No. 23 Baylor Softball Set to Host Getterman Classic

[Gilmore, Katy]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 13, 2025

No. 23 Baylor Softball Set to Host Getterman Classic
Bears welcome No. 3 Oklahoma and Hofstra to town
For more information contact: Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182, katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>


No. 23 BAYLOR (3-2) vs GETTERMAN CLASSIC

Friday, Feb. 14 • vs. Hofstra • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+

Saturday, Feb. 15 • vs. Oklahoma • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+

Saturday, Feb. 15 • vs. Hofstra • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+

Sunday, Feb. 16 • vs. Hofstra• Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+

Sunday, Feb. 16 • vs. Oklahoma • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+



Story lines

• Baylor Softball is continuing on as they host Hofstra and Oklahoma in the Getterman Classic. The Bears return home after starting the season on the road at the Aggie Classic, where they went 3-2. The 2024 season will feature a 54-game slate and 28 home games.

• Friday will mark the start of the home season for the Bears, as the 2024 squad went 18-8 last season at home. Making Getterman Stadium a premier place to play, BU has secured a winning record in all but one full competition season since its doors were opened in 1999.

• Baylor will face a familiar foe in Oklahoma this weekend as it faces off against the Sooners for the first time with both teams not in the same conference.

• When the season kicks off, the team comes back to the diamond 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 are looking to build on last year’s season while returning 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.

• After starting with a five-game tournament at Texas A&M, the Bears are hosting a three-team tournament in Waco which will feature two games against Oklahoma and three games against Hofstra.

• BU defeating ACU and Purdue to start the 2025 campaign before falling against No. 7 Texas A&M and Utah State. The Bears ended the Aggie Classic with a 8-2 victory over Villanova to come into weekend two with a 3-2 record.

• Oklahoma leads Baylor in the all-time record 76-14, including 23-9 at home in Waco. BU last faced the Sooners as conference opponents in 2024.

• Baylor is 1-1 against Hofstra in the all-time records, facing them first in 2007 during the Hempstead Regional where the bears won, 7-2. Baylor faced the Pride the following year in 2008 when they fell, 8-7, at the USF Under Armour Invitational.

• Baylor is still ranked in all four polls: No. 24 (Softball America), No. 25 (D1Softball), No. 23 (ESPN/USA Softball) and No. 24 (USA Today/NFCA).

• The Bears will face six opponents in the month of February who are either ranked or receiving votes in the preseason ESPN poll for a total of seven games. Those teams include: No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 6 UCLA, No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 13 Arkansas, No. 15 Missouri and No. 16 Nebraska.

• Leading Baylor offensively during opening weekend was Turiya Coleman who hit .583 going 7-for-12 at the plate with a double and six RBIs. She drew three walks, with a sacrifice hit and was 2-for-2 on stolen bases.

• Baylor’s leading hitter last year, Shaylon Govan, is back for her senior season for the Bears after being named a unanimous First-Team All-American last year. The two-time All-American hit .444 last season while setting Baylor single-season records in walks (48) and on base percentage (.579). Her on base percentage led the nation, while her batting average was top-7 in the nation.

• Picking up All-Big 12 Preseason honors this season were Shaylon Govan and Turiya Coleman. Both Coleman and Govan we also named to D1Softball’s Preseason D100 Player rankings at No. 9 and No. 79, respectively. They were also both in the preseason D1Softball individual position rankings with Govan as the No.1 first baseman in the country and Coleman as the No.6 catcher in the country.

• Shaylon Govan was also names a preseason All-American by Softball America and D1Softball and was named to the USA Softball Top 50 Player of the Year watchlist.

• Govan was named as the preseason No. 11 player in the country and Dariana Orme came in at No. 96 in Softball America’s Preseason Top 100 Player Rankings

• Freshman Karynton Dawson was named as to D1Softball’s D100 Freshman watchlist, while her and Gigi Lindsey were on Softball America’s Freshman watchlist.

• 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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