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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 1, 2022</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Softball Sweeps Prairie View A&M in Midweek Doubleheader</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears complete first perfect game in program history</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Katy Gilmore, 254-252-2182, </span><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu" title="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"> </span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">THE RUNDOWN </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WACO, Texas – </b>Baylor softball picked up a midweek doubleheader sweep of Prairie View A&M Tuesday at Getterman Stadium, making history with the first perfect game in program history.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Game 1: Baylor 9, Prairie View A&M 0<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Freshman Kaci West pitched the first perfect game in softball history.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the five-inning run-rule, Baylor got things started offensively when leadoff batter Emily Hott reached on an error and stole second before a single from McKenzie Wilson plated her for the first run of the game. The Bears got three more
runs across in the inning on a single from Sydney Collazos, a wild pitch and a groundout.
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<p class="MsoNormal">After a three-up, three-down inning for the Panthers in the top of the second, the Bears tacked on two more runs after an RBI groundout from Wilson and a double from Collazos. That gives Collazos a team-high five doubles for the season.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Both teams went scoreless in the third inning with West picking up another strikeout.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sealing the deal for the eight-run run rule, Baylor scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take the 9-0 lead. Those runs came on a single from Hott and a two-RBI double down the left field line from Taylor Strain.
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<p class="MsoNormal">West closed it out in the top of the fifth, getting a little help from the defense for the last three outs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This marked the first perfect game in Baylor softball history and the second complete game for the freshman.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Game 2: Baylor 3, Prairie View A&M 2<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In a slower start to the second game, the Bears held Prairie View scoreless through three innings while taking the 2-0 lead.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kendall Cross hit her second triple of the year, scoring Caroline Rowatt after the freshman reached on a single. Cross scored on the next play on a sacrifice fly from Campbell Selman.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After a scoreless third, the Panthers plated a run in the top of the fourth on a RBI single to right field.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the fifth inning, Wilson singled, stole second and advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt before scoring on Strain’s second hit of the game.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Prairie View A&M threatened again in the top of the sixth, plating a run, before Rachel Hertenberger entered the circle and struck out a batter before a 6-4-3 double play ended the inning.
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<p class="MsoNormal">A 1-2-3 inning for the Panthers in the top of the seventh was enough for the Bears to take the 3-2 win and secure the doubleheader midweek sweep.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">HIGHLIGHTS <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">First perfect game in program history<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kaci West’s second complete game of the season, picking up her third win<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rachel Hertenberger recorded her first save<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Maren Judisch picked up her first win of the season in the circle<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears outhit the Panthers 11-0 in game one<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">16 different Bears started in the two games today<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sydney Collazos picks up her fifth double of the season, to lead the Bears<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">McKenzie Wilson has recorded a hit in 10-straight games<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">TOP QUOTES</span></b><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Glenn Moore<span style="background:white"> on the game…</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“A lot of credit goes to her, of course, and I certainly am proud of her for the fact that she made history tonight. No one deserves it any more than Kaci West. If it’s a perfect game with all strikeouts, then she gets all the credit, but
we had a defense that played really well behind her and she would be the first to acknowledge that. Pitch calling came from Coach (Britni) Newman, I had very little to do with that perfect game. I’m very proud of the team and I’m very proud of Kaci for getting
to make history tonight.” <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Kaci West on the perfect game…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Honestly, I am speechless about it actually. It’s awesome. So funny story about that, I was sitting there joking with our athletic trainer before, and I felt good at warmups, and I said ‘You know, I’m going to go out there and throw a
perfect game,’ not knowing that it was actually going to happen”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">- BaylorBears.com - </span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">__________________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:6.5pt;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#154734">Katy Gilmore</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletic Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">O: 254-710-2743 | C: 254-252-2182</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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