Baylor Soccer Set to Close Out Regular Season at Hosuton

[Gilmore, Katy]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – October 22, 2023

Baylor Soccer Set to Close Out Regular Season at Hosuton
Bears and Cougars facing off for the seventh time in program history

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 at HOUSTON
Monday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. CT
Carl Lewis International Complex
Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+

BAYLOR (8-6-3)

Head Coach: Michelle Lenard (North Texas, 2003)

Career Record: 213-94-30 (16th season)

BU Record: 12-17-5 (2nd season)



HOUSTON (8-7-2)

Head Coach: Jaime Frias (Centenary (LA), 2000)

Career Record: 63-57-11 (7th season)

UH Record: 14-14-5 (2nd season)



Story lines

  *   Baylor soccer closes out its regular season slate this week, as they take on Houston on Monday, Oct. 23, at the Carl Lewis Invitational Complex.
  *   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 8-6-3 on the season so far, tying a win total from the 2021 season. With one more win, the Bears will record the most wins in a season since the 2018 campaign when BU made it to the Elite Eight.
  *   The Bears have compiled seven shutout wins so far this season and have scored 28 goals. BU’s seven shutouts are the most in a season since 2021 when the Bears finished with eight.
  *   The Bears 28 goals this season are also the most since that 2018 season when the Bears won a Big 12 title.
  *   Eleven different players have scored this season. Tyler Isgrig and Ashley Merrill both lead the way with 19 points. Isgrig’s points come from six goals and seven assists, while Merrill’s come from a team-leading nine 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 six of the last seven conference matchups.
  *   Six Bears have recorded their first-career goals so far this season.
  *   The Bears had not recorded a loss through the past five games and held a 3-3-2 record in conference play before narrowly falling to No. 21 TCU, 1-0, last Sunday.
  *   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.
  *   BU holds the 5-1-0 all-time record over the Cougars, with the Bears defeating the Houston, 3-0, on Sept. 1, 2022. This will be the first meeting between the two squads as conference opponents.



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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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