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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 11, 2023</span></b><b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">No. 15 Baylor Softball Falls Against Iowa State, 8-1</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Bears knocked out of the Big 12 Tournament in the first round</span></i></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121">For more information contact:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121">Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><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><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">No.
15 Baylor Softball fell against No. 5 seed Iowa State, 8-1, Thursday in the Big 12 Tournament at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">The Bears, now 39-16 on the season, are knocked out of the conference tournament in the first round.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Iowa State starter Ellie Spelhaugh (8-8) threw a gem of a game, not letting the Bears record a hit until the sixth inning.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">The Cyclones got on the board first, when a double and a single plated their first two runs of the game. ISU then put back-to-back runs on the board in the
fifth and sixth innings, extending their lead to 4-1. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Baylor second baseman Presleigh Pilon notched the first hit of the game for the Bears, a single up the middle. After McKenzie Wilson then reached on a fielder’s
choice, Emily Hott was hit by a pitch to put two on for Shaylon Govan. The first baseman then laced a double down the left field line to bring home the Bears’ lone run of the game.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">ISU plated four more runs in the seventh, extending the Cyclones’ lead to 8-1 on a two-run home run.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">The Bears weren’t able to get anything going in the bottom half of the seventh inning and fell in the opening round of the tournament.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">HIGHLIGHTS</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">BU has now been knocked out of the tournament two years in a row by Iowa State</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">The Bears only recorded two hits in the matchup – a single from Presleigh Pilon and a double from Shaylon Govan,
both in the sixth inning</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dariana Orme returned to the circle after a three-game break<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears are now 39-16 on the season<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BU gave up its most hits of the season (16)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">QUOTABLE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Head coach Glenn Moore on the game:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">“</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">They're
the toughest team we’ve played this year besides Oklahoma, probably. We've had more trouble figuring them out and certainly have to take my hat off to the way they played against us. I said up there (in Ames) that we didn't play poorly up there. I thought
we played poorly today, but it has a lot to do with how they played. They just played better up there than we did. But today we couldn't figure out Ellie (Spelhaug). She threw an outstanding game. We've got a decent offense and to shut us down completely more
so than the great name pitchers have shut us down really this year; says a lot for her and shows you what kind of game we had.</span>”<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">WHAT’S NEXT</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears will return home and await the results from the NCAA Selection Show. The Bears will host a Selection Show watch party Sunday, May 14, beginning at 5:15
p.m., with the show starting at 6 p.m. CT. The event will be located in the Letterwinners Lounge at McLane Stadium and is open to the public.
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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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