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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 24, 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 Sets Records in Dominate Win Over North Alabama, 18-8</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 tie a single-game home run record with five</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"><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><b><span style="color:black">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">FORT COLLINS, Colo. – </span></b><span style="color:black">Baylor softball tied a single-game home run record as the Bears took down North Alabama, 18-8, Tuesday afternoon at the National Invitational Softball
Championship. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">After a 10-2, run-rule win over UC San Diego on Sunday, the Bears’ offense was on fire again tonight after falling behind 2-0 in the first inning. After a leadoff infield single from Kaci West, in the second, Ana
Watson hit her second home run in as many games to knot the game at two apiece. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Taylor Strain and West each singled in the top of the third before Josie Bower ripped one down the left field line to bring in a run. The game was then suspended for 30 minutes due to a rain delay, but that didn’t
stop the Bears’ offense. Watson walked before back-to-back singles from Sydney Collazos, and then Zadie LaValley plated two more for the Bears to take the 6-2 lead.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Emily Hott got in on the home-run action in the fourth as she hit the Bears’ second long ball of the day, a solo shot over the wall in right field.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Bower recorded her third hit of the day to lead off the fifth before Watson came up big again with a two-RBI opposite-field home run over the 14-foot wall in left field.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Continuing on the streak of runs, Taylor Strain delivered a two-out, two-run single up the middle, giving the Bears an 11-2 lead.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Trying to seal the run-rule, the Bears were down to their last out in the fifth inning, when the Lions hit a two-run shot over the wall in left-center to pull back within 11-4.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">North Alabama got within 11-6 in the sixth inning, but the Bears pounded back with seven runs in the top of the seventh as McKenzie Wilson hit a two-RBI home run followed by doubles from Strain and West. Watson
picked up the Bears’ eighth extra-base hit of the game as she doubled down the right field line, before Katie Ellington came in as a pinch-hitter and launched her first-career home run, the Bears’ fifth of the game.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Aliyah Binford started in the circle for the Bears, striking out five in her 6.0 innings of work. Binford was relieved by Dariana Orme, who pitched the sixth inning in her first outing since May 8<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Bears will now advance to the championship bracket, where they will play the winner of the Virginia-Kansas game at 2:30 p.m. CT Wednesday. The championship bracket is now single elimination, with the championship
game on Thursday May 26<sup>th</sup> at 12 p.m. CT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">HIGHLIGHTS <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emily Hott hit her second home run of the season<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ana Watson homered twice in the game for the first time in her career. She now has three home runs in the past two games<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">All but one batter recorded a hit<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Josie Bower was 3-for-4 at the plate with an RBI<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is the Bears’ seventh game this season with 10 or more runs<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears’ five home runs ties a team record, the last time against Houston in 2020<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears’ 18 runs are a new season-high<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">BU had a season-high 20 hits<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Five Bears recorded three hits apiece<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dariana Orme pitched in her first game since May 8th<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><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 on the game…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">“It’s great to see this team playing well and loving this game. It was great to hit five home runs. Ana Watson is seeing beach balls right now. It was also great to get Orme back in the circle for an inning. We
will need her to win this.”<o:p></o:p></span></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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