Baylor Softball Prepares for Road Series at Houston

[Gilmore, Katy]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 3, 2025

Baylor Softball Prepares for Road Series at Houston
Bears hold the 28-15 all-time record over the Cougars
For more information contact: Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182, katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>


BAYLOR (15-21, 4-8 Big 12) at HOUSTON (20-13, 3-7 Big 12)

Friday, April 4 • vs Houston • Houston, Texas | Cougar Softball Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+

Saturday, April 5 • vs Houston • Houston, Texas | Cougar Softball Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+

Sunday, April 6 • vs Houston • Houston, Texas | Cougar Softball Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+



Story lines

• Baylor Softball is preparing for a three-game conference series at Houston, for its fifth conference series of the season.

• The Bears lead the all-time record over the Cougars, 28-15, including the 10-9 record in Houston. Baylor faced Houston during the regular season in 2024, sweeping the Cougars in the three-game conference series in Waco, scoring at least six runs in every contest.

• BU is coming off of a three-game series against UCF where they took the series win over the Knights 2-1. BU took down UCF in the first two contests before falling in the series finale.

• The Bears did not compete in a midweek contest this week.

• During the 2025 season, the team is competing with a veteran squad that consists of 12 seniors and 15 upperclassmen.

• After ending the 2024 campaign back in a Super Regional for the first time since 2017, the Bears returned 15 off of the 2024 squad, while adding four transfers and seven freshmen.

• The Bears four transfers include Brooklyn Carter (Washington), Turiya Coleman (Houston), Carson Frier (UCF) and Lillie Walker (Duke). Coleman and Frier add depth to the Bears infield/catching position, while Carter adds speed to the outfield and Walker tosses left-handed in the circle.

• The Bears faced nine opponents so far this season who were either ranked or receiving votes in the preseason/weekly ESPN poll for a total of 14 games. Those teams include: No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 6 UCLA, No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 13 Arkansas, No. 15 Missouri, No. 16 Nebraska, No. 1 Texas, No. 12 Texas Tech and No. 13 Oklahoma State. Thirteen of Baylor’s 19 losses on the season have come against opponents ranked in the Top 25.

• Shaylon Govan leads the Bears offensively with a .397 average so far this season, only missing four opening weekend games due to a class conflict. She has a team-leading five home runs, five doubles and 15 RBIs.

• Karynton Dawson is leading the Bears with 16 RBIs, closely followed by Govan (15), Turiya Coleman (13) and Abi Flores (13).

• Lillie Walker leads the Bears in the circle with 56 strikeouts with 25 appearances.

• Walked tossed 14.1 innings against the Knights last weekend picking up two complete games and one shutout. She struck out seven, while only allowing one earned run through both complete game performances. She didn’t allow an extra-base hit in her shutout and only walked three over three appearances.

• Defensively, Presleigh Pilon is ranked third nationally in assists so far this season with 97. Amber Toven is tied for ninth in assists with 90. Those two together have helped contribute to the Bears’ 19 double plays so far this season which ranks them 15th nationally.

• Shaylon Govan now holds the second-place spot in career walks at Baylor. She currently has 125 and is eight walks away from tying the career record.

• As Baylor’s unanimous First-Team All-American last season, Govan, is currently in ninth place nationally in on base percentage (.589) after leading the nation in that category last season.

• Head coach Glenn Moore is in his 25th season at the helm of the Baylor Softball program. In a quarter of a century, Moore is Baylor Athletics’ active all-time wins leader across all sports. He has progressed up the active NCAA coaching ranks, now ranking No. 17 in total victories among active Division I head coaches.



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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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