<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Univers Condensed";
panose-1:2 11 6 6 2 2 2 6 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:MinionPro-Regular;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
p.BasicParagraph, li.BasicParagraph, div.BasicParagraph
{mso-style-name:"\[Basic Paragraph\]";
mso-style-priority:99;
margin:0in;
line-height:120%;
text-autospace:none;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:MinionPro-Regular;
color:black;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
.MsoPapDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style>
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<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 Feb. 23, 2023</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Softball Continues Home Slate with Baylor Invitational</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 will welcome No. 21 Maryland, Minnesota and Texas A&M Commerce</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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.4pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:yellow">Media link for the 2023 Baylor Softball Season<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">: </span></span></b><a href="https://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSB23"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">https://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSB23</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 4.0pt 0in">
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">BAYLOR</span></b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> (8-1)
<b>vs. </b><b>BAYLOR INVITATIONAL</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Friday, Feb. 24 vs. Maryland Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium Radio: 101.3 FM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Friday, Feb. 24 vs. Minnesota Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium Radio: 101.3 FM Watch: Big 12 Now ESPN+<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. Texas A&M Commerce Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium Radio: 101.3 FM</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. TBD Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium Radio: 101.3 FM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Sunday, Feb. 26 vs. TBD Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium Radio: 101.3 FM Watch: Big 12 Now ESPN+</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Story lines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Baylor Softball is set to host their second of three back-to-back-to-back tournaments at Getterman
Stadium. The Baylor Invitational will feature No. 21 Maryland, Minnesota and Texas A&M - Commerce all playing visits to Waco.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> The Bears will be meeting the Golden Gophers of Minnesota for the sixth time in program history,
and will face Maryland and Texas A&M - Commerce for the first time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> No. 21 Maryland will mark the third ranked team the Bears have faced so far this season. With
the Bears only loss on the season coming from No. 7 Arkansas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> BU took down No. 1 Oklahoma last weekend in the Getterman Classic. This was the first win for
Baylor over a top-ranked team since Feb. 8, 2009, when the Bears took down Florida in Gainesville. The Bears had never beaten No. 1 ranked team at home before. This also marked the bears first win over the Sooners since the 2017 season in Norman.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> The Bears were a perfect 4-0 in the Getterman Classic and shut out three of their four opponents.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> After the perfect weekend and starting the season 8-1, the best start for Baylor since the 2018
season when they started 9-0, the Bears moved into the top-25 again, after not making it at all in the 2022 season. The bears are ranked 22 in the ESPN poll and 25 in the NFCA Coaches Poll.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Starting last weekend on a high note was
<b>Dariana Orme</b> who pitched the first seven-inning perfect game in baylor softball history and led to the 3-0 win over SFA. Orme struck out a career-high 10 in that outing, before going on the pitch the first four innings against No. 1 Oklahoma. After recording
a perfect 0.00 ERA on the weekend and picking up two wins, Orme was named the NFCA National Pitcher of the Week and the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">
<b>McKenzie Wilson</b> led the Bears offensively last weekend, going 9-for-13 at the plate with a triple and a double. She didnt strikeout in any of her plate appearances and tallied three stolen bases.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">
<b>Amber Toven</b> is still leading the Bears with 14 hits and her .500 batting average. She is one of six Bears to play and start in every game so far this season.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> BU had 21 of 22 players see action during a game at some point this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> With a career record of 985-468<b>,
</b>head coach <b>Glenn Moore</b> is looking for his 1,000th career win this season and is only 15 wins away from hitting the milestone.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">
<b>McKenzie Wilson</b> who led the Bears from the batters box last year, was the only Bear named to the Big 12 Preseason Team.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Baylor is returning 13 from last season, and all of them were letterwinners for the Bears. They
are also returning all three All-Big 12 selections from 2022, <b>McKenzie Wilson</b> (first team),
<b>Aliyah Binford</b> (second team) and <b>Dariana Orme</b> (second team) and two who were placed on the All-Freshman team,
<b>Taylor Strain</b> and <b>Kaci West</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://baylorbears.com/" title="http://baylorbears.com/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="160" height="44" style="width:1.6666in;height:.4583in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D947A4.3D56FD20" alt="cidimage002.png@01D79F3C.9D2300D0"></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>