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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 – April 14, 2021<sub><o:p></o:p></sub></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">SB Falls to Texas State, 7-5<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">Baylor returns to Big 12 action over the weekend at Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">WACO, Texas –</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Baylor </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">softball,
in its first game since April 2, dropped a 7-5 contest to Texas State Wednesday night at Getterman Stadium. <span class="eop"><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">T</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">he Bobcats jumped out to a 4-0 lead by the middle of the third inning before
the Baylor bats got things going in the bottom of the frame to tie things up.<span class="eop"><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Hannah Smith led things off with a single to left field before she moved over to second off a sacrifice bunt by Lou Gilbert. Smith came around to score when
Maddison Kettler singled to left field. That started a string of four-straight singles by the middle of the Baylor order (Kettler, Goose </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">McGlaun, Taylor Ellis and Emily Hott).<span class="eop"><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Josie Bower then had a fielder’s choice to second that brought home a run before Zadie LaValley’s RBI single to center field tied things up.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Texas State regained the lead in the fourth and tacked on a couple more runs through the final four innings.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">The
Lady Bears fought back with a run in the fifth off a sacrifice fly by LaValley that scored Hott.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">HIGHLIGHTS</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Zadie LaValley had her sixth </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">multi-RBI game of the year, a team high.<span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Emily Hott has reached base in 17-straight games.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maddison Kettler had her sixth </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">multi-hit game.<span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Taylor Ellis had her seventh multi-hit game</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Josie Bower hit her sixth double of the </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">season.<span class="scxw136489900"> </span><br>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">STAT OF THE DAY</span></b></span><span class="scxw136489900"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><br>
100<b> – </b>Career starts for Lou Gilbert. She has started every game of her Baylor career.</span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">TOP QUOTES</span></b></span><span class="scxw136489900"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><br>
<i>Baylor head coach Glenn Moore on the game…</i></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">"When you’re playing a very good team, you need to play your best. It’s unrealistic to think that we could be at our best with a third of the team out for
the last 10 days. We competed hard but made too many mistakes. The positive is we got to play. Now we need to fix some things and become more competitive as we enter back into Big 12 play.”</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">UP NEXT</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">The Lady Bears head to</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Stillwater, Okla., to take on Oklahoma State
in a three-game series. The first pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Cowgirl Stadium.<span class="eop"><span style="color:#201F1E"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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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