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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 1, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">No. 20 Baylor Soccer Back Home to Face Iowa State and Colorado</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bears welcome Cyclones for Vamos Osos to open up the weekend</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, </span>
<u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu">colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="color:black"> No. 20 Baylor soccer is back at Betty Lou Mays Field, facing Iowa State on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Colorado on Sunday
at 1 p.m. Both matches will stream on ESPN+. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:black">The Bears (7-1-2, 2-1 Big 12) enter the match coming off an undefeated road trip to the Sunflower State, sweeping both No. 14 Kansas and Kansas State 3-0. Baylor has
only fallen to one opponent this season, in their Big 12 opener against Texas Tech 1-0.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:black">Iowa State (4-3-2, 1-2 Big 12) opened Big 12 play with a 1-0 win over Arizona, but have since dropped their last two matches to Colorado 3-1 and Texas Tech 2-0. The Cyclones
will be facing their second ranked opponent of the season, previously falling to No. 11 Iowa 1-0.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:black">Baylor and Iowa State are set to meet for the 33rd time in program history, with the Bears leading the all-time series 21-8-3. The last time the Cyclones earned a win
in Waco was in 2016. Their most recent matchup ended in a 1-1 draw in Ames.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:black">Colorado (8-1-2, 2-0-1 Big 12) will take on No. 8 TCU on Thursday before traveling south to face No. 20 Baylor on Sunday afternoon. The Buffs remain unbeaten in Big 12
play, opening with a 0-0 draw against Kansas State, followed by back-to-back wins over Iowa State (3-1) and Houston (1-0).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:black">Colorado leads the all-time series against Baylor 7-6-4, with the most recent meeting ending in a 1-1 draw in Boulder. Sunday’s matchup marks the second meeting between
the two programs during the Michelle Lenard era.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:black">Baylor earned the No. 20 spot in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll, through matches played on Sept. 28. This marked the program’s first national ranking under head
coach Michelle Lenard and the first for BU since the 2018 campaign. Colorado also received votes in the same poll, falling short of the top 25.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:black">Live stats for the match will be available<a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=bay"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">
</span></a><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=bay">online</a> with updates provided on social media.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:black">To stay up to date throughout the year on all things Baylor Soccer, follow the team on Facebook, X and Instagram: @BaylorFutbol.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">|
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