Baylor Softball Prepares to Host Baylor Invitational

[Gilmore, Katy]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 27, 2025

Baylor Softball Prepares to Host Baylor Invitational
Bears welcome North Texas, Sam Houston and California Baptist to Getterman Stadium
For more information contact: Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182, katy_gilmore at baylor.edu<mailto:katy_gilmore at baylor.edu>


BAYLOR (7-8) vs BAYLOR INVITATIONAL

Friday, Feb. 28 • vs. North Texas • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+

Friday, Feb. 28 • vs. California Baptist • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+

Saturday, Mar. 1 • vs. Sam Houston • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+

Saturday, Mar. 1 • vs. TBD • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+

Sunday, Mar. 2 • vs. TBD • Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+



Story lines

• Baylor Softball is returning home to host its second tournament of the season, the Baylor Invitational, where they will welcome North Texas, Sam Houston and California Baptist to town.

• The tournament will feature each team playing each other once until the One Seed vs Four Seed and Two Seed vs Three Seed games on Saturday afternoon. After play on Saturday the winning and losing teams will face off in a consolation and championship game before a winner is announced at the end of the tournament.

• During the 2025 season, 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 hosted a three-team tournament during the second week of play, the Getterman Classic, where they welcomed No. 3 Oklahoma and Hofstra to town. the Bears went 3-2 at the Getterman Classic defeating Hofstra three times and falling against the defending National Champions, Oklahoma, twice.

• At the Bears’ third tournament of the season the Mary Nutter Classic, the Bears recorded a walk-off win over Nevada before falling in four-straight games against ranked opponents.

• Baylor leads North Texas 30-9 in the all-time record books, with the Bears last facing the Mean Green during the 2019 season, when Baylor won 5-2.

• BU has never faced off against California Baptist.

• Baylor lead the all-time record of Sam Houston, 57-30, including a 32-12 lead in Waco. The Bear last faced the Bearkats during the 2024 season when they picked up the 8-0 run-rule on the road in Huntsville.

• 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. Seven of Baylor’s eight losses on the season have come against opponents ranked in the Top 25.

• Leading Baylor offensively so far this season, Brooklyn Carter is hitting .348 with 16 hits, three doubles, a home run and eight RBIs.

• 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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