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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 21, 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor Softball’s Orme Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Orme’s honor is her second of the season</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu" title="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0078D7">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"> Baylor softball junior Dariana Orme was recognized as the Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week, announced Tuesday
afternoon by the league office. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Orme, who previously won the award on Feb. 21, becomes the first Baylor pitcher to win multiple conference weekly awards in a season since Gia Rodoni was honored with Pitcher of the Week honors
six times during the 2018 season.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Garnering the third conference weekly award of the season for the Bears, Orme picked up three wins on the week, appearing in four of the Bears five games. She posted a 0.91 ERA through 23.0
innings pitched. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">The junior struck out 27 batters over the course of four games and pitched three seven-inning complete games with two shutout appearances. During her three complete games, she only allowed
eight hits from the 78 batters faced. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">In the Bears 7-1 victory over Houston on March 17, Orme didn’t walk a single batter, striking out six and only allowing three hits. That was the third time this season that she did not walk
a single batter. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Orme and the Bears take on UT Arlington on Wednesday, March 22, at 11:30 a.m. CT in Arlington, Texas.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;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>
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