Baylor Soccer Prepares to Host Oklahoma in Conference Opener

[Gilmore, Katy]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 22, 2022


Baylor Soccer Prepares to Host Oklahoma in Conference Opener
Bears are 12-9-6 all-time against the Sooners
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 OKLAHOMA
Friday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m.

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

BAYLOR BEARS

2022 Record: 2-4-2

Head Coach: Michelle Lenard (North Texas, 2003)

Career Record: 203-79-27 (15th season)

BU Record: 2-4-2 (1st season)

OKLAHOMA SOONERS
2022 Record:  5-2-2

Head Coach: Mark Carr (Foreign College, 2001)

Career Record: 46-93-21 (9th season)

OU Record: 14-25-5 (3rd season)



Story lines

  *   Baylor will begin conference play Friday night, as they host Oklahoma at Betty Lou Mays Field at 7 p.m. Friday’s game is also Go Gold night and the monthly Baylor Cub Club night. Everyone is encouraged to wear gold and free t-shirts and gold pom poms will be given away to fans.
  *   The Bears are 7-14-5 in conference openers and are 12-9-6 all-time against the Sooners. BU has played the Sooners to open conference three times in Baylor history and are 1-1-1 in those conference opening matches.
  *   In the last meeting between these two teams, Baylor fell to Oklahoma in Norman, 2-0. OU was Baylor’s last regular season match last year before they faced West Virginia in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.
  *   This match officially marks the halfway point in the season and they Bears are 2-4-2 overall
  *   BU is in the middle of a three week stretch where they will have just one game a week. Last week they faced No. 19 SMU, this week they host Oklahoma and next week they travel to Texas.
  *   Baylor last faced No. 19 SMU where they fell 1-0 in the match. After the Mustangs scored in the 24th minute, the Bears forced 66 shutout minutes limiting SMU to just one shot on goal in the second half.
  *   Goalkeepers Lauren Traywick and Madison Martin shared time in goal at SMU, with Traywick playing the first 45 minutes and recording three saves, and Martin completing the second half and only forced to make one stop.
  *   With the Bears cancelation at Gonzaga, BU has now had four of nine matches so far this season disrupted by weather. Two have been delayed due to lightning and rain, one has been moved up due to incoming weather and the last canceled due to unhealthy air quality in Spokane, Wash.
  *   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.
  *   BU has had 24 different players see playing time this season, with 11 of them being newcomers to the team.
  *   Ashley Merrill’s two goals and 18 shots, 10 on goal, lead the Bears.
  *   Goalkeeper Lauren Traywick has started in seven of the Bears eight games this season, tallying a career-high nine saves against No. 1 North Carolina and totaling 34 on the season.
  *   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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