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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 – May 15, 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 Selected to go to 2022 National Invitational Softball Championship</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 are the No. 2 Seed in the tournament</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"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>FORT COLLINS, Colo. – </b>Baylor softball was selected as the No. 2 seed in the 2022 National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC) that will take place in Fort Collins, Colo., as announced by tournament officials Sunday May 15th.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2A2A2A;background:white">All games will take place at the TC Colorado Field, just outside the offices of Triple Crown Sports in Fort Collins. The NISC began in 2017 and ran through 2019 before stepping aside for two
years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2A2A2A;background:white">The top four seeds have a first-round bye and will start on Saturday, May 21. Virginia (27-24) is the No. 1 seed for the 2022 NISC, with Baylor (28-24) chosen as the No. 2 seed, UNLV (38-13)
seeded third and Central Arkansas (35-20 as the No. 4 seed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2A2A2A;background:white">Here is the remainder of the field:</span><span style="color:#2A2A2A"><br>
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<span style="background:white">No. 5 George Washington (36-15)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">No. 6 North Alabama (38-18)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">No. 7 Rutgers (25-28)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">No. 8 Stephen F. Austin (31-25)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">No. 9 Bowling Green (32-19)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">No. 10 UC San Diego (27-26)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">No. 11 Tarleton State (29-23)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">No. 12 Kansas (16-34)</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Teams had to have an RPI in the national top 100 or have a winning record if its RPI was greater than 100. Conference record, results against the RPI Top 50, last 10 games, notable wins, upset losses and player injuries also were
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<p class="MsoNormal">This will mark Baylor’s first trip to the NISC tournament, as it was established five years ago. The tournament includes four Power 5 schools and eight mid-majors. After the first-round bye, Baylor will take on the winner of Rutgers versus
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2A2A2A;background:white">The event concludes with the Championship Round on May 25-26, with the last four teams competing for the title.</span><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>
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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>
<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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