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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 11, 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;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor Softball’s Orme Tabs Third Big 12 Pitcher of the Week Honor of the Season</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Junior pitcher becomes first three-time winner in a season since 2018</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;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;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor softball junior Dariana Orme was named the Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week, announced Tuesday morning by the league office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Orme, who previously won the award on Feb. 21 and March 21, is the first Baylor pitcher to win three conference weekly awards
in a season since Gia Rodoni was honored with Pitcher of the Week honors six times during the 2018 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">With her third weekly award of the season, Orme picked up one win on the week, appearing in two of Baylor’s three games. She
posted a 0.00 ERA through 9.0 innings pitched.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The junior struck out seven on the week, pitching a complete-game shutout against No. 4 Tennessee in game one of the two-game
series, while only allowing one hit. Entering in relief in game two, Orme pitched two complete innings, striking out two, including the game-winning strikeout to secure the Bears’ second win over the top-5 team in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Orme only walked one batter in game one, allowing just four hits total, while holding the Vols to a .125 batting average.
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Next, Orme and the Bears take on Louisiana Tuesday, April 11, at 6 p.m. CT at Getterman Stadium.<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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