No. 21 Baylor Softball Set for Midweek Tilt Against Louisiana

[Gilmore, Katy]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 10, 2023


No. 21 Baylor Softball Set for Midweek Tilt Against Louisiana
Bears will face the Ragin’ Cajuns facing off for the 30th time
For more information contact: Katy Gilmore, 254-252-2182, katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>

Media link for the 2023 Baylor Softball Season: https://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSB23



No. 21 BAYLOR (30-9, 2-4) vs. RV LOUISIANA (30-10, 11-1)

Tuesday, April 11 • vs. Louisiana • Waco, Texas |Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Big 12 Now ESPN+



STORY LINES

• Baylor Softball is set for its first of two midweek games this week, Tuesday, April 11 against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns at Getterman Stadium.

• Louisiana leads the all-time record against the Bears, 17-12, but the series record is tied when playing in Waco, 4-4.

• Baylor went 3-1 last week, defeating Mercer in game one of the Tennessee Invitational, before posting back-to-back wins over No. 4 Tennessee.

• Baylor handed Tennessee (30-5, 10-2 Southeastern Conference) just its fifth loss of the season and only its first back-to-back losses of the season, behind an eight-run second inning that propelled the Bears to the win.

• The pair of top-five wins in Knoxville now gives the Bears three on the year, also besting No. 1 Oklahoma on Feb. 19 in Waco, 4-3. BU also earned a 5-0 win over No. 21 Maryland earlier in the year.

• A 30-9 record through the first 39 games of the year marks the best record for the Bears since going 33-6 to open the 2017 season, a year that ended in the College World Series with a 48-15 record and a final No. 7 national ranking.

• Baylor is now ranked No. 19 in the D1Softball poll, jumping eight spots after last week’s performance in Knoxville. The ESPN/USA Today poll, the Softball America poll and the NFCA coaches’ polls will come out Tuesday afternoon.

• BU is currently sitting at 19 in the NCAA Softball RPI standings.

• Baylor is 3-1 in extra-inning games on the season. Their one loss in extras was an 11-inning showdown with No. 2 Oklahoma State to open conference play.

• Baylor picked up its 11th shutout of the season last week, after a 1-0 win over No. 4 Tennessee.

• Overall this season, Baylor ranks second in the Big 12 in pitching ERA during all games, with a 1.75 team ERA. No. 1 Oklahoma is the only team ahead of the Bears.

• BU also leads the Big 12 in sacrifice bunts (28), sacrifice fly’s (17) and stolen bases (63).

• McKenzie Wilson moved to third place in consecutive reached base streaks this season with a 35 game-record.

• Josie Bower is now tied for second all-time in Baylor softball history in hit by pitches (25), tying Kelley Levesque.

• Shaylon Govan leads the Bears with a .398 batting average with five doubles, seven home runs and 39 RBIs.

• Govan is one of nine Bears to have double digit RBIs already on the season. Emily Hott follows her with 22, Amber Toven has 21, McKenzie Wilson has 16, Sydney Collazos has 15, Ana Watson has 14, Presleigh Pilon and Taylor Strain have 13 and Josie Bower has 10.

• Dariana Orme has the third best season era in the conference (0.98), leads the Bears with 105 strikeouts and leads the conference in innings pitched (114.1).

• The Bears have already recorded 63 stolen bases on the season, 12 away from last year’s season total of 75.
• Head coach Glenn Moore picked up his 1,000th career win against UT Arlington on March 22. He is the winningest coach in Baylor Athletics history and now ranks 11th among active Division I head softball coaches to reach this milestone. 861 of his 1,000 career wins have come at Baylor University.

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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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