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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">BAYLOR AT MINNESOTA</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">Thursday, Aug. 19 at 6 p.m.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Video: BTN+</span><br>
<span style="background:white"> </span><br>
<b><span style="background:white">BAYLOR AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE</span></b><br>
<span style="background:white">Sunday, Aug. 22 at 1 p.m.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Dacotah Field</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Video: gobison.com</span><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background:white">BAYLOR BEARS</span></strong><br>
<span style="background:white">2021 Record: 0-0</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Head Coach: </span></span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=340"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#154734;background:white">Paul Jobson</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">Career: 89-52-20 (9th season)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">BU: 89-52-20 (9th season)</span><br>
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<b><span style="background:white">MINNESOTA GOPHERS</span></b><br>
<span style="background:white">2021 Record: 0-0</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Head Coach: Erin Chastain</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Career: 119-113-34 (15th season)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Minnesota: 0-0-0 (1st season)</span><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background:white">NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON</span></strong><br>
<span style="background:white">2021 Record: 0-0</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Head Coach: Mike Regan</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Career: 24-22-4 (4th season)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">North Dakota State: 24-22-4 (4th season)</span><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background:white">STORY LINES</span></strong><br>
<span style="background:white">• Baylor opens its 2021 season on the road with a match at Minnesota on Thursday before continuing to North Dakota to wrap things up on Sunday. This is the first time since 2016 - and only eighth time in program history that the
Bears begin a season away from home.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• BU is 16-6-2 all-time in season openers. The last time the Bears won on the road to start a season was at Detroit on Aug. 19, 2016, when Baylor won, 2-0.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The 2021 season marks the 25th anniversary of the Baylor Soccer program. To celebrate, BU unveiled an updated crest for the season.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The Bears return close to their whole roster from the 2020 season that featured plenty of twists and turns along the way due to COVID-19. Every starter returns for BU to give the Bears plenty of experience across the field.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Adding to that experience is a talented group of freshmen as Baylor welcomes six for the 2021 season in addition to a graduate transfer in goalkeeper <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10691"><span style="color:#154734">Alyssa
Navarrete</span></a></span></dfn> from Georgetown.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Baylor finished the conference slate of 2020 tied for fourth place in the league with a 3-3-3 record. Six of those results were shutouts by BU's "No Goal Patrol." The Bears opened the season tying eventual Big 12 champ TCU,
the lone team to not be defeated by the Horned Frogs in league play. A month later, Baylor shut out No. 4 Oklahoma State in double overtime before following that up with the first win over a top-five program (2-0 over No. 5 Kansas) since the Bears defeated
Texas A&M, 2-1, in overtime on Oct. 12, 1997.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Fifth-year senior <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10623"><span style="color:#154734">Jennifer Wandt</span></a></span></dfn> returns between the pipes for
the Bears. The Brookfield, Wisc., native became the program's all-time leader in career shutouts with 32 as she posted seven clean sheets a season ago. Wandt is tied with Melanie Wilson (Texas A&M, 1996-99) for fourth in Big 12 history. Additionally, Wandt
is third in program history with 257 career saves, second in goalkeeper minutes played at 7.055 and second with 44 career wins.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Another fifth-year senior for Baylor is <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10611"><span style="color:#154734">Ally Henderson-Ashkinos</span></a></span></dfn>,
who married former Baylor pitcher Jacob Ashkinos in July 2021. Henderson-Ashkinos is tied for eighth in program history with 13 career assists. The Wichita, Kan., native is also fifth in program history with 6,294 career minutes played.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Joining Wandt on this year's Preseason All-Big 12 team is <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10617"><span style="color:#154734">Taylor Moon</span></a></span></dfn>.
Moon led the attack for BU a year ago with six goals. Half of them came against Louisiana on March 27. That marked the 19th hat trick in Baylor history and the first since <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10614"><span style="color:#154734">Elizabeth
Kooiman's</span></a></span></dfn> against West Virginia in 2019.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Moon netted another hat trick on Aug. 12 in Baylor's first exhibition of the preseason against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. It took her a total of 13 minutes to score three goals.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Joining Moon on the front line for Baylor this season are <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10606"><span style="color:#154734">Mackenzie Anthony</span></a></span></dfn>, <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10614"><span style="color:#154734">Elizabeth
Kooiman</span></a></span></dfn>, <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10616"><span style="color:#154734">Olivia Mack</span></a></span></dfn> and <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10695"><span style="color:#154734">Haven
Terry</span></a></span></dfn>. Anthony had a pair of goals last year, while Kooiman netted her lone goal of the season at WVU and Mack had the golden goal against Oklahoma to wrap up fall action. Terry, a freshman from Missouri City, Texas, will see plenty
of time for the Bears.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Familiar faces in Henderson-Ashkinos and <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10605"><span style="color:#154734">Maddie Algya</span></a></span></dfn> hold things
down in the midfield for Baylor. Joining them in the middle will be <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10618"><span style="color:#154734">Gabby Mueller</span></a></span></dfn>, <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10615"><span style="color:#154734">Brooklyn
Kouns</span></a></span></dfn> and <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10609"><span style="color:#154734">Giuliana Cunningham</span></a></span></dfn>. Henderson-Ashkinos turned into a goal-scoring
machine with three goals in the spring with Algya and Mueller capable of finding the back of the net from outside the box.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The heralded Baylor backline, aka the "No Goal Patrol" has added depth to the experience that returns in <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10619"><span style="color:#154734">Sarah
Norman</span></a></span></dfn>, <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10604"><span style="color:#154734">Kayley Ables</span></a></span></dfn>, <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10613"><span style="color:#154734">Chloe
Japic</span></a></span></dfn> and <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10612"><span style="color:#154734">Sarah Hornyak</span></a></span></dfn>. Mix in the speed of <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10693"><span style="color:#154734">Ava
Colberg</span></a></span></dfn> and the play of <dfn><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10694"><span style="color:#154734">Kate Zimmerman</span></a></span></dfn> - both are freshmen - and the
Baylor line of defense is even stronger.</span></span><o:p></o:p></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>
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