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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">May 12, 2024</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Softball Earns At-Large Bid to NCAA Tournament
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears will travel to the Lafayette Regional, May 17-19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"> </span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor (32-20) secured its 16<sup>th</sup> NCAA Tournament bid, heading to Lafayette Regional, hosted by No. 12 national seed Louisiana-Lafayette (42-17), May 17-19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears open the double-elimination tournament against Ole Miss (31-25) on Friday at 7 p.m. CT at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park. The Ragin’ Cajuns and Princeton (29-16) will lead off
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor’s all-time record in the NCAA Tournament is 48-34, and all 82 games have been under the direction of head coach Glenn Moore.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This marks the 11<sup>th</sup> appearance in the last 13 seasons for Baylor in the NCAA Tournament. The Bears have advanced to at least a Super Regional round six times and are 33-14 all-time
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Louisiana captured the regular-season Sun Belt Conference Championship for the fifth-straight season. Princeton earned the Ivy League Conference's automatic bid,
while Ole Miss grabbed an at-large bid as all 13 SEC schools got into the postseason tournament</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Five Big 12 schools received bids as Texas earned the No. 1 overall seed. Oklahoma will be the No. 2 overall seed and Oklahoma State received the No. 5 seed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor Softball NCAA Postseason Notes</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b>LAST NCAA TOURNAMENT:</b><br>
<span style="background:white">2023, Salt Lake City Regional</span><br>
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<b>LAST NCAA SUPER-REGIONAL:</b><br>
<span style="background:white">2017 - Baylor advanced from the Waco Regional to the Tucson Super Regional, coming back from a 1-0 deficit to the No. 2 seed, Arizona, to win back-to-back wins in dramatic fashion.</span><br>
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<b>LAST NCAA WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES:</b><br>
<span style="background:white">2017 - Baylor went 0-2 in the WCWS, falling to the eventual two-time champs, Oklahoma, and closing the season with a loss to Oregon for the second-straight season.</span><br>
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<b>Baylor's all-time Postseason Record (NCAA):</b><br>
<span style="background:white">48-34</span><br>
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<b>Baylor's all-time First-Round Record:</b><br>
<span style="background:white">33-15</span><br>
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<b>All-Time Baylor Postseason Appearances:</b><br>
<span style="background:white">2004 - Waco Regional</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2005 - Auburn Regional, Waco Super Regional</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2006 - Corvallis Regional (Oregon St.)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2007 - Hempstead Regional (Albany), Waco Super Regional, WCWS</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2009 - Waco Regional, Ann Arbor Super Regional (Michigan)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2011 - College Park Regional (Maryland), Athens Super Regional (Georgia), WCWS</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2012 - Lafayette Regional (Louisiana-Lafayette)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2013 - College Station Regional (Texas A&M)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2014 - Waco Regional, Athens Super Regional (Georgia), WCWS</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2015 - Lafayette Regional (ULL)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2016 - Eugene Regional (Oregon)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2017 - Waco Regional, Tucson Super Regional (Arizona), WCWS</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2018 – College Station Regional</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2021 – Gainesville Regional<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">2023 – Salt Lake City Regional</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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<b>Pre-Glenn Moore Postseason Appearances:</b><br>
<span style="background:white">1979 - SWAIAW Regional Tournament, 0-2 (Head Coach: Olga Fallon)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">1980 - AIAW Regional Tournament, 5-1; AIAW Nationals, 0-1 (Head Coach: Bob Brock)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">1981 - AIAW Regional Tournament, 4-0, AIAW Nationals, 0-2</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Keep up with the team all season long by following Baylor Softball on the team's official Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram pages, @BaylorSoftball.</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#154734;mso-ligatures:none">Katy Gilmore</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> | Associate Director
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">O: 254-710-2743 | C: 254-252-2182</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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