continue in that format for the rest of the season.
  *   Goalkeepers Lauren Traywick and Madison Martin have shared time in goal this season, with Martin getting the start in goal to begin conference play against Oklahoma and Traywick getting the start against Texas last week.
  *   Freshman Morgan Greensage, who was coming back from an injury, played in her first career game against Oklahoma and picked up her first-career start against Texas last week.
  *   Also coming back from injury, Reneta Vargas played her first-career minutes against Texas.
  *   BU has had 26 different players see playing time this season, with 13 of them being newcomers to the team.
  *   Ashley Merrill’s two goals and 21 shots, 12 on goal, lead the Bears.
  *   Freshman, Hallie Augustyn earned the Bears first Big 12 weekly award, as she was tabbed the conference’s Freshman of the Week for her work against Houston and Iowa on Sept. 6, 2021.
  *   For Gabby Mueller’s game winning goal against Florida on Aug. 25, she was named Top Drawer Soccer’s National Team of the Week Honorable Mention.
  *   Kayley Ables was the lone Baylor player named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team. A fifth-year senior for the program, she has been a key component to the Baylor backline, aka the “No-Goal Patrol.”
  *   Taylor Moon was named a preseason Forward to Watch this season by United Soccer Coaches.
  *   With coach Lenard’s new playing philosophy, BU defeated both LSU (3-1) and UTSA (2-1) in preseason exhibition matches with five different Baylor players scoring goals.
  *   The NCAA has done away with overtime during the regular season this year, meaning that every game will end at the end of the 90-minute regulation time.

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Katy Gilmore | Associate Director of Athletic Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: 254-710-2743 | C: 254-252-2182

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