Baylor Soccer Heads to the 2024 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Championship

Tue Oct 29 11:00:00 CDT 2024

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 29, 2024

Baylor Soccer Heads to the 2024 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Championship
Bears to face the Arizona Wildcats in the first round
For more information contact: Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182, katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>

BAYLOR (7-7-5) at BIG 12 TOURNAMENT
vs Arizona • Oct. 30, 2024 • 5:30 p.m. CT • Watch: ESPN+ • Kansas City, Mo. • CPKC Stadium

Story lines

  *   Baylor soccer heads to the 2024 Sprouts Farmers market Big 12 Soccer Championship in Kansas City as the No. 10 seed and will play No. 7 seed Arizona on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at CPKC Stadium.
  *   The postseason Big 12 soccer event returns to Kansas City, Missouri at CPKC Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Current, after spending three seasons in Round Rock, Texas.
  *   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 7-7-5 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 recorded a 1-1 draw against Iowa State, to end the regular season at No. 10 in the Big 12 standings.
  *   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 19, off of six goals and seven assists. She has played the fifth most minutes so far this season (1449).
  *   The junior forward, Isgrig, currently sits at fifth in most career assists in BU’s record books with 19 so far with assists from both TCU and Baylor. Isgrig’s six goals on the season ties a career-high for most goals in a season. She has totaled six goals in each of the three seasons of her career.
  *   Joining Isgrig with multiple goals this season are Ashley Merrill, Hallie Augustyn, Hannah Augustyn and Callie Conrad, while Kai Hayes and Skye Leach have one goal each. BU has two team goals this year from own goals, including one against Colorado.
  *   Skye Leach scored for first-career goal in the Bears’ 1-1 tie against Iowa State, as she found the back of the net unassisted to score the equalizer in the 85th minute.
  *   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 10 saves in the Bears’ 3-3 tie against BYU.
  *   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).
  *   BU will face Arizona for the second time this season, after falling to the Wildcats, 1-0, during the regular season.
  *   Baylor is looking for its first Big 12 title since 2017 when it takes the field in Kansas City. The Bears have had success in the Big 12 Championship over the years, posting a 15-15-1 record over the years. BU ranks third in the Big 12 in total wins in the Big 12 Tournament history. Only Texas A&M and Nebraska have more Big 12 Tournament victories in their history.
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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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