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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 May 18, 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">No. 18 Baylor Softball Heads to Salt Lake City Regional</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">Bears enter the regional as the No. 2 seed</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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.4pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-ligatures:none">Media link for the 2023 Baylor Softball Season: </span></b><a href="https://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSB23" title="https://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSB23"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0078D7;background:yellow;mso-ligatures:none">https://baylorbea.rs/BaylorSB23</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0078D7;background:yellow;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.4pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">2023 Division I Softball Championship Program</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://digital.learfield.com/ncaa-division-i-softball-championship.html">https://digital.learfield.com/ncaa-division-i-softball-championship.html</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><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;mso-highlight:yellow">Tournament Central:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://utahutes.com/sports/2023/5/15/ncaa-softball-tournament-central.aspx" title="Original URL:
https://utahutes.com/sports/2023/5/15/ncaa-softball-tournament-central.aspx
Click to follow link."><span style="color:#0078D7">https://utahutes.com/sports/2023/5/15/ncaa-softball-tournament-central.aspx</span></a></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">No. 15 Utah Utes | 37-13 | Amy Hogue (16th Season) | PAC-12 | Salt Lake City, Utah | 1-4 vs. BU
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Baylor Bears | 39-16 | Glenn Moore (23rd Season) | Big 12 | Waco, Texas | 47-32 All-Time NCAA Record<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Southern Illinois Salukis | 36-18 | Jen Sewell (1st Season) | Missouri Valley | Carbondale, Ill.| 3-1 vs. BU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Ole Miss Rebels | 30-26 | Jamie Trachsel (3rd Season) | SEC | Oxford, Miss.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:#D80000">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">| 0-3 vs. BU</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif">NCAA DI SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SALT LAKE CITY REGIONAL
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Abadi MT Condensed Light",sans-serif">(G1) Friday, May 19 Baylor vs. Ole Miss 12PM CT Salt Lake City, Utah Dumke Family Softball Stadium Watch: ESPNU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Abadi MT Condensed Light",sans-serif">(G2) Friday, May 19 Utah vs. Southern Illinois 2:30PM CT Salt Lake City, Utah Dumke Family Softball Stadium Watch: ESPN+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Abadi MT Condensed Light",sans-serif">(G3) Saturday, May 20 G1 Winner vs. G2 Winner 2PM CT Salt Lake City, Utah Dumke Family Softball Stadium Watch: TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Abadi MT Condensed Light",sans-serif">(G4) Saturday, May 20 G1 Loser vs. G2 Loser 4:30PM CT Salt Lake City, Utah Dumke Family Softball Stadium Watch: TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Abadi MT Condensed Light",sans-serif">(G5) Saturday, May 20 G3 Loser vs. G4 Winner 7PM CT Salt Lake City, Utah Dumke Family Softball Stadium Watch: TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Abadi MT Condensed Light",sans-serif">(G6) Sunday, May 21 G3 Winner vs. G5 Winner 1PM CT Salt Lake City, Utah Dumke Family Softball Stadium Watch: TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Abadi MT Condensed Light",sans-serif">(G7) Sunday, May 21 G6 Rematch (If Necessary) 3:30PM CT Salt Lake City, Utah Dumke
Family Softball Stadium Watch: TBD</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Abadi MT Condensed Light",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">STORY LINES</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><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 Softball (39-16) returns to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship as the Bears travel
to Utah for the Salt Lake City Regional, running May 19-21 at Dumke Family Softball Stadium. Fifteenth-seeded Utah (37-13) hosts BU, alongside the Ole Miss Rebels (30-26) and Southern Illinois Salukis (36-18) for the weekends double-elimination bracket.<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"> Every inning of the Salt Lake City Regional will be broadcast of the ESPN family of networks.
Kevin Fitzgerald (pxp) and Kenzie Fowler (analyst) will be on the call all weekend. Baylors first game against the Ole Miss Rebels will be featured on ESPNU. Every Baylor game will continue to be broadcasted on 101.3 FM with Dan Ingham handling the commentary.<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 earned an NCAA postseason bid for the 15th time in program history. Baylor is 47-32 all-time
in the NCAA Tournament. The Bears have advanced to the Super Regional round six times (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017). BU is 33-14 all-time in the first round.<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 has made four World Series appearances, the last coming in 2017.<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 are 4-1 all-time against the Utes. After losing the first game against Utah in 1996,
BU has won the last five meetings, most recently in 2013 when the Bears won 5-2. Utah most recently captured the first ever Pac-12 Tournament title, taking down No. 2 national seed UCLA in the championship game.
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<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 is 3-0 all-time against Ole Miss. The two teams met for the first time in 200 when the bears
won 3-1, and then met again twice in the 2007 season. The Rebels have seven top-25 wins this season, with their most recent top-25 win coming against No. 9 LSU in the SEC Tournament.
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<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"> Southern Illinois leads the all-time series over the bears 3-1. The Bears collected three losses
against the Salukis in the pre-Glenn Moore era, with their lone win coming in 2001 when the Bears won 6-3. Southern Illinois just collected the Missouri Valley Conference Title, their third MVC Tournament trophy in the last seven years. This season marks their
14th postseason appearance in program history. <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"> Head Coach Glenn Moore picked up Big 12 Co-Coach of the Year honors this week, the first conference
coach of the year award for Moore in his 27-year head coaching stint.<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"> Shaylon Govan was a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 First Team, while Dariana Orme was
named to the All-Big 12 Second Team. Freshman RyLee Crandall was honored as a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team.
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<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 has turned the most double plays in a season (26), since the 2007 season when the Bears
set a single-season high with 28 double plays turned. <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"> This season, the Bears are 12-10 against 2021 tournament teams. BU also has a program best six
top-5 wins on the season: No. 1 Oklahoma (1), No. 4 Tennessee (2) and No. 5 Texas (3).
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<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 is one of four Big 12 Conference teams to advance to the NCAA Tournament: No. 1 Oklahoma (Norman
Regional), No. 6 Oklahoma State (Stillwater Regional) and No. 13 Texas (Austin Regional).<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"> This marks the Bears first tournament bid since the 2021 season when the Bears went to the Gainesville
Regional.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Shaylon Govan</b> is now tied for first in sacrifice flies in a single season with seven so far this season, which is good for third nationally. She is also second all-time in walks in a season with 43, which is good for seventh nationally.
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<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> moved to third place in consecutive reached base streaks earlier this
season with a 35 game-record.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Josie Bower </b>is now second all-time in Baylor softball history in hit by pitches (27), passing Kelley Levesque, after she was hit against Oklahoma.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Head coach
<b>Glenn Moore</b> picked up his 1,000th career win against UT Arlington on March 22. He is the winningest coach in Baylor Athletics history and now ranks 11th among active Division I head softball coaches to reach this milestone. 861 of his 1,000 career wins
have come at Baylor University.</span><i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></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>
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