Baylor Soccer Set to Face Cincinnati, No. 21 TCU

Wed Oct 11 14:48:25 CDT 2023

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – October 11, 2023

Baylor Soccer Set to Face Cincinnati, No. 21 TCU
Bears will close out their regular-season home slate with Bearcats, before heading to TCU

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. CINCINNATI
Thursday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. CT
Betty Lou Mays Field
Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+

BAYLOR at No. 21 TCU
Sunday, Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. CT
Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium
Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+

BAYLOR (6-5-2)

Head Coach: Michelle Lenard (North Texas, 2003)

Career Record: 213-93-29 (16th season)

BU Record: 12-16-4 (2nd season)

Cincinnati (3-6-5)

Head Coach: Erica Demers (Oakland, 2004)

Career Record: 53-44-24 (7th season)

UC Record: 3-6-5 (1st season)

TCU (9-4-2)

Head Coach: Eric Bell (Wooster, 1992)

Career Record: 138-85-37 (13th season)

TCU Record: 131-75-37 (12th season)

Story lines

  *   Baylor soccer continues to work its way through the 2023 season this week, as they host Cincinnati on Thursday, Oct. 12, before heading to Fort Worth, Texas to face No. 21 TCU on Sunday, Oct. 15.
  *   Thursday’s home match will mark the annual scarf giveaway and will also help celebrate two BU seniors, Jenna Patterson and Makinzie Short. The Bears third senior, Madison Martin, was honored at last Thursday’s match.
  *   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.
  *   The Bears are 8-5-2 on the season so far, coming off of a two-win week, where the Bears posted took down Iowa State at home before heading on the road to defeat the UCF Knights.
  *   The Bears have compiled seven shutout wins so far this season and have scored 26 goals. BU’s seven shutouts are the most in a season since 2021 when the Bears finished with eight.
  *   Eleven different players have scored this season. Tyler Isgrig leads the way with 19 points, off of six goals and seven assists. Ashley Merrill follows behind with 17 points from a team-leading eight goals and one assist.
  *   With Isgrig’s seven assists on the season, it marks the most by a Bear since 2018 when Ally Henderson Ashkinos and Jackie Crowther both had seven as Baylor rolled to a 20-6 ledger that season.
  *   Five newcomers have scored goals so far this season: Callie Conrad, Skylar Zinnecker, Theresa McCullough, Natalie Vatter and Salma Simonin.
  *   Fifteen different Bears have recorded a point this season.
  *   Goalkeepers Makinzie Short and Ashlee Zirkel have split time in goal this season, with Zirkel starting in the last five conference matchups.
  *   Six Bears have recorded their first-career goals so far this season. The most recent coming from Salma Simonin who has recorded a goal in the last two matches.
  *   The Bears have not recorded a loss through the past four games and now hold a 3-3-1 record in conference play.
  *   Against UCF this week, A clutch goal off the foot of sophomore Hallie Augustyn with less than 10 minutes to play lifted the Bears to a 2-1 road win over the Knights.
  *   BU’s seven goals against ACU this season was the first seven-goal game since Sept. 18, 2016, when the Bears beat Jackson State at home, 7-0.
  *   Also, in the win over ACU, Ashley Merrill recorded the first hat trick for the Bears, since Taylor Moon did so on March 27, 2021, vs Louisiana.
  *   Merrill now ties Baylor records with three second-half goals and six second-half points. Her three goals in under four minutes is the fastest hat trick in Baylor soccer history. She also has now scored in five matches so far this season.
  *   Baylor’s four goals in the win against Iowa State last week marked the second time this season the Bears have scored four or more goals. Ashley Merrill became the first Bears to record eight goals in a season since Mackenzie Anthony did so during the 2021 season.
  *   The Bears and Cincinnati Bearcats will be facing off for the first time in program history on Thursday.
  *   BU holds the 14-3-4 all-time record over the Horned Frogs, with the Bears falling last season 0-2. The Bears have won or tied TCU in five of the last six matchups.

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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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