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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">March
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor Softball Heads to Hawaii for Rainbow Wahine Classic<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bears will face Cal, Hawaii and Oklahoma<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Katy Gilmore, 254-252-2182, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%"><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu" title="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"> </span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Wednesday, March 9 • vs. Cal • Honolulu, Hawaii | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Wednesday, March 9 • vs. Hawaii • Honolulu, Hawaii | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM • TV: ESPN+<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Thursday, March 10 • vs. Oklahoma • Honolulu, Hawaii | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Friday, March 11 • vs. Cal • Honolulu, Hawaii | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Radio: 101.3 FM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Story lines</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">• Baylor Softball is heading to Honolulu, Hawaii for the Rainbow Wahine Classic, where they will
face off against Cal, Hawaii, and Oklahoma. The contest against Oklahoma will be a non-conference game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">• This season marks the sixth time the Bears are heading to the Aloha State, they have previously
competed in tournaments in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2013 and 2016. Coach Moore has led the team in Hawaii for all but one of those years.
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">• Coach Moore is 13-9 overall in Hawaii tournaments, most recently going 5-0 during the 2016 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">• The Bears are coming off of two doubleheader series with Prairie View A&M and Texas A&M Corpus
Christi, where they swept the Panthers in the midweek matchup and split with the Islanders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">• Freshman Kaci West, recorded the first perfect game in program history in game one against Prairie
View, going five perfect inning with five strikeouts. She also went a career-high 5.1 innings against the Islanders, recording a career-high six strikeouts for a 0.68 ERA during the week, the second-best in the Big 12. She picked up Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the
Week honors for her performances.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">• BU has previously met with all of the teams they are competing against in the Rainbow Wahine
Classic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">• Leading the charge offensively is McKenzie Wilson who is leading the Big 12 currently in hits
(28) and triples (4), and is second in stolen bases with 9. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">• Sydney Collazos is also making waves offensively as she is first on the team in doubles with five and currently has a 12 game on base streak.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Cal</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Cal leads 7-4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Waco: Cal leads 2-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Berkeley, Calif.: Never Met<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Neutral: Cal leads 5-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Baylor leads 5-4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Waco: Never Met<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Honolulu, Hawai’i: Baylor leads 5-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">OKLAHOMA LEADS 66-13<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Waco: Oklahoma leads 20-8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Norman, Okla.: Oklahoma leads 26-7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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