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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – September 6, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Soccer Set to Host SMU, ACU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears facing Mustangs for 14<sup>th</sup> time, Wildcats for 4<sup>th</sup> time<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182,
</span><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:yellow">Media link for 2023 Baylor soccer season: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://baylor.box.com/s/ywfgr2gsxh8uzfn90ufbe2qjfs18yerl" title="https://baylor.box.com/s/ywfgr2gsxh8uzfn90ufbe2qjfs18yerl"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0078D7;background:yellow">https://baylor.box.com/s/ywfgr2gsxh8uzfn90ufbe2qjfs18yerl</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="line-height:normal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR vs. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">SMU</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. CT</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">Betty Lou Mays Field</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+</span></span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="line-height:normal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">vs
ACU</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Sunday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. CT</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">Betty Lou Mays Field</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">BAYLOR BEARS</span></strong></span></b><strong><span style="font-family:MinionPro-Regular;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2023 Record: 3-1-1</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Head Coach:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Michelle
Lenard</span></dfn><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (North Texas, 2003)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">Career Record: 208-89-28 (16th season)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">BU Record: 7-12-3 (2nd season)</span><b><br>
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</b><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">SMU MUSTANGS</span></strong><b><br>
</b><span style="background:white">2023 Record: </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">2-2-0</span><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Coach: Nicole Nelson (Oklahoma City, 1997)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">Career Record: 12-6-5 (2nd season)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">SMU Record:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">174-70-20 (9th season)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">ACU WILDCATS</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2023 Record:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">4-1-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:-.25pt">H</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">ead
Coach: Stephen Salas (Hardin-Simmons, 2012)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">Career Record: 4-1-1 (1st season)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">ACU Record:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">4-1-1 (1st season)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Story lines</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Baylor soccer is beginning a six-game homestand at Betty Lous Mays Field this week. They
will kick things off on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m., before facing Abilene Christian on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">The 2023 season marks the 27th season of the Baylor Soccer program. During that time, BU has won four Big 12
titles, advanced to two Elite Eights and had four All-Americans to go with countless All-Big 12 and Academic All-Big 12 honorees.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">This season also marks the second year of the Michelle Lenard coaching era, as she was selected as the Bears
sixth head coach in program history in December of 2021.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">With the new Big 12 teams joining the conference this season, the Bears will only play 10 of the 13 other opponents
this season. The Bears will face all four of the new schools, Cincinnati, UCF, Houston and BYU. BU will not face Oklahoma, Oklahoma State or West Virginia in regular season play.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">The Bears are off to their best start to a season since the 2019 campaign, sporting a 3-1-1 record.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">With consecutive shutouts in wins over Butler and Louisiana Tech last week, the Bears have not allowed a goal
in 195 minutes and on the year, sports a 0.60 goals-against average, ranking second in the Big 12.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Six different players have scored this season as Baylor has used a balanced offensive attack and a stifling
defensive effort to total nine goals and three shutouts.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">This is the Bears first season with back-to-back shutouts since the 2021 season.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">In the 27 seasons of Baylor women’s soccer, the Bears have posted three or more shutouts in the first 5 games
on five occasions, including this season.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Three of the Bears first four goals this season were scored by newcomers, freshman Skylar Zinnecker and Callie
Conrad and another from transfer Tyler Isgrig. Conrad also recorded an assist in the first week of play, making her the first freshman to score points in the in each of the Bears first two games of a season since Maddie Algya and Taylor Moon did so in 2018.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">Goalkeepers Makinzie Short and Ashlee Zirkel have split time in goal this season.<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif">The Bears opened the season against Oregon, where they recorded 22 shots, the most in a game since Sept. 16,
2021, versus SFA (24).<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Tyler Isgrig leads the Bears so far this season with two goals, three assists and seven
points. She is followed by Skylar Zinnecker and Ashley Merrill who both have two goals as well.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Natalie Vatter, Callie Conrad and Jenna Patterson all have two assists on the season.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">In the past 50 games at home, Baylor has a record of 29-12-9, that’s good for a .670 winning
percentage that dates back to the end of the 2017 season.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">BU is 5-8-0 all-time against SMU, with the last contest on Sept. 18, 2022, when the Bears
lost 1-0, but the Bears have won four of the past five meetings. Four of those five meetings have also been decided by one goal.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="BasicParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">The Bears are 2-0-1 all-time against ACU, with the last meeting between these two teams
occurring on Sept. 15, 2019, when they tied, 1-1. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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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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