Baylor Soccer Readies for Contest at Texas A&M

[Gilmore, Katy]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – August 25, 2023

Baylor Soccer Readies for Contest at Texas A&M
Bears facing Aggies for 21st time

For more information contact: Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182, katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>

Media link for 2023 Baylor soccer season:
https://baylor.box.com/s/ywfgr2gsxh8uzfn90ufbe2qjfs18yerl



BAYLOR VS TEXAS A&M
Saturday, Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. CT
Ellis Field
Video: SEC Network+

BAYLOR BEARS

2023 Record: 1-1
Head Coach: Michelle Lenard (North Texas, 2003)
Career Record: 206-89-27 (16th season)
BU Record: 5-12-2 (2nd season)

TEXAS A&M AGGIES
2023 Record: 0-2
Texas A&M (0-2)

Head Coach: G Guerrieri (Tulsa, 1985)

Career Record: 500-170-47 (33rd season)

TAMU Record: 484-158-47 (31st season)



Story lines

  *   Baylor continues the 2023 season with a road trip to College Station to face the Aggies, Aug. 26, 2023. The Bears are continuing their road swing which started last week at Oregon and Nebraska.

·         The 2023 season marks the 27th season of the Baylor Soccer program. During that time, BU has won four Big 12 titles, advanced to two Elite Eights and had four All-Americans to go with countless All-Big 12 and Academic All-Big 12 honorees.

·         This season also marks the second year of the Michelle Lenard coaching era, as she was selected as the Bears sixth head coach in program history in December of 2021.

·         With the NCAA now allowing a third paid assistant for coaching staffs, volunteer assistant and goalkeepers coach, Cameron Carter was promoted to assistant coach in July of 2023.

·         With the new Big 12 teams joining the conference this season, the Bears will only play 10 of the 13 other opponents this season. The Bears will face all four of the new schools, Cincinnati, UCF, Houston and BYU. BU will not face Oklahoma, Oklahoma State or West Virginia in regular season play.

·         Baylor has a 31 person roster this season and features 16 returners and 15 newcomers.

·         BU has nine starters returning, Madison Martin, Jenna Patterson, Reneta Vargas, Blythe Obar, Ashley Merrill, Ava Colberg, Morgan Greensage, Hallie Augustyn and Hannah Augustyn

·         Baylor lost four starters from the 2022 squad.

·         Joining the 2022 squad are four transfers, Makinzie Short (Oklahoma), Natalie Vatter (Ole Miss), Hannah Boughton (Missouri) and Tyler Isgrig (TCU).

·         The 11 incoming freshmen are, Salma Simonin, Adriana Merriam, Callie Conrad, Brianna Chesley, Theresa McCullough, Georgia Mulholland, Skylar Zinnecker, Claire Kniss, Kaitlin Swann, Caroline Staubach and Riley Franklin.

·         The Bears are coming off of a 1-1 opening week where they defeated the Oregon Ducks, 2-0, before traveling to Nebraska and falling to the Huskers, 2-1.

·         BU’s three goals scored in the first week of play were all scored by newcomers. Freshman Callie Conrad netted a goal against Nebraska, while freshman Skylar Zinnecker and transfer Tyler Isgig found the back of the net against Oregon. Conrad also recorded an assist in the match against Oregon. She is the first freshman to score points in the in each of the Bears first two games of a season since Maddie Algya and Taylor Moon did so in 2018.

·         Goalkeeper Makinzie Short made both starts in goal for the Bears during the first week of play, recording 11 saves and picking up a shutout.

·         The Bears recorded 22 shots against Oregon, the most in a game since Sept. 16, 2021, versus SFA (24).

  *   This season the Bears roster features an international student-athlete for the first time since the 2017 season when the Bears had two. Salma Simonin comes to Baylor from Manchester, United Kingdom.
  *   BU faced two opponents during preseason play, defeating Oklahoma, 3-2, and Tarleton 4-0. The Bears matchup against OU was likely the last time these two teams will face each other as conference opponents, although it was a preseason match.
  *   Merrill and Reneta Vargas were the team’s leading point scorers last season with 10 and are both back this season.
  *   The Bears are 4-14-2 all-time against Oregon, with the last meeting on Sept. 8, 2013, when BU and the Aggies ended in a double-overtime 0-0 draw.

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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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