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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 27, 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 Travels to Face Kansas, Kansas State<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 hit road for the first time since Sept. 3<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"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR vs. KANSAS</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">Thursday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. CT</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Rock Chalk Park</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><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 vs KANSAS STATE</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, Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. CT</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">Buser Family Park</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Video: Big 12 Now ESPN+<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">BAYLOR (5-5-1)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Coach: Michelle Lenard (North Texas, 2003)<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: 210-93-28 (16th 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">BU Record:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">9-16-3 (2nd season)</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Kansas (3-3-5)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Coach: Mark Francis (SMU, 1987)<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: 294-220-49 (28th 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">KU Record:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">261-195-48 (25th season)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Kansas state (2-6-3)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Coach: Mike Dibbini (Kan. Wesleyan, 1999)<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: 55-93-24 (10th 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">KSU Record:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt">34-80-18 (8th 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 heads on the road for the first time in six games, to face the Kansas Jayhawks
on Thursday, Sept. 28, before playing at Kansas State on Sunday, Oct. 1.<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">This marks the Bears first match on the road since Sept. 3, when they faced Butler in
Indianapolis and won 2-0. <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">The Bears are off to their best start to a season since the 2018 campaign, sporting a 5-5-1 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">Through the first seven games of the season, the Bears have compiled five shutout wins and have scored 18 goals.
BU’s 18 goals through the first 11 games are also the most since the 2018 season when the Bears had 25 to start the 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">Eight different players have scored this season as Baylor has used a balanced offensive attack and a stifling
defensive effort to total 18 goals and five 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">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 first three games of conference play have all featured ranked opponents, No. 16 Texas, No. 6 BYU
and No. 25 Texas Tech. The Bears have started conference play 0-3 and are looking for their first conference wins of the 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;letter-spacing:-.1pt">BU’s seven goals against ACU this season was the first seven-goal game since Sept. 18,
2016, when the Bears beat Jackson State at home, 7-0.<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">Also, in the win over ACU, Ashley Merrill recorded the first hat trick for the Bears,
since Taylor Moon did so on March 27, 2021, vs Louisiana. <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">Merrill now ties Baylor records with three second-half goals and six second-half points.
Her three goals in under four minutes is the fastest hat trick in Baylor soccer history. She also has now scored in five matches so far this 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">Tyler Isgrig and Merrill both lead the Bears with 14 points on the season, as Isgrig has
four goals and six assists.<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">Four Bears have recorded their first-career goals so far this 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 13-13-2 all-time against Kansas, defeating them last season in Waco, 3-2, when Reneta
Vargas scored the Bears game-winning goal in the 90th minute. BU’s last contest against the Jayhawks in Lawrence, Kan. resulted in a 1-2 loss for the Bears.
<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 hold the all-time record over Kansas State, 4-1-1, with their lone loss over
the Wildcats coming last season when the Bears fell 2-1. BU is currently undefeated in Manhattan, Kan. with two wins and a tie.
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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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