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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 – August 17, 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 Soccer Prepares For Season Opener</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;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 to face Minnesota, Wisconsin at home</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;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="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Media link for 2022 Baylor soccer season:
<a href="https://baylor.box.com/s/mwpejeaojagj0e9ci89inggd1fyp1s5p">https://baylor.box.com/s/mwpejeaojagj0e9ci89inggd1fyp1s5p</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;color:black">VS</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> MINNESOTA</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Thursday, Aug. 18 at 7 p.m.<br>
Betty Lou Mays Field<br>
Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+<br>
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<b>BAYLOR </b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;color:black">VS WISCONSIN</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Sunday, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m.<br>
Betty Lou Mays Field<br>
Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+<br>
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<b>BAYLOR BEARS</b><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:-.25pt">H</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">ead Coach:
Michelle Lenard (North Texas, 2003)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">Career Record: 201-77-25 (15th season)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">BU Record:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">0-0-0 (1st season)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<b>MINNESOTA GOPHERS</b><br>
2022 Record: 0-0<br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:-.25pt">H</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">ead Coach:
Erin Chastain (Minnesota, 1997)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">Career Record: 127-119-37 (16th season)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">Minnesota Record: 8-6-3 (2nd season)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;color:black">WISCONSIN BADGERS</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
202</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;color:black">2</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Record: 0-0<br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:-.25pt">H</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">ead Coach:
Paula Wilkins (UMass, 1994)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">Career Record: 287-109-60 (22nd season)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">Wisconsin Record: </span>
<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">168-90-49 (16th season)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Story lines</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Baylor opens its 2022 season at home with a match against Minnesota on Thursday before
hosting Wisconsin to wrap things up on Sunday. After the Bears started last season on the road for only the eighth time in program history, Baylor will get to play in front of the home crowd to start the season.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">BU is 15-2-1 all time when opening the season at home. The last home season opening win
was against Northwestern State on Aug. 25, 2019 and they won 4-2. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">The 2022 season marks the 26th season of the Baylor Soccer program.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">This season also marks the beginning of the Michelle Lenard coaching era, as she was selected as the Bears
sixth head coach in program history. She comes from an illustrious DII career at DBU, where she led the Patriots to 13 conference championships and amassed a 201-77-25 record over 14 seasons.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Coach Lenard brought with her from DBU assistant coach Lea Sedwick Caffey and director of soccer operations,
Maggie Scales. Rounding out her staff is assistant coach, Cole Ouren and volunteer assistant coach Cameron Carter.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Coming off a 2021 campaign that featured a 4-2-3 conference finish, BU finished third in the conference after
being selected to finish seventh in the preseason poll.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Baylor has a 34 person roster this season and features 19 returners and 15 newcomers.
<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">BU has eight starters returning, including Kayley Ables, Maddie Algya, Mackenzie Anthony, Ava Colberg, Sarah
Hornyak, Elizabeth Kooiman, Taylor Moon and Gabby Mueller. Joining the starters are key members off the bench Chloe Brown, Olivia Mack, Alyssa Navarette, Lorelai Stramrood, Haven Terry, Sophie Wilson and Kate Zimmerman.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Baylor lost three key members from the 2021 roster and five-year starters, Jennifer Wandt, Ally Henderson-Ashkinos
and Sarah Norman. <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Joining the 2022 squad are five transfers Jenna Patterson (DBU), Blythe Obar (DBU), Ashley Merrill (DBU), Micah
Beasley (Auburn) and Madison martin (Texas Tech).<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">The nine incoming freshmen are Skye Leach, Reneta Vargas, Annika Fredell, Trinity Egerton, Kylie Finney, Morgan
Greensage, Hallie Augustyn, Hannah Augustyn, Ashlee Zirkel and Camryn Ciborowski.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">The NCAA has done away with overtime during the regular season this year, meaning that every game will end
at the end of the 90-minute regulation time. <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Kayley Ables was the lone Baylor player named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team. A fifth-year
senior for the program, she has been a key component to the Baylor backline, aka the “No-Goal Patrol.”
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Taylor Moon was named a preseason Forward to Watch this season by United Soccer Coaches.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">The front line this season will likely see transfer Jenna Patterson and returners Olivia
Mack and Elizabeth Kooiman frequently with depth and help off the bench. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Veteran fifth year senior, Maddie Algya will hold down the midfield with help from DBU
transfers, Ashley Merrill and Blythe Obar. With a more possession focused playing style, this will give many players chances at scoring.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Returners Kayley Ables and Ava Colberg will hold down the defense with the help of freshman
twins Hallie and Hannah Augustyn. Without fifth-year starter Jennifer Wandt in goal, the Bears will likely turn to Lauren Traywick and Texas Tech transfer Madison Martin, while keeping options open with two other freshman goalkeepers on the roster.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">With coach Lenard’s new playing philosophy, BU defeated both LSU (3-1) and UTSA (2-1)
in preseason exhibition matches with five different Baylor players scoring goals.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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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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