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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 12, 2021<sub><o:p></o:p></sub></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">SB Sweeps First Day at Lopes Up Classic<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Nine of Baylor’s 20 hits went for extra bases, including three home runs<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Media link:
</span></b><a href="http://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSoftball" title="http://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSoftball"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">http://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSoftball</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Krista Pirtle, 254-447-8610,
</span><a href="mailto:Krista_Pirtle@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Krista_Pirtle@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">PHOENIX, Ariz. –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> Baylor went undefeated on Friday afternoon as the Lady Bears picked up a pair of wins over Northern Illinois and GCU.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Whatever momentum the Lady Bears had from Goose McGlaun’s walk-off home run against NIU carried over to the GCU game as the BU offense exploded for 12 runs off 11 hits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">GAME 1 – BAYLOR 3, NIU 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Facing a 2-2 count as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the seventh inning with the game all tied up, fifth-year senior Goose McGlaun crushed a solo shot over the right field wall to walk it off for the
Lady Bears for a 3-2 victory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor tied things up in the sixth inning as the hits started to fall for the Lady Bears. Aliyah Binford led things off with a double down the left field line, and Ana Watson followed with a single through
the left side.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Maddison Kettler brought the first run home for BU with a single to left field before a big swing by Taylor Ellis tied things up with an RBI single to right field.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">NIU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning as both runs were unearned. For the rest of the game, the Huskies only had three base runners as the Baylor defense locked it down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Sidney Holman-Mansell pitched the entire game for the Lady Bears and picked up the win to move to 4-0 on the season. Holman-Mansell gave up two unearned runs off four hits with seven strikeouts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">McGlaun and Ana Watson each finished the first game with two hits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">GAME 2 – BAYLOR 12, GCU 1 (5)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Zadie LaValley picked up where she left off the night before as the freshman catcher crushed a two-run bomb in the top of the second inning to give the Lady Bears a lead they’d never relinquish.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The score remained 2-0 in favor of BU until GCU got on the board in the third. But the Baylor offense roared to life an inning later with nine runs off seven hits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ana Watson led off the frame with a walk, and LaValley followed that up with a double to right center field. Maddison Kettler then singled to second base and everyone advanced a base off a GCU error.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Nicky Dawson picked up an RBI before Lou Gilbet doubled to center field to score another run for the Lady Bears. Goose McGlaun hit a single, and Aliyah Binford had an RBI single to right field before another
error by GCU allowed a run to score.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Watson stepped up to the plate for the second time in the inning and jacked her second career home run over the center field wall to score three more runs for BU. The third-year sophomore delivered again an
inning later with an RBI double.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Gia Rodoni picked up the win as she gave up one run off six hits with four strikeouts through four innings of work. Maren Judisch came on in relief in the fifth as GCU was retired in order to end the game.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">HIGHLIGHTS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Goose McGlaun hit the second home run of the season and 31<sup>st</sup> of her career vs. NIU.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Zadie LaValley hit her second homer of the season in her first at-bat against GCU.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ana Watson went yard for the second time in her career against GCU. The third-year sophomore had herself a game at the plate vs. GCU as she finished 2-for-3 with four RBI and three
runs scored.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Nicky Dawson has reached base in every game she’s played this season (15) as she had a hit vs. NIU and recorded a walk vs. GCU.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Of Baylor’s 20 hits on the day, nine of them went for extra bases.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">STAT OF THE DAY
<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">12 – Number of runs scored against GCU, a season high.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">TOP QUOTES<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor head coach Glenn Moore on the day…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“After a rough start for our defense in game one, Sidney (Holman-Mansell) took control and allowed us to stay close enough to rally late in the game and finish with a nice opposite field home run from Goose
(McGlaun). We really broke the bats out in the second game and never let up. I like the blood in the water mentality of game two.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt">UP NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt">The Lady Bears wrap up the Lopes Up Classic against Northern Illinois and GCU on Saturday before returning to Tempe for a rematch at No. 9 Arizona State.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0A5026">Krista Pirtle</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0A5026"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">O: 254-710-3065 | C: 254-447-8610</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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