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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 – Sept. 22, 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 to Host Oklahoma in Conference 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 are 12-9-6 all-time against the Sooners</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="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:yellow">Media link for 2022 Baylor soccer season: </span></b><a href="https://baylor.box.com/s/mwpejeaojagj0e9ci89inggd1fyp1s5p" title="https://baylor.box.com/s/mwpejeaojagj0e9ci89inggd1fyp1s5p"><b><span style="color:#0563C1;background:yellow">https://baylor.box.com/s/mwpejeaojagj0e9ci89inggd1fyp1s5p</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",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:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR VS OKLAHOMA</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Friday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Waco, Texas<br>
Betty Lou Mays Field<br>
Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+<br>
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<b>BAYLOR BEARS</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">2022 Record:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">2-4-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:-.25pt">H</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">Career Record: 203-79-27 (15th season)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">BU Record:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">2-4-2 (1st season)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<b>OKLAHOMA SOONERS</b><br>
2022 Record: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase"> 5-2-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:-.25pt">H</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">ead
Coach: Mark Carr (Foreign College, 2001)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">Career Record: 46-93-21 (9th season)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">OU Record: 14-25-5 (3rd season)<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 will begin conference play Friday night, as they host Oklahoma at Betty Lou Mays
Field at 7 p.m. Friday’s game is also Go Gold night and the monthly Baylor Cub Club night. Everyone is encouraged to wear gold and free t-shirts and gold pom poms will be given away to fans.
<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 Bears are 7-14-5 in conference openers and are 12-9-6 all-time against the Sooners.
BU has played the Sooners to open conference three times in Baylor history and are 1-1-1 in those conference opening matches.<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">In the last meeting between these two teams, Baylor fell to Oklahoma in Norman, 2-0. OU
was Baylor’s last regular season match last year before they faced West Virginia in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.
<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">This match officially marks the halfway point in the season and they Bears are 2-4-2 overall<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 in the middle of a three week stretch where they will have just one game a week.
Last week they faced No. 19 SMU, this week they host Oklahoma and next week they travel to Texas.
<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">Baylor last faced No. 19 SMU where they fell 1-0 in the match. After the Mustangs scored
in the 24th minute, the Bears forced 66 shutout minutes limiting SMU to just one shot on goal in the second half.
<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">Goalkeepers Lauren Traywick and Madison Martin shared time in goal at SMU, with Traywick
playing the first 45 minutes and recording three saves, and Martin completing the second half and only forced to make one stop.
<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">With the Bears cancelation at Gonzaga, BU has now had four of nine matches so far this season disrupted by
weather. Two have been delayed due to lightning and rain, one has been moved up due to incoming weather and the last canceled due to unhealthy air quality in Spokane, Wash.
<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">Freshman, Hallie Augustyn earned the Bears first Big 12 weekly award, as she was tabbed the conference’s Freshman
of the Week for her work against Houston and Iowa on Sept. 6, 2021. <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 had 24 different players see playing time this season, with 11 of them being newcomers to the team.<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">Ashley Merrill’s two goals and 18 shots, 10 on goal, lead the Bears.<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">Goalkeeper Lauren Traywick has started in seven of the Bears eight games this season, tallying a career-high
nine saves against No. 1 North Carolina and totaling 34 on the season.<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">For Gabby Mueller’s game winning goal against Florida on Aug. 25, she was named Top Drawer Soccer’s National
Team of the Week Honorable Mention. <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">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><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">
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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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