No. 21 Baylor Softball Readies for Midweek Contest at UTSA

Mon Apr 8 16:18:40 CDT 2024

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – APRIL 8, 2024
No. 21 Baylor Softball Readies for Midweek Contest at UTSA
Bears facing Roadrunners for 41st time in program history
For more information contact: Katy Gilmore, 254-252-2182, katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>

No. 21 BAYLOR (21-14, 5-10 Big 12) at UTSA (12-29, 3-12 AAC)

Tuesday, April 9 • at UTSA • San Antonio, Texas • Roadrunner Field • Watch: ESPN+ • Radio: 101.3 FM

Story lines

• Baylor Softball heads south for a midweek contest against UTSA on Tuesday, April 9, at Roadrunner Field in San Antonio.

• The Bears (21-14, 5-10 Big 12) hold the all-time record over the Roadrunners 27-13 and the record in San Antonio, 9-6.

• These two teams last faced off during the 2023 season when BU took down UTSA, 8-0, in in a five-inning run-rule.

• BU picked up its second-straight conference-series win of the season last week, taking down Texas Tech in two of the three games on the weekend.

• The Bears snapped a 15-game nonconference win-streak last Wednesday when they fell against No. 23 Texas State, 6-1, in San Marcos. They are 16-4 in nonconference games this season.

• Twelve of Baylor’s losses this season have come against teams ranked or receiving votes in polls at some point in the season.

• The team comes back to the diamond with a veteran squad that consists of seven seniors and 17 upperclassmen.

• After ending the 2023 campaign back in the NCAA postseason, the Bears are looking to build on last year’s 40-win season while returning all but one senior, Josie Bower, from the roster.

• Baylor added three freshmen to the squad with pitcher Lexie Warncke and infielders, Paige King and Leah Cran.

• Baylor is ranked in two of the national polls No. 21 in ESPN/USA Softball and No. 25 in NCA/USA Today as of April 2. New polls come out on Tuesday, April 9.

• The Bears have already faced eight ranked teams this season: No. 2 Tennessee, No. 23 Louisiana, No. 25 Oregon, No. 19 UCLA, No. 13 Missouri, No. 7 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 23 Texas State.

• Baylor is currently ranked No. 18 in the RPI standings.

• RyLee Crandall is leading the way in the circle this season with a 10-5 record, with 22 appearances and a 2.20 ERA. She has 82 total strikeouts and leads the conference only stats with 47 conference strikeouts.

• Crandall has also picked up the Bears’ only weekly Big 12 award so far this season, as she won Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors for BU’s win over No. 7 Oklahoma State, where she pitched a one-hit complete-game shutout. The sophomore was one hit away from a perfect game, effectively retiring 21 of 22 at bats.

• Aliyah Binford has a team-leading 95 strikeouts and holds a 6-8 record. She is currently ranked No.1 in the Big 12 in strikeouts.

• Shaylon Govan leads the Bears with a .455 average, 40 hits, six doubles and three home runs. Her batting average is first in the Big 12 and 14th nationally, while her on base percentage is ranks 3rd nationally. With her .586 on base percentage, Govan is ranked 19th in the country in walks per game and has been walked 27 times so far this season.

• Kaci West has three saves on the season, which is good for first in the Big 12.

• The 2024 squad has turned 18 total double plays already this season. The Bears are ranked 20th nationally in double plays turned per game (.51) with 18 turned through 34 games.

• Sixteen different Bears have recorded a hit so far this season, with Govan leading the way with 40, followed by Emily Hott with 35. There are 11 Bears with double-digit hits already on the season.
• Head coach Glenn Moore hit his 1,000th career win last season, when the Bears took down UT Arlington on March 23, 2023. He is looking for his 900th win at Baylor this season and is one win away from that milestone.

-BaylorBears.com-

--
__________________________________

Katy Gilmore | Associate Director of Athletic Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: 254-710-2743 | C: 254-252-2182

[cidimage002.png at 01D79F3C.9D2300D0]<http://baylorbears.com/>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.baylor.edu/pipermail/localmedia/attachments/20240408/931b23f3/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 11690 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <http://mailman.baylor.edu/pipermail/localmedia/attachments/20240408/931b23f3/attachment-0001.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: BU SB Game_Notes 2024_UTSA.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 2104520 bytes
Desc: BU SB Game_Notes 2024_UTSA.pdf
URL: <http://mailman.baylor.edu/pipermail/localmedia/attachments/20240408/931b23f3/attachment-0001.pdf>