Baylor Soccer Readies for a Pair of Road Contests in Utah

[Gilmore, Katy]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 16, 2024

Baylor Soccer Readies for a Pair of Road Contests in Utah
Bears to face BYU and Utah on the road
For more information contact: Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182, katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>

BAYLOR (7-6-3) at BYU (6-5-4)
Oct. 17, 2024 • 8 p.m. CT • Watch: ESPN+ • Provo, Utah • South Field

BAYLOR (7-6-3) at UTAH (6-5-4)
Oct. 20, 2024 • 2 p.m. CT • Watch: ESPN+ • Salt Lake City, Utah • Ute Field

Story lines

  *   Baylor is readying to finish the regular season with three-straight road contests, first starting with a trip to Utah for a pair of road contests at BYU on Thursday, Oct. 17, and at Utah on Sunday, Oct. 20.
  *   The 2024 season marks the 28th 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 third 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 new Big 12 teams joining the conference this season, the Bears will only play 11 of the 15 other opponents this season. The Bears will face all four of the new schools, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah. BU will not face Cincinnati, UCF, Kansas or Kansas State in regular season play.
  *   The Bears are 7-6-3 so far on the season, with four of BU’s losses coming against ranked or receiving votes opponents (No. 18 Mississippi State, No. 22 Iowa, No. 15 Oklahoma State and RV Texas Tech). The Bears most recently fell against West Virginia, 2-0.
  *   Baylor has a 33 person roster this season and features 25 returners and eight newcomers.
  *   Returning to the squad for the first time since the 2022 season in fifth-year Marissa Gray. After working for the past year and applying to PT school, Gray re-joined the Bears to use her fifth year of eligibility. She hasn’t seen playing time since the 2019 season due to injury but returns to the pitch as a veteran on the backline.
  *   This season the Bears roster features two international student-athletes for the first time since the 2017 season. Salma Simonin returns to Baylor from Manchester, United Kingdom and Hilary Washington joins the Bears from Wellesley, Ontario, Canada.
  *   Tyler Isgrig leads the Bears so far this season in points with 16, off of five goals and six assists. She has played the fifth most minutes so far this season (1286).
  *   The junior forward, Isgrig, currently sits at fifth in most career assists in BU’s record books with 18 so far with assists from both TCU and Baylor.
  *   Joining Isgrig with multiple goals this season are Ashley Merrill, Hallie Augustyn, Hannah Augustyn and Callie Conrad, while Kai Hayes has one goal. BU has two team goals this year from own goals, including one against Colorado.
  *   In the Bears’ 4-0 win over Arizona State, four different Bears scored for the second time this season. It also marks the first time since 2019 the Bears have scored four or more goals in three games in a season.
  *   Azul Alvarez has posted five shutout wins this season, with a career-high nine saves twice last week in the Bears’ 4-0 victory over Arizona State.
  *   Alvarez and Conrad have picked up the Bears’ only Big 12 conference weekly award so far this season, being named Goalkeeper and Offensive Player of the Week (8/28).
  *   Baylor is 1-2 all-time against BYU, falling 4-0 last season against the Cougars.
  *   BU is 1-1 all-time against the Utah Utes, last facing them in 2003 and falling 3-2.
  *   Baylor is currently sitting at No. 46 in the RPI rankings. The Big 12 as a whole has eight teams sitting in the top 50 in RPI rankings.

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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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