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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 25, 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 Takes Game Two at the Gainesville Super Regional, 5-2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears force game three against Florida in a winner-takes-all situation<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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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor softball defeated No. 4 Florida, 5-2, Friday afternoon at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium to force a game three in the Gainesville Super Regional.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor was firing on all cylinders in game two of the Super Regional, with starting pitcher RyLee Crandall striking out the first two batters of the game.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Leaving the Gators scoreless in the top of the first, Emily Hott led off the bottom half of the inning with a walk before Presleigh Pilon singled to put two on for Shaylon Govan.
The power hitter then launched her 11<sup>th</sup> homer of the season over the wall in left-center to get the Bears out to an early 3-0 lead.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Florida got a run back in the top of the second when Reagan Walsh hit a solo shot down the right-field line to make it a 3-1 game. Making sure the defense was on lock, Pilon made
a diving play at shortstop to keep a hit off the board and record the Bears’ first out of the inning. Crandall ended the threat with a strikeout looking to retire the Gators.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Taylor Strain laid down a bunt single to start the bottom of the second before Pilon singled to third base to put two on. A fly out from Govan had runners on the corners before
a wild pitch had Strain crossing home safely. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">With the 4-1 lead, Crandall struck out two more Gators in the third before sitting Florida down in order in the fourth.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Gators added a run to their tally in the top of the fifth after a single from Skylar Wallace brought home a runner from second to make it a 4-2 lead for the Bears.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Govan was intentionally walked in the bottom of the fifth, but that would be the Bears’ only baserunner until the bottom of the sixth inning.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Strain and Hott each made diving catches in the outfield that erased base hits for the Gators.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Ana Watson started the bottom of the sixth with a single to left-center field before Shannon Vivoda was hit by a pitch and Strain laid down another bunt single to load the bases.
Hott brought home the Bears’ fifth run of the game with a sacrifice fly to left field that extended the lead to 5-2.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">With Florida down to its last chance, Crandall set the Gators down in order in the top of the seventh to force an if-necessary game three in Gainesville.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">HIGHLIGHTS</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">The Bears out-hit the Gators 7-5 in the contest<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Presleigh Pilon went 2-for-4 at the plate
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Shaylon Govan picked up three of the Bears’ four RBIs with her first-inning homer
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Sydney Collazos and Ana Watson each recorded a hit<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Taylor Strain went 2-for-3 at the plate, both bunt singles<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">RyLee Crandall pitched a 7.0-inning complete game with six strikeouts and only allowed two runs<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Baylor is now 52-36 all-time in the NCAA postseason<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Florida and Baylor are tied in the all-time series 7-7<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Baylor has advanced to the WCWS four times, and in three of those seasons, the Bears played all three games of the Super Regional series<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Most recently, the Bears advanced to the WCWS in 2017 after losing the first game<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">QUOTABLE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">Head Coach Glenn Moore on the game …<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">“</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I'm really proud of the girls. They knew what was at stake and our
backs were against the wall and they came out fighting. I've said it several times that the leadership on this team is amazing and they get themselves ready. There's no doubt whenever we were meeting last night they knew what they needed to do. I think yesterday,
even though we lost, it gave us confidence that we could play with a very, very good team and came out with that confidence today and had an outstanding pitching performance from RyLee (Crandall) and our defense played great behind her. Just to be able to
keep us in the game against that offense is a big chore and I thought she had an outstanding performance today. Shaylon (Govan) shows up. Just a team win overall, I'm very happy that we're able to even the score.</span>”<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Shaylon Govan on her first at bat …<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">“After seeing her all game yesterday, we knew what she was throwing. It was just going in and executing the plan that we were trying to do yesterday and just doing it today, knowing
our backs were against the wall. That was kind of my plan, executing better today than I did yesterday.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">RyLee Crandall on her defense …<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">“Syd (Collazos) caught a great game, got me a lot of pitches and blocked balls. She's just phenomenal. So she did a great job. Presleigh (Pilon) and Emily (Hott) and Taylor (Strain)
made great plays that kept us in the game. That's what I mean when I say they have my back. They continue to do it. At this point, it's a lot of fun to turn around and know they're going to get it.</span>”<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">UP NEXT</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">The Bears will face No. 4 national seed Florida in game three of the Gainesville Super Regional at 1 p.m. CT
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Sunday, May 26,
<span style="letter-spacing:.25pt">at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in a winner-takes-all scenario.
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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
of Athletic Communications</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">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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