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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS March 19, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Baylor Softball Readies for Road Series at No. 13 Oklahoma State</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:black">Bears preparing for three-game road stand<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182, </span><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>vs No. 13 </b><b>OKLAHOMA STATE </b>(17-6, 2-2 Big 12)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Friday, March 21 vs Oklahoma State Stillwater, Oklahoma | Cowgirl Stadium Radio: 101.3 FM Watch: ESPN+<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;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Saturday, March 22 vs Oklahoma State Stillwater, Oklahoma | Cowgirl Stadium Radio: 101.3 FM Watch: ESPN+<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;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Sunday, March 23 vs Oklahoma State Stillwater, Oklahoma | Cowgirl Stadium Radio: 101.3 FM Watch: ESPN+<o:p></o:p></span></b></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>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Baylor Softball will head on the road for a three-game conference series against No. 13 Oklahoma
State in Stillwater, Okla., Friday-Sunday, March 21-23. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Oklahoma State leads the all-time record over the Bears 50-32, including the 27-11 lead while
competing in Stillwater. Last year in the Bears three-game series against the Cowgirls, Baylor battled in all three games taking the then seventh-ranked team to eight innings in game one, before recording a ranked win and game two and falling by one run in
the series finale. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> BU is coming off of a 1-4 week where they went on the road and split a pair of midweek contests
at Northwestern State and Lamar, before returning home and falling in three games against No. 12 Texas Tech.
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> The Bears opened conference play this season against Kansas where they went 1-2, falling twice
against the Jayhawks after walking-off KU in game one. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> During the 2025 season, the team is competing with a veteran squad that consists of 12 seniors
and 15 upperclassmen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> After ending the 2024 campaign back in a Super Regional for the first time since 2017, the Bears
returned 15 off of the 2024 squad, while adding four transfers and seven freshmen.
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> The Bears four transfers include Brooklyn Carter (Washington), Turiya Coleman (Houston), Carson
Frier (UCF) and Lillie Walker (Duke). Coleman and Frier add depth to the Bears infield/catching position, while Carter adds speed to the outfield and Walker tosses left-handed in the circle.
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> The Bears faced eight opponents so far this season who were either ranked or receiving votes in
the preseason/weekly ESPN poll for a total of eleven games. Those teams include: No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 6 UCLA, No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 13 Arkansas, No. 15 Missouri, No. 16 Nebraska, No. 1 Texas and No. 12 Texas Tech. Eleven of Baylors 17 losses on the season have
come against opponents ranked in the Top 25. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Oklahoma State will mark the ninth ranked opponent the Bears have faced this season and the eighth
ranking in the top-15 or higher. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Turiya Coleman leads the Bears offensively with a .415 average so far this season, only missing
nine games due to injury. She has compiled with eight doubles, a home run and 12 RBIs.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Three different Bears are tied with 13-RBIs on the season, while Shaylon Govan has a team-leading
five homeruns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Lillie Walker leads the bears in the circle with 40 strikeouts with 19 appearances, appearing
in four out of five games last week for the Bears. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Defensively, Presleigh Pilon is ranked third nationally in assists so far this season with 78.
Amber Toven is tied for 11th in assists with 71. Those two together have helped contribute to the Bears 16 double plays so far this season which ranks then 14th nationally.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Shaylon Govan now holds the second place spot in career walks at Baylor. She currently has 116
and is 17 walks away from tying the career record. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> As Baylors unanimous First-Team All-American last season, Govan, is currently in 15th place nationally
in on base percentage (.578) after leading the nation in that category last season.
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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-indent:-5.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Univers Condensed",sans-serif"> Head coach Glenn Moore is in his 25th season at the helm of the Baylor Softball program. In a
quarter of a century, Moore is Baylor Athletics active all-time wins leader across all sports. He has progressed up the active NCAA coaching ranks, now ranking No. 17 in total victories among active Division I head coaches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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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