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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:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 19, 2023</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><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;mso-ligatures:none">No. 21 Baylor Softball Sweeps Houston in Series Finale, 3-0</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Bears pick up seventh shutout win of the season</span></i></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">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:#0078D7;mso-ligatures:none">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> No. 21 Baylor softball defeated
Houston, 3-0, Sunday afternoon at Getterman Stadium to sweep the Cougars in the three-game series.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears, now 22-5 on the season, pick up their seventh shutout win of the season and improve to 25-15 all-time against the Cougars.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears continued with their hot bats from the weekend, as McKenzie Wilson led off the game with an infield single and stole second.
Sydney Collazos, who is currently on a five-game hitting streak, hit an infield single to the shortstop and scored Wilson from third.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor got on the board again in the third inning, when Shaylon Govan launched her seventh home run of the season over the wall in
left field, putting the Bears up 2-0. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Adding the Bears’ fifth home run in the last two games, Kaci West extended the Bears lead to 3-0 in the fourth inning, when she left
the yard for her first long ball of the season. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Emily Hott singled in the fifth, but the Bears wouldn’t need any more runs, as they shutout the Cougars, 3-0.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">HIGHLIGHTS</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor recorded 31 hits on the weekend, with five home runs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Sydney Collazos was 7-for-10 on the weekend and is currently on a five-game hit streak.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">McKenzie Wilson was the only Bear to record multiple hits in the game, as six different Bears recorded a hit.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Dariana Orme, now 10-2 on the season, pitched her eighth complete game of the season, striking out eight and only allowing three hits.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears also turned five double plays on the weekend.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">QUOTABLE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Head Coach Glenn Moore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">“Friday, for at least five innings, wasn’t the greatest and we didn’t adjust fast enough to the pitcher. We came back today after studying
a lot of film and we had a great approach, Coach (Steve) Johnigan had a great approach for our hitters and they bought into it. We were able to run her pitch count up, and I think that helped us see better pitches today.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">WHAT’S NEXT</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor will start a four-game road swing with a midweek matchup against UT Arlington on March 22, at 11:30 a.m. CT, before heading
to Stillwater, Okla., to face the Cowgirls and open conference play. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">www.BaylorBears.com</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">__________________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#154734;mso-ligatures:none">Katy Gilmore</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> | Associate Director of Athletic Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">O: 254-710-2743 | C: 254-252-2182</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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