Orme Twirls No-Hitter as No. 25 Baylor Softball Cruises Past No. 21 Maryland

[Ingram, Brent]

BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 24, 2023

Orme Twirls No-Hitter as No. 25 Softball Cruises Past No. 21 Maryland
Dariana Orme Spins No-Hitter in 5-0 win over Maryland

For more information contact: Katy Gilmore (254.252.2182; katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>)



WACO, Texas -- Dariana Orme – the reigning national pitcher of the week – fired a no-hitter while striking out a career-high 11, leading No. 25 Baylor to a 5-0 win over No. 21 Maryland in the opener of the Baylor Invitational, on Friday afternoon at Getterman Stadium.



Baylor (9-1) saw Orme (4-1) work her second career no-hitter, just a week after she worked the first seven-inning perfect game in program history, a 7-0 win over Stephen F. Austin last Friday. Orme, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association National Pitcher of the Week, used 95 pitches – 66 for strikes – only issuing a two-out walk in the second inning and working around a leadoff error in the third.



Orme, junior out of Vacaville, Calif., retired 21 of the 23 hitters she faced, starting 18 off with first-pitch strikes. She lowered her ERA to 0.58 and has worked 24 innings on the year, allowing only 13 hits.



The Bears have now shutout four of their last five opponents, with the only blemish coming in a 4-3 win over No. 1 Oklahoma on Sunday at Getterman Stadium, Baylor’s first win over a top-ranked foe since 2009.



Orme worked four innings in a start vs. the Sooners, allowing only an unearned run, before being relieved due to pitch-count limitations. The Fresno State transfer has not allowed an earned run over her last three starts, and has worked 18.1 consecutive innings without an earned run scoring.



The play of the game came in the seventh inning with one out, when Maryland clean-up hitter Amelia Lech drilled a sinking line drive into leftfield. Baylor’s Taylor Strain made a hard-charging, diving grab towards the foul line to rob Lech of a knock and preserve the no-hitter for the Bears.



The Bears now own a 1.88 team ERA through their first 67 innings of 2023, fanning 75 and allowing only 44 hits.



Maryland starter Courtney Wyche (4-2) suffered the loss, allowing four runs on four innings. Nicole Bodeaux worked two innings in relief for the Terrapins.



The Terps had a seven-game winning streak snapped with the loss to the red-hot Bears. Maryland has earned wins over No. 3 Oklahoma State and No. 22 Oregon on the year and entered the Baylor Invitational with its highest ranking in any poll since 1999. Maryland opened the Baylor Invite with a five-inning perfect-game win over Texas A&M-Commerce and are coming off a weekend that saw them sweep two-game sets with Virginia and North Carolina.



Baylor plated a run in the second inning, three in the third and one in the fifth.



THE RUNDOWN

Baylor opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning, getting a one-out single from Emily Hott, who stole second for her third steal of the year. After the second out, Sydney Collazos singled into rightfield on a 1-0 offering, allowing Hott to score.



In the third, Baylor plated three runs, getting a one-out walk from Strain, who motored to second after a single through the left side from Amber Toven. Govan then cranked a 1-2 offering out to centerfield, a three-run blast that marked her third homer of the year.



Baylor added on in the fifth, as Toven drew a leadoff walk and Govan singled into centerfield on a two-strike offering. After a sacrifice bunt pushed both runners into scoring position, Hott chopped into an RBI groundout, allowing Toven to score for a 5-0 lead.



HIGHLIGHTS

The Bears plated five runs on seven hits, getting another big game from first baseman Shaylon Govan. A native of Katy, Texas, Govan belted her third homer of the year, a three-run blast in the third, going 2-for-3. She owns 22 RBI through her first 10 games of the year and is off to a .517 (15-for-29) average to open the 2023 season.



Baylor got a two-hit game from Collazos, who drove in a run, with Toven, Hott and McKenzie Wilson adding knocks.



WHAT’S NEXT

Baylor wraps up the four-game opening day of the Baylor Invitational with the finale of the day vs. Minnesota. First pitch on ESPN+ and the Baylor Sports Network, available on 101.3 FM, is slated to begin 30 minutes following the conclusion of the Minnesota vs. Texas A&M-Commerce game.



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Brent Ingram | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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